Asociatia Bronx People - AFJ
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Mission Statement
Bronx People Association is a Romanian non-governmental, apolitical, and non-profit organization, registered in 2018 in Bacău, Romania, in accordance with Government Ordinance no. 26/2000. Our mission has been, since the beginning, to support vulnerable social groups, mainly children and youths from orphanages, poor families, and rural areas, as well as refugees. We have designed multiple social integration programs to help children and young people from vulnerable areas overcome their problems, increasing their chances of gaining an independent and honourable future. As fundamental tools for optimal social integration, we use sports, non-formal education, and the stimulation of independent living skills, creating multiple opportunities for them to acquire and practice activities that facilitate their social integration and independent living: cooking (nutrition rules, traditional recipes etc.), painting, carpentry, gardening, etc., as well as communication, financial and entrepreneurial skills. We have also managed to getting our beneficiaries involved in volunteering, encouraging them to help other people create a more responsible local community. Finally, we support vulnerable groups with food, clothing, and healthcare.
About This Cause
The purpose of Bronx People NGO is to facilitate the access to food, health, education and personal development resources for vulnerable social groups (children from foster care, young people leaving foster care, poor athletes and students, etc.). Our vision focuses on empowering the community and mobilizing it to combat social problems, getting young people involved in civic activities, by promoting education, culture, tradition and the capitalization of the local producers. Our main programmes and activities are: I. The social sector: 1. Building "Children's Crafts Village", a social complex formed of 7 houses meant to becoming home for children and youths with no families and/or low opportunities (even young lonely mothers with children), 1 medical office for the rural community of Lilieci, arts & crafts laboratories, 1 center for children and youths with disabilities, 1 social business for self-supporting) 2. Building "Maria Bronx" Social Canteen, where, from 2023, 300 vulnerable children and youths will eat on a daily basis; also, the canteen will offer cooking courses for NEETs (the canteen setup was financed by Oxfam UK) 3. Opening Maria Bronx Family Centre, an orphanage where 19 children and youths from child protection care are provided with access to a balanced family life, education and performance sports (judo) 4. “Shoebox”, campaign for distributing Christmas gifts to poor athletes, students and children in foster care, 11 editions 5. “Easter Basket”, campaign for distributing food packages to disadvantaged families before the Easter holidays, 9 editions 4. "Cooking for the homeless", Christmas campaign for cooking and distributing a hot meal to disadvantaged people, 5 editions 5. "Un mărțișor cald", campaign for cooking for poor people in early spring, 5 editions 6. Distribution of food packages and protection products during SARS-CoV2 epidemic to over 600 people 7. Collaboration with the Romanian Local Food Bank, with food distribution twice a month to over 200 children from Bacău II. The sports sector 1. Annual judo and powerlifting national and international competitions, at judo and powerlifting, both for normal and disabled athletes (2022-present) 2. Annual winter and summer judo training stages for Maria Bronx Family Centre’s athletes (2019-present) 3. Judo and powerlifting training stages before national and international competitions for Maria Bronx Family Centre’s athletes (2019-present) III. The medical sector 1. “Hope for life! Donate blood! ”, national blood donation campaign, national plan, 1284 donors IV. The youth sector 1. “Se poate si aici!”, a fair of local products, which promotes young local entrepreneurs, 4 editions V. The educational sector 1. “Bronx Summer School”, a summer school for 20 institutionalized children 2. “Bronx Afterschool”, extracurricular activities for 20 children coming from the child protection care system, from Monday to Friday