ACSIS in numbers
Year 2010 :
Year 2009:
- 1262 persons (573 mothers and 689 children) benefited from psycho-social services within the Advice and Aid Center
- 94 mothers and 210 children have benefited from psycho-social services for a period between 3 and 9 months, in order to keep the children with the family
- 479 mothers were advised concerning the rights related to the mother and child couple and the administrative steps necessary to obtain such rights, within Prof.Dr. Panait Sârbu Maternity Hospital
- 71 psychological advice sessions intended to build and consolidate the attachment relationship between mother and child
- 50 mothers benefited from training in making textile toys
- 2 mothers were employed in the textile toy workshop
- 3 mothers are a training resource for other mothers in making toys
- 32% of the mothers aided found a job after receiving assistance from ACSIS
- 34% of the mothers improved their relationship with the partner/ the family of origin, following the aid received
- 914 children enjoyed the interactive theater performances, where puppet-toys made by the beneficiary mothers were used, which were held in kindergartens and schools in Bucharest by a puppeteer actor collaborating with ACSIS
- 20 volunteers got involved in the activities carried out by ACSIS
Year 2008:
- 309 people (106 mothers and 203 children) benefited from the social services which were provided by the Counseling and Support Center and which were aimed at helping mothers overcome the risk of abandoning their children
- 25 mothers gained manual labor skills by learning to manufacture toys in the workshop of the Association
- 40 group meetings were organized by ACSIS with the beneficiaries, which were aimed at creating a climate that would favor education, the sharing of experiences and the occurrence of a series of events
- Bimonthly sessions of individual social counseling were carried out between the social worker and the mothers
- The beneficiaries were identified with the help of the Association’s collaborators :
- 46 cases were reported to the Association by the General Directorates for Social Assistance and Child Protection
- 11 cases were directed to ACSIS by different NGOs
- 36 cases were reported by medical institutions
- In 13 cases, people came directly to the Association
- 15 volunteers were constantly involved in the activities developed by ACSIS.