Thanks to United Way programs, children, young people, adults and the elderly with serious health problems benefit from medical and social care. A large part of the elderly in Romania face numerous problems, chronic diseases, poverty, loneliness. The elderly population is growing in our country, the elderly live on very low incomes, cannot afford quality health services and therefore live their last years without dignity.
Through United Way’s health programs, these people are helped with food, medicines or basic medical services. Elderly people who can’t move get regular visits from medical teams or have access to telemedicine services.
Children requiring long-term admissions also receive psychological counselling, art and play therapy, as well as basic medical support, rehabilitation and physical therapy.
In 2023, in order to promote and support a healthy lifestyle among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, we created the “Learn to be healthy” program in which students practice individual and team sports, participate in information sessions about the importance of a balanced diet, FairPlay, teamwork and anti-bullying and receive healthy snacks.
In 2024: 3,147 children, adults, and seniors suffering from various illnesses and facing extreme poverty received support to improve their quality of life through access to medical services and medication. As a preventive measure, sports activities and health education sessions were organized.
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2,038 children, adults, and seniors in need, suffering from various illnesses and living in severe poverty, received support to enhance their quality of life through basic medical services, consultations, treatments, rehabilitation care, home care, food, hygiene products, and medication, as follows:
- 799 people received social counseling to access medical services and health education.
- 817 beneficiaries received material support for medical investigations and treatments.
- 588 people benefited from complementary therapies (e.g., art therapy for hospitalized children).
- 492 children, adults, seniors, and their caregivers received psychological counseling and assistance.
- 207 people accessed basic medical services (consultations, medical tests, prescriptions, rehabilitation treatments, etc.).
- 77 people received home care services.
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1,006 children from vulnerable backgrounds participated in sports activities, and together with 103 parents, they attended educational sessions promoting a healthy lifestyle.
