Our mission

The mission of AMURTEL Romania is to offer opportunity, hope and support to disadvantaged children and youth at risk of social exclusion.

The four main focus areas of AMURTEL's work reflect its core values of empathy, resilience, selfless service and inclusion:

• Protection – offering the security of a loving family, nutritious food and safe shelter to children in need;

• Empowerment - accompanying youth in their journey towards assuming the responsibilities of adulthood and discovering their unique gift for serving society;

• Neohumanist Education –promoting inclusive education and creative non-formal learning;

• Sustainability - developing ecological attitudes and healthy habits, grassroots community development and social enterprise.

In the meantime, two alternative kindergartens were opened in Bucharest to develop Neohumanist Education as a holistic approach to early childhood education encouraging personal development, ecological interconnectedness, and inclusive values. In particular, one of the kindergartens was founded with funds from the Swedish Infant Massage Society and was charged with the task of integrating children with disabilities alongside their typically developing peers in a specially designed inclusive setting.  For more information about the Gradinita Rasarit project click here.

In the recent past AMURT and AMURTEL have earned the praise of the international relief community for its efficient and reliable service in Somalia (1993), Rwanda (1994), Orissa (1999), Kosovo (1999-2000), Taiwan (1999), Turkey (1999), Venezuela (1999) and Gujarat (2001), Indonesia ( 2004-2007), Yogakarta (2006-07), Haiti (2010) and Lebanon (2012-2024).

On the international level, AMURT and AMURTEL have received substantial funding from relief agencies such as the Embassy of Japan, UNDP, Catholic Relief Services, WFP, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNHCR, Swiss Development Corporation and GTZ Germany, KNH Germany and USAID amongst others.