PRISON FELLOWSHIP ROMANIA IS A CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION WITH OVER 21

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS. WE ASSIST

DISADVANTAGED PERSONS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES BY COLLABORATING

WITH THE PENITENTIARY AND THE SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM, CHURCHES AND OTHER

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY CHRISTIAN VALUES, AS WE WISH TO BRING THE LOVE

AND CARE OF CHRIST IN THE LIFE OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED PERSONS. BY THE

CHRISTIAN VALUES PROMOTED SUCH AS ALTRUISM, COMPASSION, JUSTICE,

PEACE AND LOVE PFR WISHES TO CONTRIBUTE IN GENERATING A HIGH LEVEL OF

SPIRITUAL, MORAL, SOCIAL AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING FOR IT’S BENEFICIARIES.

PRISON FELLOWSHIP’S MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF VULNERABLE PERSONS,WHO ARE EXPOSED TO SOCIAL RISK AND CRIMEThrough our actions we contribute every day to a more secure and inclusive society.

Our scope is to assist the social integration of vulnerable persons - abandoned

children, children originating from poor families, young persons who leave the social

care institutions, families/individuals/groups who deal with a precarious socio-eco-

nomic situation, homeless persons, current and former inmates. These beneficiaries

are prone or exposed to a high risk of committing offenses. In order to achieve this

scope, PFR provides specialized services within its programs and centres, such as:

psycho-therapy, educational training, vocational counseling and many others.

PFR is currently running 6 programs designed for each category of bene�ciaries:

1. The Day Center for Children at risk

2. The Christian Residential Center for Abandoned Children

3. The Christian Residential Center for Homeless Persons

4. Angel Network

5. The Community Assistance program

6. Community Security Department

The beneficiaries of the Center are children

with a high risk of commiting crime or

children which already committed offenses.

Also, the families of these children can be

considered beneficiaries.

The children who constitute the target

group suffer from multiple psychological

and social problems such as: belonging

poor families, single parents, conflicting

relations among parents, history and

patterns of crime, domestic violence,

alcohol problems and problems related to

school.

1. THE DAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN

where the little ones receive school guidance and counseling for developing the appropriate skills for life.

In the Residential Center we assist children

(the majority from Cluj county), who left their

homes and ended on the streets, or who are

experiencing problems in their families.

Usually, the families of provenience face a

range of social problems such as: financial

vulnerability, lack of housing, lack of

employment and other issues. In most

cases, the members of these families are

unable to assume the parental role because

they lack parental skills or knowledge on

effective educational methods.

2. THE CHRISTIAN RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN

where children under 18 receive shelter and counseling.

The beneficiaries of this center are many of

the adolescents of over 18 years who leave

the institutional child care system, young

offenders and persons without a place to

live. All of these individuals need social

assistance, a shelter and a place to

work – that is why we house them in our

shelter and offer them specialized

counseling and training in order to help

them gain independency.

3. THE CHRISTIAN RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR HOMELESS PERSONS

where we offer shelter to young persons dealing with social risk.

The program is comprised of 3 interventions:

1. The „Angel Tree” Donation Campain in

which inmates’ families receive packages

with basic goods (food, clothes, school

supplies etc.) and the children receive

presents, together with congratulation cards

from their inprisoned parent

2. Psycho-Social Assistance - we will offer

proffesional counseling to the inmates

children based on individual evaluations of

the emotional and behavior problems.

3. Extra-curricular camps are meant to

facilitate the social reintegration of the

children belonging to the prisoners

4. ANGEL NETWORK

a program for the children and families of the inmates

The beneficiaries included in this program

are vulnerable communities, groups and

families who are exposed to a high risk of

crime or/and social exclusion due to their

socio-economic situation. We focus mainly

on poor communities and Roma ethnic

groups.

The main purpose of this program is to offer

direct assistance in the form of social, med-

ical and material support to the beneficia-

ries. Our actions are expected to increase

the quality of life for our beneficiaries, while,

at the same time increasing the level of

inclusion and decreasing criminality.

5. Community assistance program

The target group is formed of offenders

sentenced to custodial or non-custodial

sentences and their families.

Within this program we prepare inmates for

liberation. PFR relies on 68 permanent

volunteers which are present every week in

each of the 15 prisons from our country.

Most of our volunteers (50) bring spiritual

relief to the beneficiaries by preaching the

word of Christ, while the other (18)

volunteers are social assistants or

psychologists that guide the prisoners and

prepare them for a better reintegration into

society.

3. Community Security Department a program for the rehabilitation of inmates

1+1 Social Store is a self-�nancing mechanism developed and implemented by our foundation

It is important for us to have a

constant source of financing in order

to assist our beneficiaries. The funds

generated by the store are used to

support the programs and the activity

of the three centers.

Our foundation promotes

active community involvement

Persons and organizations who are willing to

help are able to do so through voluntary

work in the benefit of the vulnerable groups

that the foundation serves.

We often collaborate with churches and local

insitutions, which provides us with

volunteers for our programs.