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Program design to reduce aggressive behavior in Aiud Penitentiary

Rescue Humanitarian Foundation has held between March-July 2010 in Aiud Penitentiary a program to reduce aggressive behavior. The program starts from the issue of violence in both criminal and performing acts of violence during detention, many people turning to this as one way of solving problems.
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Social and labor market integration of inmates

Friday, on 16th July 2010, at 10.00 o `clock and at Sunrise Saloon – SunGarden Hotel from Baciu, Rescue Humanitarian Foundation organised a presentation meeting and disemination of the project „Having a New Dynamic Life Through Employment”. This project is funded by the European Commission through Grundtvig Programme and made in partnership wioth other three institutions from Spain, Portugal and Lithuania.
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Press release

Social and labor market integration of inmates

14th July, 2010, Cluj-Napoca
The reintegration of the people who were in prison is a taboo subject for many people. Even though multiple efforts are being made, the state institutions have limited resources, which cannot cover the needs of this social group. In 2008, there were released from the Romanian prisons approximately 11.000 inmates and according to the balance sheet of the Administration of National Penitentiaries from 2008, 5000 of them are recidivists. Read more...


Skills development program for labor market integration of inmates

During February-June 2010 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation organized in Gherla Prison a Skill Development Programme for labor market integration of inmates. " The program is part of "Having the New Dynamic Life Through Employment" program funded by the European Commission through Grundtvig Programme. Read more...

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Strong Men in Tough Times

On Thursday, the 5th of May, at the Aiud Penitentiary, took place the Graduation for the course “Strong Men in Tough Times”. The program was organized by Rescue Foundation, together with the Aiud Penitentiary supported by the Association of Christian Men in Romania. During seven months, the participants - ten men, inmates- studied weekly the moral, Christian values that give strength to the character of a man. Read more...


Working visit to Portugal Prison


Between April 25 to 30 Foundation Humanitarian Rescue attended a working visit to the European Grundtvig Programme "Having the New Dynamic Life Through Empoyment" at the partner organization in Portugal "Etabelecimento Beja Regional Prison. Read more...

Evangelism in penitentiaries
"For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me."
Matthew 25: 35,36
A Burning Bush Behind the Bars

The 3rd chapter of the book of Exodus tells us about the unforgettable encounter of Moses with God. God called Moses from a burning bush, which did not consume. After this meeting, Moses’ life was going to be changed for ever, becoming a servant of the living God.

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Teenagers from Cluj Napoca visit Gherla Penitentiary

On February 26 Humanitarian Rescue Foundation in collaboration with School Nicolae Titulescu Cluj Napoca and Gherla Penitentiary organized a visit of a group of 23 students from VIII grades, Ms director, psychologist and teachers from Nicolae Titulescu School in Gherla Penitentiary. The visit is part of the prevention of juvenile delinquency among students.
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Prevention of juvenile delinquency at school Nicolae Titulescu Cluj Napoca

Continuing the collaboration started last year between our foundation and Nicolae Titulescu School in Cluj-Napoca in February 2010 we organized an activity to prevent delinquency in gym room of Nicolae Titulescu School. In this activity students attended the classes VII and VIII, voucher with teachers and school psychologist Lorena Muresan. From Rescue Humanitarian Foundation participated psychologist Horea Nistor. Read more...

Smiles

From the 12th to the 18th of March we have been blessed by the presence of a youth group from the International Bible College in Kolding, Denmark. It was a group of 6 young people, coming from different countries. They came here to serve others and bring smiles on people's faces because of their love for God. Read more...

Christmas parcels for inmates

Rescue Foundation has prepared for this Christmas season 800 parcels for inmates who receive no help from family or anyone else. They will be distributed in the 3 penitentiaries: Aiud, Arad and Gherla. The parcels are for men, women and also for teenagers. Read more...


The beginning of the program: “With a click closer to social reintegration”

This program aims to develop inmate’s abilities and knolege for working with computer, to influence in a positiv way social reintegration of inmates from Aiud Penitentiary into society after release. Read more...


