CONCORDIA for a safe home

There are many reasons why children and adolescents cannot grow up with their biological parents. In order to nevertheless provide these children and young people with a sheltered childhood, CONCORDIA offers a safe home.

Dana and her siblings have already had to endure a lot of suffering and bad experiences in their young lives. Their father has died and their mother is in prison for the second time. At Casa Caroline, the three siblings find the security and affection they need.

CONCORDIA ENSURES A SAFE HOME. THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ON-SITE ASSISTANCE.

Assisted crisis living groups

When children in current crises have to leave their families, they are placed in supervised residential groups. There they live together in small groups. A team consisting of social workers, psychologists, educators and caregivers jointly takes over the tasks of the family of origin: from organizing everyday life to psychological care for the children.

Since December 2018, Dana, Stela and Dorin* have been living together with five other children in the family-like house Casa Caroline in Ariceștii. Here, the three siblings find the security and affection they need. Dana is the oldest at 13 years old. She and her siblings have already had to endure a lot of suffering and bad experiences in their young lives. Their father died and their mother is in prison for the second time. Dorin, the youngest of the three, has been living at CONCORDIA for five years. Today he is nine years old.
*In order to protect the personal rights, the names of the persons are changed.  

Family type living groups

In family-like residential groups, a maximum of eight children and young adults live together with trained educators in a CONCORDIA house. Many young adults live in their own residential units with the support of CONCORDIA. Some children have been successfully returned to their families of origin. Those who cannot be reintegrated into their families of origin remain in small residential groups where they find peace, security and support as well as the individual attention they so urgently need.

 

Placement in foster family

Children who need special protection and for whom reintegration into the family of origin is out of the question find a new long-term home in a CONCORDIA foster family. The foster parents often also bring along biological children. Up to seven children can live together in a family household. The parents are carefully selected by CONCORDIA and undergo a thorough training. They are accompanied by mobile CONCORDIA teams consisting of social workers and psychologists. 

Maya and her husband live with their five foster children in a house near Chișinău/Republic of Moldova. The children have experienced security and trust with them for the first time. On weekends, their adult foster children often come to visit. There's quite a bit going on in the house.
CONCORDIA helps young adults find their own way through educational opportunities and caregivers.

Assisted living communities for adolescents and young adults

One of our major goals is to enable adolescents and young adults to go their own way and live independently. In order to give them the opportunity to try out their independence, CONCORDIA offers supervised shared apartments as a transitional form in which they live independently. They are accompanied and supported in case of problems by a team of social workers and social pedagogues who visit them regularly. All young people have a fixed reference person who supports them with challenges in their education and job search and introduces them to an independent life. 

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