Fundatia Humanitara Debora

President: Marius Mihuta

In 1994 Romanian Christian Marius Mihuta, a car mechanic, felt a great concern for street girls. He and his wife Mariana have a daughter named Debora. He was given a house by a German returning home and Marius began to make plans to transform this house into a refuge for girls. A great deal of help was given by an English Methodist Minister and his Circuit of Churches and the money was raised to renovate the building.

“Casa Debora” opened it's doors in 1996 and now gives a home to 16 girls. One of the first girls into the home is now married. All the girls have been abandoned in some way. Emanuela, Maria and Alena, sisters, were rescued from a State Orphanage where in 1996 their care was minimal. Another was abandoned on a train at 18 months old. Mariuta fled from her home in Northern Romania and wandered, scavenging for 3 months before she was picked up by Debora Staff. The home in the village of Nuedorf not far from the city of Arad gives them a secure home from the dangers of street life; the chance to go to school and to learn skills that will be a help to them into their futures.

Marius, no longer a car mechanic but running Fundatia Humanitara Debora full time has now extended his work to 3 residential homes and a canteen in the town of Arad.

The numbers in these residential homes now fluctuate and change as Marius is successful in arranging Foster Families for children. This is now Romanian Law that children are fostered or returned to their own birth parents if possible.

Image of food and aid piled high, brought to Romania

In 2003 he opened a Summer Camp in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains where it is used for Christian Holidays for children and also for Christian Conferences. In 2003 Street Children Aid Pro Deo funded the Camp Building and took 2 lorry loads of furniture from a Reading Hospital that was closing down.

Currently in 2006/2007 Street Children Aid Pro Deo continues a sponsorship scheme for places in Casa Debora and sends Marius a lorry load of general aid each year.

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