GRUNDTVIG LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
(H.A.N.D.L.E)

Third mobility Cluj-Napoca, 18 – 23 October, 2009

Between 18th to 23 th October 2009 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation organized at Cluj-Napoca the third mobility from the Grundtvig Learning Partnership named ”Having a New Dynamic Life Through Employment” (H.A.N.D.L.E.). Read more...

From Prison to Kindergarten
Inmates are a disadvantaged group, socially excluded. Each person realized a bad act for the other and for society and for this he paid with his freedom. It is wrong to evaluate inmates as a mean person without anything good. Read more...


Grundtvig Programme
Having a New Dynamic Life through Employment
Social Ability Training

In 23th of September 2009 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation finalized the program ”Social Ability Training” part of European Grundtvig Program “ Having a New Dynamic Life Through Employment”. The aim of this training was to facilitate a better reintegration in society after release for inmates. Read more...


Finishing the project”Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society”

Rescue Foundation has organized on Tuesday 4th of August 2009 the closing event for the Bilateral European Cooperation program for life-long learning called “Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society”. The festivity was held at Rescue Foundation’s headquarters on 4 Fabricii Street Cluj-Napoca between 11 am and 1pm and at this event took part this project’s beneficiaries (seven beneficiaries) and represenatives of other Romanian NGOs in Cluj-Napoca (Estuar). Read more...


Invitation for the closing meeting of “Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society ” (C.E.E.U.S) Grundtvig Programme

Press release

Cluj-Napoca August 4th 2009: Rescue Foundation has the pleasure to invite you to the closing festivity of the European Grundtvig programme “Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society ” (C.E.E.U.S).

The event will take place at Rescue Foundation headquarters on 4 Fabricii Street Cluj-Napoca between 11AM and 1PM. Read more...


Exchange visit in Sweden

Between 3th to 5th June 2009 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation realized an exchange visit at partner organization from Sweden, this exchange was part of European Program Grundtvig named “Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society (C.E.E.U.S)”. Read more...

Painting camp „The colour's joy”

In 6-9 august 2009, Rescue Humanitarian Foundation, helped by its sponsors and colaborators, with the Rescue's volunteers and a group od dedicated painters (Ilies Samira-Cristina, Catinas Adelina and Catinas Oana) organised a painting camp for a number of 37 children from Sannicoara, Cluj.
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The final meeting at Cluj-Napoca of the European Program Grundtvig: ” Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society ” (C.E.E.U.S)

In 7-10 July 2009, we had the closing meeting with the external partenrs of the program ”Communication-Education Empowerment Unite Society” (C.E.E.U.S). At this meeting participated 2 partners from Latvia, 5 persons from Sweden and the staff and the beneficiaries of our foundation.
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In 28 May 2009, Humaniatarian Foundation „Rescue”, represented by Adriana Ilies-the assistant manager of the Foundation, visited the „Nicolae Titulescu” School, from Cluj-Napoca in order to dicuss with the students regarding the prevention of juvenile delinquency. The discussion was based on the documentary movie, called „The Choice Is Yours !”

In 18-22 May, 2009, Humanitarian Foundation “Rescue”, participated at the second meeting of the transnational project -H. A. N. D. L. E. -Grundtvig Learning Partnership Project, that took place in Lithuania, Siauliai. The parts of this project are 4 partner countries: Lithuania, Portugal, Spain and Romania

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Humanitarian Fundation Rescue participated at the volunteer fair with the occasion of Psychology and Sciences of Education Faculty Days

In 26th of March 2009 Humanitarian Fundation Rescue participated at the volunteer fair with the occasion of Psychology and Sciences of Education Faculty Days from the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca.

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Magdalena: Released from shame

“I relieved my soul...” , those were the words of the 26's inmate womens from the Aiud Penitentiary , who were visited by us (Rescue Fundation) with the occasion of 8th March this year too. Ofering a flower, a cake and a juice we tried to create a warm and feminin atmosphere in order to see the movie “Magdalena: Released from shame”.
The fact that the women cried seeing how Jesus was crucified, led us to think about the way the robber form the cross repented from the sins that he made. Some of the womens confessed that they are there because they are diserving it and that their sufferings are not comparable with Jesus suffering.

