by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on December 19, 2017
I first started volunteering at Nightingales Children’s Project in the summer of 2014 and did so for the next 3 years. During these summers, I worked with children from the town, the girls in the Girls at Risk Project and the young adults in the supported and independent living flats. I quickly fell in love…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on December 19, 2017
Mihaela* was abandoned by her mother when she was just a baby in an orphanage. Her mother was unable to look after a baby. Mihaela struggled health wise for the first part of her life, often spending large amounts of time in hospital with various problems. She would become quite anxious and angry because of…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on June 4, 2016
Jo Wells is cycling from London to Cernavoda this summer to raise funds for Nightingales. Here she talks a little bit about her worries, plans and excitement about the trip ahead. Jo will be joined on her trip by Douglas MacGregor, who has just had a hip replaced! Links to their Facebook pages you can…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on May 28, 2016
Once a month the young people from Nightingales are invited on a day out to Bucharest by a lady who runs a charity there. She prepares monthly trips for young people and children from various institutions and hospitals from the Bucharest region. Thursday 19th May was supposed to be another trip just like every month.…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on May 27, 2016
Nightingales like most charities relies on people to donate and fund raise, to be able to offer the opportunities for the beneficiaries of the charity. Without the drive and vision of David Savage we would not be where we are now, but there are a few unsung heroes who do all the groundwork, who daily…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on May 6, 2016
Sara*, is one of our young ladies from the girls at risk programme, we have asked her to talk about her life growing up in Cernavoda, what choices her friends made and how she has been supported by Nightingales Children’s Project to choose a different future. “When I was a young girl, I…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on April 22, 2016
During this last week Romanian schools run a special programme of extra curricular activities instead of usual lessons. This week Nightingales has offered activities ranging from dance and games to cooking and arts and crafts. The activities were designed and run by a group of 8 of the girls at risk. The girls spent the…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on April 19, 2016
Claudia was bought up in Cernavoda Orphanage, she was one of the brightest and smartest girls in salon 18. It must have been hard aged 4 seeing her friends and classmates move to another home in Mihail Kogalniceanu. But for Claudia this was the start of an amazing relationship with David Savage, a relationship which…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on April 16, 2016
24 years ago a young man from Devon came for 3 months to work in an orphanage in Cernavoda, those three months changed his life and the life of those children more than anyone could imagine. For the last 24 years Nightingales has cared for hundreds of children and young adults, provided often life changing…
by Nightingales Children's Project
Posted on April 8, 2016
Since 2012 Nightingales has been working with young men to help keep them in education, help them make positive life choices and help them not get caught up in trafficking young girls and women for a living. The project started with 6 young men playing in a local futsal (6-a-side indoor football) league. These young…