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Network Gloria is a UK Registered Charity No.
1085365, working for the advancement of education and the relief of
poverty, sickness and distress in Romania.
History
It
all began back in 1995, when Gloria Ackerley accompanied her husband
Robin on one of his voluntary trips to Romania. She spent a week there
sharing her skills as a special needs teacher with parents of children
with special medical and educational requirements at the Binecuvintati
Copiii centre in Onesti. She found from talking to the parents there
was a real need for contact, support and information on how they could
obtain help. From that first visit the requests for help have just
grown.
Gloria has
now been nine times to Romania, but is no longer on her own. She is
accompanied by a team of volunteers, skilled in special educational
needs and in counselling and advising families and others working with
the children and young adults.
How the network got its name
During a trip in 1997, Gloria was visiting the Tulcea area where she spotted
a street sign "STR. GLORIEI". This means "Road of
Glory" in Romanian and her companions suggested that this would make
a good name for the network.
Our
Motto
Later,
Gloria spotted a tree that had shed some acorns and it seemed very appropriate
that the motto of the network would become "Great Oaks from Little
Acorns Grow".
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