Child Profile of the Week

This week we are proud and excited to introduce you to Alexandru Ionas. Alexandru is in the first year of pre-school at the Point of Hope Development Center. Alexandru will not turn four until July of this year. Alexandru continues to progress through the school year in a positive fashion. When asked what his favorite person in the Bible was he said Jesus. However, he still continues to struggle with some health issues due to the cold season, so if you could please keep this struggle for him in your payers I am sure he would appreciate it. If you would like to become an answered prayer for Alexandru you can click on the link at the bottom of this page to become his sponsor. If you want some additional information on the ACF Sponsorship program click here.

CLICK HERE TO ANSWER A CHILD'S DEEPEST PRAYER!

The First Shoes of 2016 have been Collected! Thanks Erie E-Free Church!!

Erie Evangelical Free Church in Erie, Illinois has collected the first pairs of shoes for the 2016 Project Respond Humanitarian Aid Drive for Another Child Foundation (ACF). ACF provides humanitarian aid to our Romanian partner Fundatia Buckner to improve the living conditions and well-being of the families and children we assist. Through these aid drives we demonstrate the love that God has put onto our hearts to transform the hearts of those less fortunate.

Here is part of a post from Erie E-Free's Facebook page.

We had a great time Friday night at Erie Evangelical Free Church for our Soup for the Sole event! Hard to beat a potluck Soup dinner, family game night, and 75 pairs of shoes toward our annual shoe drive for Another Child Foundation. Special thanks to the EEFC Missions Committee for putting this event together.



This year ACF will be collecting new pairs of shoes and socks for children ages 3 to 14. Athletic shoes are the most versatile shoe a person can donate. We will also be collecting financial support for 250 school supply kits for the 125 children attending the Point of Hope Development Center in Tarneveni, Romania. The kits cost $15 each and include all of the school supplies a child will need for the 2016/17 school year. If you would like to support the school kit part of our drive you can click on the link below to make a donation towards the purchase of kits. 

CLICK HERE TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL KIT FOR A CHILD

Last year ACF had 32 churches collect over 7000 pairs of shoes and winter boots. Along with 175 school kits. 

      

New Volunteers in Romania!

Maria, Bianca and Madalina are three girls from the Roma community who a while back have 

voluntarily expressed a desire to come help at Point of Hope. They are currently students at the Constantin Brancusi Trade School from Tarnaveni, and after classes they come to Point of Hope to help the After School kids with their homework.  It is amazing to see these young ladies sit with the children, patiently listening to them read and showing them how to spell correctly.  They also enjoy playing with the kids. When asked what motivates them to come volunteer at Point of Hope they said that they feel useful doing it.  And they also confessed that helping these children reminds them of the fact that when they were their age, nobody helped them with their homework and they didn’t have a nice, clean and warm place to come to every day. They love the way they are being treated at Point of Hope and the attention they receive from the staff.

The testimony of these three girls touches our hearts and shows us that the community has been impacted over the years in ways we didn’t know and our ministry touched lives we didn’t know we were touching. As young people are rising up and are showing willingness to get involved and help their own, we feel that the community is in fact changing. Should we only exist in the community for the single purpose to give these girls the opportunity and a structure through which they can give back to their own community, it is still worth being there; but we are greatly encouraged that God is in fact using us to truly bring Hope and Light into the lives of the people of Tarnaveni: children, teen-agers, youth and adults.

Child Profile of the Week!

We are starting a new post each week which will feature one of our children at the Point of Hope Development Center who has been receiving personalized attention by the dedicated staff. This week we are focusing on Ioana Todor. Ioana was enrolled into our program this past fall (September 2015). What a blessing this little girl has been to the program. She is only three years and brings with her lots of smiles.

If you would like to be a sponsor for Ioana, I am sure she would be thrilled to know there is someone in the world who will pray for her well-being on a regular basis. Your support will provide Ioana with the educational materials she needs as well as high-quality medical attention, warm meals, showers and clothes.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPONSORING A CHILD

Sowing Seeds for Growing Needs

Another Child Foundation and Fundatia Buckner Romania are delighted to launch a new project, “MOTIVATION and PERFORMANCE,” to provide mentoring and scholarships for career training to high school graduates.  The program begins by setting up scholarships for 20 students this first year, providing funds to help pay for tuition, transportation, and housing.  In cooperation with the Education Ministry and CPS, Fundatia Buckner is working right now to compile a group of 25 to 30 children, and through interviews and a screening process, a committee will select 20 students to receive scholarships.

Dacian Moldovan, Director of Fundatia Buckner Romania explains that Romanian youth “have a lot of potential, but they often cannot achieve it due to lack of transportation, money for tuition, etc.”  The MOTIVATION and PERFORMANCE program addresses these needs by mentoring students throughout their training and also helping them financially.  The goal is to sow seeds that will help children continue to grow in their education and challenge them to build character and become leaders who will use their success to encourage other students to do the same.  As ACF Board Secretary Tina Anderson points out, MOTIVATION and PERFORMANCE “is a perfect way to capture the encouraging message of hope and a future for these kids.”

This program is just the next step in Another Child Foundation's quest to solve the social issues that confront our world and more specifically the world of the abandoned children in the world. Our goal of reaching, teaching and transforming God's world is really happening. You want to join us in making a difference? Click the link below to be part of this life-changing ministry.

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!