The Passion for Action International Conference

Sibiu, 25.02.2012

The “We Act Responsibly” team invited A.L.E.G. to the international conference for social responsibility organized by the Junior Chamber International Romania federation. The event developed under the concept Active citizenship and its objective was to develop the active social involvement strategy of individuals in the society and to find the best solutions to the community problems.

Participants from over 30 countries around the world and social actors of the local community were driven into a transparent dialogue about active citizenship and about how we can respond to the challenges confronted by the society. The conference brought together at the same table members of the JCI, representatives of the Sibiu organizations of the Sibiu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ambient, Heritas and A.L.E.G.

Direct 2% of your income tax to A.L.E.G.!

It costs nothing. The 2% you chose to direct to our Counselling services for victims of domestic violence may save the life of someone dear (your mother, daughter, sister or friend), may contribute to solving the problems of domestic violence victims, to improving their and their children's living standards; you will feel that you get involved directly in solving the problems of your community.

With one simple gesture you decide where you want your money to go.

Thanks to the funds collected in the previous year we managed to support 27 women who were victims of violence. Our association pays for its services through various European projects, sponsorships and donations, without any funds from the local or state authorities.

What do you have to do?

Download and fill-in Declaratia 230 or Declaratia 200 depending on your income.

Send the forms by mail or at the address of the Public Finance Administration from your town of residence or submit them in person until 15 mai 2012!

More information at http://aleg-romania.eu/ro/2-pentru-aleg

The Project of the Year - The "I CHOOSE My Future" Summer School. A.L.E.G. got this award at the 6th edition of the Gala for the Supervolunteers - an event which promotes volunteership and gives awards to the most active volunteers involved in community projects organised by the Colors Association. We would like to thank everybody... and especially THE VOLUNTEERS who worked for this project! The novelty of the project

- 10 young volunteers from A.L.E.G. initiated a non-formal education project addressed to a group of young people in difficulty who are about to leave the foster care system and to start life on their own with little chances to integrate in the society

- the project stimulated the volunteering skills, creativity and entrepreneurship of the young people who came up with the idea of the summer school and who had the opportunity to make it happen and to discover creative methods of non-formal education based on spontaneity and imagination.

Public Action to Combat Domestic Violence

25 November – Candle-Light Vigil for the Silent Witnesses

A.L.E.G. and “Sibiu Social – The Network of Social Services Providers”

25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Every year on this occasion the Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender in Sibiu – A.L.E.G. organizes the Candle-Light Vigil for the Silent Witnesses. The Silent Witnesses are figures which symbolically represent women who have lost their lives because of domestic violence. The story of a case in Sibiu County will be written on each figure. In 2010, 135 women assaulted by their partners have asked for the issuing of a medical certificate, according to the Sibiu Legal Medicine Institute. But still, many women endure the pain silently and their cases remain unknown until it is too late. A.L.E.G. and its partners invite the people of Sibiu for a candle-light vigil for the silent witnesses so as to emphasize that domestic violence is not just a simple story, but it can be fatal. You are invited at the fountain on Nicolae Bălcescu Street between 4 and 7 o’clock p.m. to light a candle for the Silent Witnesses, thus showing you oppose violence against women. With your help, we want to light at least 135 candles. We want to show that, for each victim, there is at least one person ready to do something to stop violence.