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My tribute to Thorkil
             by Steve Dulwich


Over the past three and a half years, I have traveled nine times with Thorkil to Romania and once to the Ukraine. When I first traveled to Romania I had never seen anyone approach missions like Thorkil. He was more like businessman. When he spoke with people, he would sit at the table so he could look in their eyes, ant they could tell that this man knew what he has doing. But then afterwards I saw how much it took out of him. He would be totally exhausted.

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Informative program on domestic violence issue with adolescents from Gherla Penitentiary

On 25th August 2008 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation in partnership with Gherla Penitentiary, started a program for inmates adolescents aimed at informing them of violence and domestic violence.
The program is conducted in collaboration with the Center ARTEMIS-Counseling Center against sexual abuse and domestic violence, the County Police Inspectorate Cluj Napoca, The Analysis and Prevention of Crime.
This program is a modification version of the program conducted with women in prison Gherla.

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"Light a stars on Christmas” Campaign has finished

With brothers from Denmark and christens in Cluj-Napoca and Arad have managed to offer gifts at Christmas to a number of 800 inmates, not visited by relatives from three prisons (Aiud, Arad and Gherla). The 800 packages have been divided as follows: 350 packages for men and 35 packages for women in Aiud Penitentiary, 350 packages for men in Arad Penitentiary and 65 packages for men in Gherla Penitentiary.

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The first mobility

From 24th to 28th of November took place in Manzanares, Spain first meeting of the Grundtvig Program “Having a New Dynamic Life through Employment realized in collaboration with another three organization from Portugal, Lithuania and Spain. From Rescue Humanitarian Foundation participated at this meeting Cosmin Giurgiu – executive director and Nicolae Horea Nistor – psychologist.

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  Get involved!

“And after they heard the king,they went their way, and behold the star which they saw at its rising led them until it came and stood over the place where the child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. ” Matthew 2:9,10

Light a star on Christmas,too!

In the last 4 years, through God's grace and some danish brothers' care we have managed to afford 800 parcels for Christmas, containing hygiene items, Christian literature, sweets an fruits. These parcels were donated to the inmates from Aiud and Arad penitentiaries every year on Christmas.

We want this type of activity to occur every year, but this time, aside the parcels, we want also to give them Christmas cards with a Christian message displayed within.
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  Activities at Rescue's headquarters


On 22nd of October 2008, Rescue Humanitarian Foundation unfolded a new information and counseling meeting with the inmates adolescents from Aiud Penitentiary, within the “Social reintegration program of the underaged and young” from the penitentiary.
On Saturday, September 20, 2008, a meeting took place at the Rescue foundation center, where partners from Denmark together with other young guests participated. During the meeting there were discussions, praise and worship and a message delivered by Stephan Dulwich. The message was addressed especially to the young ones.
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In 16th of July 2008 Rescue Humanitarian Foundation had a meeting having as purpose information and counseling the adolescent. The topic of this meeting was: ”Decision: Choice is yours”. On this meeting had participated 12 adolescents from Cluj-Napoca, age between 14 and 18 years.

Conferinta Bruxelles

During 9-11 of October, the psychologist of Rescue Foundation, participated at a conference in Brussell, having the topic “Comunicating health, the tobacco campaign”.The conference was organized by the European Commission, and its aim was to present the results of HELP Program, unfolded in 2006-2008 in all countries of European Union, and to develop recommendations for future action regarding smoking.

Christian Aid Ministry Collaboration

Our collaboration with Christian Aid Ministry continues. Christian Aid Ministry donated us goods that consists in: Centrum Multyvitamins, Ludens cough drops, dental floss, and other items. These will be distributed to the medical cabinets from Gherla, Aiud and Arad Penitentiaries. Thanks to to anyone that had, and still support us in the ministry.

