Nicoleta is a-23-year-old girl who has been living at Motivation since September 2004. Although she was sent to a placement centre since she was very young, Nicoleta keeps in touch with her mother and sisters. However, because of her family’s difficult financial situation and lack of housing, Nicoleta cannot live with her family. Nicoleta is part of Motivation’s te... [more]

Mihaela is a 22-year old girl who lives at Motivation since 2004. As she was abandoned by her mother when she was born, Mihaela spent her life in different placement centers. She wants to know her natural family, but unfortunately they could not be identified. Mihaela will soon graduate from the Arts and Crafts School in Bucharest. She works in Motivation’s occupational work... [more]

Eduard is 19 years old. Everyone calls him Edi. He has been living at Motivation since 2004. His parents visit him from time to time. Because of their poor financial situation, Edi cannot live with them. Edi attends the courses of an Arts and Crafts School. At the same time, he comes to Motivation`s occupational workshop. Here he helps his friends by pouring plaster in... [more]

Florin is 20 years old. He is very sociable and energetic. The time he spent in a placement centre had a big impact on him. He has a speech impairment and a visible attention deficit. This is why Motivation’s day center specialists crafted a personalized rehabilitation program for him. Florin attends a special school in Bucharest. In his spare time he works in the greenhouse... [more]

Anca is 20 years old, and was deinstitutionalized from a placement centre in 2003. Because of her disability Anca cannot walk without a walking frame. At Motivation’s Day Centre Anca follows a personalized program that includes physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychological counseling, and special education. She also attends the classes of a special school in Bucharest. She li... [more]

Florin lives together with another seven youth in one of Motivation’s family-like homes. As he was diagnosed with a developmental disability and autism, he was integrated in a rehabilitation program created by Motivation’s specialists. Florin is shy and easily scared by everything new, crowded places and darkness. He cannot focus his attention for long periods of time and... [more]

Laurentiu has been living at Motivation since 2003. Although he has a developmental disability, Laurentiu could be integrated at first in a mainstream school together with children from the community. Due to the individual rehabilitation program he went through and the support of a teacher at school, Laurentiu slowly got used to his new school and he is now in the 5th grade.... [more]

Georgiana, who will soon be 10, has been living in one of Motivation’s family-like homes since 2005. She was abandoned by her family when she was 3 when, after an accident, she remained helpless. She spent 2 years in Tancabesti Placement Centre without a rehabilitation program or an appropriate mobility equipment. After she left the institution and came to Motivation, Georgi... [more]

Madalina is a 18-year old young girl who has been living at Motivation since 2004. She lives together with eight children in the Cornetu group home. Madalina does not keep in touch with her family and she has never been visited by them. She attends a special school in Bucharest. In her spare time she takes part in activities at the occupational workshop. She prefers painting p... [more]

Marian is a 17-year old youth who was deinstitutionalized by Motivation in 2003. The poor condition of his family and its lack of interest towards the child led to his placement in a state-run institution. Being such a sensitive and introvert person, his early age experiences had a big impact. The recovery program initiated by Motivation after his transfer to the resid... [more]

Ionut is 15 years old. He is very energetic and happy. Being at Motivation since 2003, he was included in a recovery program to correct the speech difficulties and address behavioral issues. Ionut was integrated in a mainstream school inside the community that he attends at present, accompanied by a support teacher. For four years, until 2009, Ionut lived in a foster f... [more]

Cristian is one of the children deinstitutionalized by Motivation at the age of 4. He was transferred to Motivation in May 2005 and he was integrated in a rehabilitation program adapted to his needs, identified by Motivation’s Day Center team during a thorough assessment. This program aims to help Cristian overcome his emotional issues and his memories from the institution,... [more]

Alexandru is a 15- year old boy. He was placed at Motivation in 2005 and for a short while he lived with a foster family in the community. In the group home, Alex lives with another 7 children with disabilities. He attends classes at a special school in Bucharest and also receives rehabilitation services and attends sports activities at Motivation’s Day Center. Alex... [more]

George is a 22- year old youth who lives in Motivation`s group home in Clinceni. George could not be included in the mainstream education system. However, since 2004 he has been attending our Day Centre for an intense rehabilitation program adapted to his needs. While he made significant progress regarding his cognitive development, and developed new personal independence skil... [more]

Marius is 22 years old. He has been living at Motivation since 2004, together with other 7 young people with similar disabilities. As he was diagnosed with a severe developmental disability, Motivation’s specialists tried to create a special recovery program and progress was visible very soon. When he was transferred from the institution he could not talk or establish any co... [more]

Ciprian is 22. He has a severe developmental disability, as well as a speech and hearing impairment. Ciprian developed skills that allow him to walk independently inside the home and at the Day Centre, as well as to eat without help. At the Day Centre Ciprian takes part in special teaching, physiotherapy and social activities. He does the exercises the physiotherapist... [more]

Costel is 22 years old and lives at Motivation since September 2003. Due to his severe disability, he is not enrolled in school but participates in rehabilitation activities at the Motivation day center. Based on the individual assessment, the Center’s specialists have created an individual program of special education, speech therapy, physiotherapy and social activities.... [more]

Gabi is 10 years old. He is one of the children deinstitutionalized by Motivation when he was only 4 years old. He was diagnosed with severe associated disabilities but the rehabilitation program at Motivation`s Day Centre helped him make significant progress. The intense physiotherapy sessions helped improve his walking and general physical condition. Although he can walk onl... [more]

Florin is 16 years old. He has autism and severe developmental disability. He was transferred to Motivation in 2004 and he lives in one of our group homes together with other 7 youth with similar disabilities. He attends the classes of a special school in Bucharest and he also goes to Motivation`s Day Center, where he takes part in speech therapy sessions, cognitive stimulatio... [more]

Narghita is 16 years old. She has autism and a severe developmental disability. She was born from a triplet pregnancy and was abandoned at birth in the placement centre together with her sister, Kassandra. They were both deinstitutionalized in 2003 by Motivation and placed in the family-like home of the organization. Since Kassandra had only a mild disability, Motivation was a... [more]

Bety is a 19 year-old girl who has been living at Motivation since 2004. Being diagnosed with autism and severe behavior issues, she lives in one of our family-like group homes. The existing special school curricula is not appropriate for her level of abilities. At Motivation’s Day Center, Bety has an individual intervention program designed by our specialists. Through par... [more]

Aurel is 23 and lives in one of Motivation’s group homes. Due to his severe mobility disability, he uses a personalized wheelchair. Aurel also has a severe developmental disability, and has been attending our day center since 2004. There he is involved in an intensive rehabilitation program that includes special psycho-pedagogical activities, cognitive stimulation and physio... [more]

Stefan is a 11 year-old boy with associated disabilities. His health condition is severe. He permanently needs adult assistance and medical support. His disability causes periodic health complications. In order to solve his medical problems he was hospitalized for long periods and he needs a permanent attendant. Stefan cannot eat solid food. He can eat only with close support... [more]

Catalin is 15 and lives at Motivation since 2005 in one of our group homes. He participates in the Day Center program, where he has an individual schedule which includes speech therapy, physiotherapy and other activities. Although he cannot talk, Catalin expresses his wishes through nonverbal language and he manages to make himself understood by those around him. He li... [more]

Leonard is 17. He was diagnosed with autism. He does not attend school but participate in rehab activities at Motivation’s Day Center. Following a careful assessment our team created an individual intervention program for Leo. Leo cannot speak. He needs the ongoing support of the care staff and shows no interest for group activities. He can carry out a limited number of acti... [more]