Finances: The principal sponsor is the British organisation "Biggin Hill Romania Group". They support us financially and from the very beginning they have also given us the moral support for the work and development of the day centre "Robert Cole". The Mayor is the partner from Comanesti and the local Council help us too and this is a partnership rarely found in Romania.

Objectives: The objective of Association "Robert Cole" is to enhance the life of children with Special Needs by creating a club for children, a youth club, a special means of education, rehabilitative measures, social reintegration, integration into normal schools and the number at present is 62 children with learning disabilities.

Activities: Association "Robert Cole" offers the service of a Day Centre, therapeutic assistance for people with special needs, and this includes a councillor for the families, in order to help them respond to the specific demands of children with disabilities.

Services offered: Educational services (six classes with seven educators), speech therapist, physiotherapist, and a spiritual councillor.

Partnership:

• Mayor's office in Comanesti;
• Local Council;
• County School inspector;
• Director General of Social Assistance and Child Protection;
• Local sponsors.

• principal of normalisation, promoting, offering equal opportunities to people with disability;
• principal of respect, respecting the rights of the child;
• principal rights of the child to have special help and assistance;
• principal rights of the child for education;
• principal of cooperation and partnership.

• lowering the rate of abandonment;
• creating awareness of the different and alternative services for children who are in difficult circumstances, services of the family councillor, specific therapies and educational therapy;
• make the local community aware of theproblems of children with disabilities;
• create awareness of the social civic laws that promote respect and the rights of the child with disabilities;
• cooperation and partnership between Association "Robert Cole" and the Local Authority in the interests of the child and the family.

To develop future strategies, Association "Robert Cole" proposes the following:
• extend the services offered to the children who come to the Day Centre (by creating a workshop that will provide occupational therapy
• sewing, design or manual skills).
• extend the contact and cooperation with the civic and local authorities.