Information program of domestic violence in Gherla Penitentiary

During February- July 2008, Rescue Humanitarian Foundation unfolded a program aimed to inform the inmate women of the domestic violence in the penitentiary from Gherla.
The program was funded by Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Bucharest, through the bilateral cooperation program MATRA-KAP and accomplished in cooperation with the penitentiary from Gherla, with Artemis Center – a counseling center against the sexual abuse and domestic violence, also with Inspectoratul Judetean de Politie Cluj-Napoca, Compartimentul de Analiza si Prevenire a Criminalitatii.
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Counceling and psychoterapy program at the Gherla Penitentiary

In 17th of June, 2008 we started together with Gherla Penitentiary the program ”Thinking for a change”. This program has as target group 20 inmate women divide in two groups.
The program ”Thinking for a change” is a psychotherapeutic program created by Glick, Bush and Tayman from National Institute of Correction in 1997. The philosophy behind this program is cognitive behavioral paradigm. This paradigm claim that our thought, believes and attitude cause our emotions and our behavior. In according to this, the way we perceive and evaluate external situation influence our emotional and behavioral output. The cognitive behavioral paradigm involves teaching the link between thought, emotion and behavior and the way we can change emotion and behavior by changing our thought.
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On the occasion of 1st of June, our foundation thought again about the kids of the women detained in the Penitentiary of Aiud, who like all children expect some small gift for the kid's day. So we prepared 35 gifts that were taken to the penitentiary to be given to the moms and their kids. The gifts were made with the help from the Asociation Dorkas Aid International Romania and were made out of school supplies, tooth brush and paste, soap, shower gel, clothing, toys, backpacks, corn puffs, and Coca Cola.
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Starting from the need of every woman to be useful and the need of self-growth, our foundation in cooperation with Educative service from Aiud Penitentiary we develop a program . Target group of this program were inmate’s woman from Aiud Penitentiary. In 28 May each inmate received from our foundation one flower and a flower pot, a book with relevant information about each flower, a notebook in witch they must note weekly relevant information about her flower evolution.
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Between april-may 2008, in Gherla Penitentiary was developed a Staff Traning program for the stuff working in the penitentiary. The Staff Training program was lead by Lynne DeLano - Peace Corps volunteer, and it was based on the curriculum from the Washington Department of Corrections. At the end of the program, a number of 25 participants received an attending certificate.
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The objectives of The Grundtvig Project, C.E.E.US - Communication – Education – Empowerment Unites Societies are to promote the active citizenship. Our presumption is that people with special needs do not have access to a proper education so that they acquire the social skills needed for social adaptation. Through our project we aim at endowing the beneficiaries with those skills required for personal and professional development. English language knowledge, computer skills, the growth of self esteem, exchanges and sharing knowledge will be developed through interpersonal communication. During the motilities we look forward that the beneficiaries experience the direct communication, the intercultural exchange and self-growth.

In order to reduce the effects of the difficult situation which the persons, held in detention lives in, and as well to carry on activities aimed to give emotional support, and activities that favour the social insertion, Humanitarian Rescue Foundation, at the initiative of Educational Service from Aiud Penitentiary, proposed an activity aimed at encouraging the artistic creation.

Woman's Day in Aiud Penitentiary - On the 6th of March 2008, members from "Rescue" Humanitarian Foundation and a group of volunteers have celebrated Woman's day together with the women that are imprisoned at the Penitentiary of Aiud. The theme was "Priceless moments".

On the occasion of Christmas, Rescue Humanitarian Foundation offered gifts to 800 persons in detention at Aiud and Arad Penitentiaries. Funds which were allocated to every penitentiary were not sufficient so, they couldn’t cover the entire costs for needs of persons who live in privation and considering that these persons were not in relation whit their families, we had the initiative to help these persons to complete their indigence whit our gifts.

