The Speranta Association

The Speranta Association was founded to help with the care of HIV infected children in Constanta County and to provide education and counselling on HIV/AIDS. The projects and programs were conducted in collaboration with various foreign NGOs and universities. The projects focused on a range of items such as medical assistance, antiretroviral therapy, legal provisions in HIV/AIDS, integration of orphaned or abandoned HIV infected children in families and the setting up of family-type houses.

In the future the group would like to focus on education in the community (in schools, universities, city halls, Police Departments, with groups at risk, etc.), and continuing to support the family-type houses, which are organized not unlike small farms, and preparing HIV infected young adults for processional integration and for leading an independent life. For more information, you can contact Dr. Matusa at rodica.matusa@asperanta.

EATN - European AIDS Treatment News, Volume 13, I – Spring 2005