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Orphans

Orphans

Save the Orphans – Moldova

About Save The Orphans – Moldova

Sylvia Mader, the founder of Save the Orphans, has been contributing to orphanages in Moldova since 2004. Her team established their non-profit status in 2016 with the mission to protect and empower orphans from human and sex trafficking. Save the Orphans accomplishes this objective through a multifaceted approach that combines training and humanitarian assistance along with sharing the Good News of Jesus:

  • Free computer programming, coding, and electronics training for youth
  • For orphans, refugees and the poor: sponsorship of Christian foster families, distribution of food, clothing, and supplies, and distribution of life-saving firewood and food in the winter months
  • Fostering self-reliance among foster families with vegetable and fruit gardens
  • Partnership with Moldova NGO Beginning of Life to eliminate trafficking
  • Working with Ukrainian refugees and orphans affected by the conflict with Russia 

STO partners with the faith-based community of Moldovan leaders to provide spiritual knowledge, food, clothing, and school supplies to orphans, social orphans, destitute families, and foster homes. The Save the Orphans staff and network of associates in Moldova are all volunteers.

See the Newsletters in the News section on this site for updates on orphan-related activities.

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Save the Orphans provides anti-trafficking training.
Save the Orphans provides anti-trafficking training.
STO supports local vegetable gardens
STO provides donations of firewood, clothing, and food staples
STO offers programming, coding, and robotics training
STO gathers food for poor village families.
STO gathers food for poor village families and Ukrainian refugees.
Food for poor village families
Food for poor village families
Orphans
STO supports Elena (at left), who took in four children when a relative died of cancer in 2018. This addition brought her family to 13 children. Elena also cares at home for an ill husband and ill mother.

“I have seen the potential of these orphans and I am continually overwhelmed with how much they can achieve when given the basic necessities along with encouragement and compassion. They are inspiring! “

Sylvia Mader, Founder

Save the Orphans
Visiting orphanage
Visiting orphanage
Visiting orphanage
Sylvia Mader at orphanage
Sylvia Mader at orphanage

We empower Moldova’s orphans with education, warm clothing, knowledge, and training that will protect them from human trafficking and prepare them for success.

Our programs include:

  • Orphanage Visits
  • School Supplies ‘Back Pack Program’
  • Anti-Trafficking Work
  • Summer Camps
  • Village Outreach ‘Food Bag Program’
  • Transitional Homes
  • Hospital Visitations

To learn more about our programs and the work of Save the Orphans, visit our website.

To see just a glimpse of the work of Save the Orphans in Moldova, read our yearly newsletters.

In 2021, Save the Orphans expanded the number of orphans and Moldovan children who received our presentations on the importance of education, building self-esteem and the dangers of human trafficking.

Save the Orphans 2021 update
Newsletter 2021
Save the Orphans 2020 update
Newsletter 2020
Save the Orphans 2019 update
Newsletter 2019

Save the Orphans 2018 update
Newsletter 2018

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