Between 14th -18th of November 2007, Cosmin Giurgiu, manager of Rescue Humanitarian Foundation has participated to the Grundtvig/Leonardo da Vinci Contact Seminar in Murcia-Spain. The seminar has been organized to offer the participants the possibility to establish contacts and relations with participants from other European countries in order to initiate European Projects.

The author of the book “Taming the tiger”, Tony Anthony came to Romania invited by Rescue Humanitarian Foundation,
through Thorkil Jorgensen.

Taming the tiger was named by Christian Booksellers’ Convention “The Book of the year 2005”

The book was published in Romanian by Scriptum printing house from Oradea. Rescue Humanitarian Foundation distributed 1000 books to the people in detention in the Penitentiary from Aiud and Arad.

Tony Anthony stood in front of thousands of people for a whole week in Arad, Alba Iulia, Aiud and Cluj-Napoca to share with them about and the big transformation that God has done into his life.

Together with Tony Anthony participated Jon Barrow, Jamie Kidd and:

Cristocentric – to the Cultural Palace from Arad

Alexandru AND Florina Faragau – to the Cultural House of the Trade Union from Alba Iulia

Decean, 4Motion AND Heidi Schmidt – to the University House from Cluj-Napoca

The program of the visit was:

Monday, 6th of November 2007
Maxim Security Penitentiary from Arad
Cultural Palace from Arad –Time 19:00

Wednesday, 7th of November 2007
Maxim Security Penitentiary from Arad

Thursday, 8th of November 2007
Maxim Security Penitentiary from Aiud
Baptist Church from Aiud

Friday, 9th of November 2007
Maxim Security Penitentiary from Aiud
Cultural House of the Trade Union from Alba Iulia – Time 18:30

Saturday, 10th of November 2007
University House from Cluj-Napoca– Time 18:00

Sunday, 11th of November 2007
Victoria Cinema Cluj-Napoca - Time 10-12 AM

Rescue Humanitarian Organization organized a visit to Danmark in the period 24 August – 1st September 2007.This was purposed for an experience exchange between the staff of the three penitenciaries visited in Danmark and the two delegations on behalf of the penitenciaries in Aiud and Arad from Romania.

Editorial: The call to prison mission


”The Lord is saying that you will cross many borders one day to preach the gospel in another country and in another language”.



Thorkil Jørgensen


ANTI-TABAC CAMPAIGN

During 27 June -15 October 2007, “Consililul Tineretului din Romania”, organized at the national level, the Tobacco Campaign.
Humanitarian Rescue Foundation had been chosen, to develop this campaign in Cluj.
Anti Tobacco Campaign “Involving sets free”
Meetings aimed to inform and to prevent
Theatrical activity

The play “The demons... in us” – project of Rescue Humanitarian Organization together with Matyas Fazakas and Department of Educational Intervention of Aiud Penitentiary.
The play had as motto: “In the realm of ignorance the evil must show its darkest face in order to feel the good”.

1st of June – Children’s celebration
in Aiud Penitentiary

The rehabilitation program
“Thinking for a change”

The rehabilitation program “Thinking for a Change” was implemented in Aiud Penitentiary with two groups of people in detention, men and women. The program had weekly meetings for about 5 months. On Thursday, the 12 of April all the participants to this program were celebrated and we offered them participation certificates.



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» thank you for the Christmas present ... «

» This visit brought us much joy and peace ... «

» You can not imagine what it meant to me those few lines where you asked about me... «

» Here is too much hatred... «

» Jesus offered me a profound sense of life... «

» do not want to get where I started before... «

» through Him I found the real meaning of life... «

» teach me how to become a real Christian... «

» A person must not be judged according to his past deeds... «

» About myself, I can say now in my old age... «

» I do not want to sin anymore... «

» These courses helped me a lot in my christian life... «

» I recovered my faith and love for God... «

» I do not have my own Bible and I have to borrow it from other people... «

» I feel I'm pushed to do all sort of things that may sound crazy to other people... «

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RESCUE Humanitary Foundation
Cluj Napoca, Romania
Cosmin Giurgiu - Executive director
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