Mary’s Meals has been working in Romania since 2006.  We support 3 children’s homes and provide meals for Roma children attending a nursery school.

School Feeding in Iona Day Care Centre
Mary’s Meals provides daily meals to around 30 pre-school children.  The children are from a marginalised Roma community on the outskirts of Targu Mures. 

The early introduction to education is playing an important part in preventing school and family abandonment.  Children who attend this centre move on and settle in primary school – something that is unusual for Roma children.

Children’s Homes – we run 3 children’s homes for abandoned children.  Some also have to contend with disability and HIV<<more>>

BOSNIA FACTS AND FIGURES
Population - 3.8 million
% population that is undernourished - 8
% population living below poverty line - 25
Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 live birth - 9.10
Adult Illiteracy Rate - 1
Primary Enrolment % - 90.5

Bosnia-Herzegovina is in South-eastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia. The country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1992. This led to a devastating civil conflict.  A peace agreement means the country is currently under international administration.  The war displaced around 2 million people and left the country’s infrastructure and economy in ruins.

ROMANIA FACTS AND FIGURES
Population - 21.3 million
% population that is undernourished - 1
% population living below poverty line - 25
Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 live birth - 22.90
Primary Enrolment % - 93
Survival to last grade of Primary of those enrolled %  94

Romania is in south-eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine.  Romania was under communist rule after World War II until 1989 when the dictator Ceausescu was overthrown.  Romania has the largest Roma minority in Europe. They are also the most disadvantaged section of society and tend to live in great poverty