


What We Are Doing ?
HIV/AIDS Support
Love Light Romania is dedicated to providing support services to children, teenagers & families affected by HIV/AIDS.
End of Life Care
We believe that everyone has the right to die with dignity, where they can access medication and not be alone.
Tackling Poverty
Understanding poor family communities, instead of judging them, helps us to stop cycles of poverty in future generations.
Where we work
We have been working in the area of Transylvania, Romania, since 2000. We have projects in Mediaș, Sighişoara and Târgu-Mureș.
Mission
Love Light Romania is dedicated to serving marginalized groups in Romania, in both the field of HIV and breaking cycles of poverty. Empowering communities who would otherwise not have the right to a healthy life, education or employment.
Vision
To provide material and emotional support to people with HIV/AIDS and those who live well below the poverty line, so that they can have a healthy, safe and prosperous future.
Method
Through listening to people’s individual needs, we can provide a professional plan of action and with our specially trained team we can offer high quality service. By being a voice for those who are weak and discriminated against, we ensure that children, young adults, entire communities do not struggle alone.
Why
Well, when I am asked why Love Light Romania was started and why we have established these projects and live here, I always say for me it is For the Love of God. I know that may sound dramatic but it really is for me, I always wanted to serve and have a deep faith. For me it felt like I was guided to Romania because of circumstances and experiences that took place. Here I found a need of service and it felt that this is where we should establish our NGO and service.
Founder of Love Light Romania
Jo Jowett
Founder and President of Love Light Romania
Ron Jowett
We are committed Christians who on Humanitarian Aid trips to Romania in the 1990s saw the terrible need of the children, and moved to Romania in 2000 with a dream, our love of, and desire to follow Jesus. We have devoted all our time since to our work with sick, dying and disadvantaged children.
“Whoever will not carry the cross that is given to them when they follow me,
cannot be my follower”
– Luke 14:27

Our
Projects
Currently we are involved in 4 major projects in Romania in the field of HIV and breaking cycles of poverty

HIV/AIDS Support Programs
The Sanctuary is the heart of our HIV support programs. These include free transport to hospitals for regular check-ups, medicines and hospital transfers. It is vital that a person who is suffering from HIV stays in control of their disease. If they take their medicines correctly and on time then they can get to a level where they can’t transmit the disease to others.
Jacodu Childrens Project
We have an afterschool program takes place at the Jacodu Children’s Project Learning Center. While the children now attend school more regularly, they still remain illiterate due to poor attendance in the past. A special needs teacher works with small groups of the children using basic teaching methods and tools, which they are able to understand and learn from.
Love & Light Candles
The residents of the Sanctuary help out to produce natural beeswax candles. The aim of this project is to provide employment for 2 of our beneficiaries and help them to live a more independent and meaningful life.
Support for Ukraine
Love Light Romania has been providing transport for Ukrainians from the border to safe homes in Romania, mainly the cities of Sibiu and Medias. We have also been transporting humanitarian aid up to the border. Food, clothes, blankets, medical items, hygiene and sanitary products and so much more.What we need
For people to have access to our life changing services we need your support. We need:
- 5 €/day for a person accessing our life skills programs at the Sanctuary
- 10 €/day to cover living costs per person at the Sanctuary
- 35 €/month per child to access the Jacodu children’s project services
- 25 €/month for each person who accesses our HIV support projects
How you can help
For people to have access to our life changing services we need your support. We need:
- You can donate one time or you can make a monthly donation
- You can redirect 3.5% of you taxes
- You can Donate via Text message. Text “LOVE” to 8877
- You can redirect 20% or your business taxes on profit
From Our Blog and
News
Candles (EN/RO)
Are you holding an event like a wedding or christening soon, or do you need some gifts for your staff or friends?
Helping Ukrainian children
Last Saturday Love Light Romania along with some volunteers went to a local village where there are 27 children that came form a children's center in Ukraine at the start of the war.
Love Light Romania helps over 1,000 Ukrainians
Thanks to sponsorship funding from corporate donors such as Stanchion Payment Solutions and private individuals, we have now helped over 1,000 Ukrainians.
Interview in Local Paper Turnul Sfatului
Recent, Robert Rowe, director al Love Light Romania a fost intervievat pentru un ziar local
Bianca and Ciprian Employment
Ciprian from the Sanctuary project and Bianca from the Jim’s house project have found employment.
Food donation
Thank you Father Draghici for this wonderful donation today. There was oil, flour, rice, biscuits, rice, pate, canned meats, jams and honey.
Tree planting
This week we planted 200 fruit trees at our project in Jacodu. 50 Apples, 50 Pears, 50 Cherries and 50 Plums
Chocolate workshop
We have had Oana Irina cringasu from Somartin chocolate with the help of Adela dengue joerges come and do a chocolate workshop with our beneficiaries
Appearance on TVR1
Our director Robert Rowe along with origami artist Alexandra Baranyi got the opportunity to show case our origami competition on TVR 1
Origami competition launch
Today we have launched one of our latest fundraising campaigns. An origami competition.
Volunteers
Today we have had volunteers at the Sanctuary again. Adela and Silvana came to do a workshop with our residents.
Testimonials
Recently we made a visit to the project at Jacodu and on the way back we stopped at the homes of the families who use it. It made me realise the massive difference Love Light Romania make to people living in desperate poverty, who would otherwise remain forgotten and excluded from society. Love Light Romania knows that helping the children gain confidence and skills through education can be a first step towards breaking the cycle of poverty which traps them.
Ed Gifford
Since the formation of Love Light Romania many children now have a quality of life they must never have envisaged. While I stayed with them it was great to see them so happy and for those who were not so well the care and attention they got was amazing. Every penny raised for Love Light helps the disadvantaged in so many ways through their various projects. It is a privilege to be able to help them and may God bless them in all they do.
Audrey Pegrum
MBE, Teddies For Tragedies
For anyone who has ever loved a child, you will be moved by the extraordinary work of Love Light Romania. It has given these children love and hope, when they were faced with loneliness and despair. If you are lucky enough to see the work of Love Light Romania, it will make an impression on you that will last a lifetime.
Robin Nydes
F.R.O.D.O.
Living Well Church is delighted to be connected with the work of Love Light Romania. We have been involved since 2008 and it forms a significant part of our mission activity as a church. We have raised money and have also had the opportunity to travel to Romania and provide hands on support. The work carried out by Love Light is really important and carries a Christian ethos. We look forward to being involved and partnering with them for many years to come.
Marcus Abbott
Pastor, Living Well Church