ESC: Blue Horizon

Asociatia Voluntariat Pentru Viata is an NGO, based in Marasesti, Romania, founded in 2012 on the initiative of some specialists in the field of education, art, history, social assistance.
The mission of Asociatia Voluntariat Pentru Viata is to promote volunteering and civic consciousness by developing activities that contribute to increased public awareness of the contribution of volunteers to the local community and to the society in general.
Asociatia Voluntariat Pentru Viata performs the following duties:
- develops activities based on non-formal education aiming to enhance social functioning, integration and cooperation among young people;
- provides counsel, therapy and specialized assistance in order to prevent social marginalization.
A large part of the activities that we carry out are focused around supporting the disadvantaged children and their families to have access to education and involving young people, in particular, and community members in volunteering actions.
The objectives of the Organization are:
- to offer multidisciplinary services for individuals who are in a critical social difficulty;
- to provide support for people in need who are socially excluded;
- to conduct social research and monitor the phenomenon of social exclusion;
- to plan programs of assistance for individuals who are in social crisis;
- to run social integration programs for children who are socially excluded;
- to train professionals in working with underprivileged people;
- to set up and collaborate with day centres and residential care facilities.