Our story
Four chapters: the beginning, the work in our archive, the period of reduced activity and what we are preparing now.
Since 2001, Pro Prietenia Arad Foundation has worked with people in Arad who need support: families facing hardship, children and young people, people trying to rebuild their lives after a sentence. We did this through volunteering, prevention campaigns and projects run with the city’s public institutions.
We have worked with volunteers, professionals, public institutions in Arad and partners in Romania and abroad. Our archive holds projects, meetings and campaigns, most of them from 2002 to 2011.
During the pandemic, the foundation’s activity fell sharply. It is part of our history and we say so openly, alongside the work that came before.
We are now preparing a new chapter. We want to restart, step by step, the initiatives we can staff, fund and sustain, and to be clear about what we are planning, what funding we need and how we will track results.
Timeline
The years below are those we have records for. We do not fill gaps with guesses.
2001
The beginning
The foundation is registered in Arad. Support for people and families facing hardship is one of its first areas of work.
2002
First camps and the youth programme
The first camp at Vârfurile, with costs covered for 8 children from Mișca. In the following years the number grows to 18, then 24.
2006
Working with the justice system
With Arad Penitentiary and the Arad Probation Service, the foundation runs 10 social-skills sessions for young people preparing for release.
2008
The prevention programme
The programme on preventing drug use and violence begins. The "Drugs Are Not Cool!" project reaches 3,000 young people in Arad.
2008Volunteers during a prevention campaign 2009
Exchanges with Wales
A second youth exchange with partners in Bridgend, Wales, with 20 participants. The Arad Local Youth Council starts a term under the foundation’s patronage.
2009Wales and Romania youth exchange 2010
Friends of PRO
The Friends of PRO volunteer network begins. In the "Arad People for Arad People" campaign, young people collect and sort goods for 180 families.
2010Friends of PRO volunteers 2011
Schools, volunteers, competitions
Screenings and discussions on violence and human trafficking in high schools in Ștei, Beiuș and Arad County. 25 volunteers help at the U16 European Basketball Championship hosted by Arad.
2011Opening of the U16 European Championship, Arad Reduced activity
Public documents from this period are added to the Transparency section as the board verifies them.
Were you a volunteer, partner or beneficiary of one of the foundation’s activities? Help us complete the archive.
Now
Preparing to restart
We are restarting gradually, and only with initiatives we can keep going beyond the first year. We publish what we are preparing and how contributions will be used.