We stand beside seniors, people and families in need, while building a community where no one is left alone.
Become a volunteerThis project brings together two connected areas of work: Grandparents' House and charitable action for people and families in need.
We support seniors through gatherings, social connection, visits, and practical help. At the same time, we respond to urgent local needs with groceries, warm meals, firewood, and essential supplies.
Grandparents' House means gatherings, social connection, visits, and support for seniors. It grows through simple things, repeated with care, and moments where generations meet naturally.
Every month we bring seniors together for coffee, a shared meal, games, and conversation. For a few hours, people step out of loneliness and feel part of a group again.
Sometimes the children from Dumbrava join too. They play games, listen to stories, and discover that patience, joy, and closeness can grow naturally between generations.
Loneliness is one of the factors that most affects the health of elderly people. That is why we believe that a conversation, a card game, or a few hours spent together are not only recreational activities, but an investment in health and quality of life.
Loneliness does not appear only when someone lives alone.
It can appear when you no longer have someone to talk to, when you no longer have somewhere to go, or when you feel that you are no longer part of community life.
Grandparents' House tries to offer the opposite: presence, rhythm, conversation, and the feeling that each person still matters.
At first, some participants stay quiet and withdrawn. After a few gatherings, they begin to wait for their friends, joke together, and ask when the next meeting will happen. That is where change begins.
We track the activities we sustain and the practical support provided to the community.
In the long term, we want a place where elderly people can live with dignity, in community, close to people and activities that give meaning to each day.
For many seniors, their animal is the last family member still by their side. Our dream is that no one should be forced to choose between their own safety and their beloved companion.
A place with a garden, animals, children visiting, games, activities, shared meals, and friends.
A place where old age can still mean life.
We provide groceries, warm meals, firewood, essential supplies, and one-off support to people who are alone, families facing hardship, and the “Acoperământul Maicii Domnului” family-type centre.
When we see a real need, we try to answer with simple, useful things: warm meals, food, basic supplies, firewood, or one-off support for people who are alone and vulnerable families.
We cannot solve every problem, but we can pay attention to the community around us and step in where help can change someone's day.
Choose a specific project need. This is a donation to Dumbrava's work; you will not receive a product.
One gathering each month
This contribution supports a monthly gathering with coffee, snacks, games and time together for older people in our community.
One meal · monthly need: approximately 40 meals
This contribution covers the estimated cost of one cooked meal for someone who is alone or in need. We prepare approximately 40 meals each month.
One complete grocery round every three months
This contribution supports grocery shopping organized every three months for the girls at the “Acoperământul Maicii Domnului” family-type centre. Monthly donations accumulate and are used for the next quarterly grocery round.
You can help not only through donations, but also through presence. Two hours spent drinking coffee, playing Remi, reading, listening, or helping with transport can change someone’s day.
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