Ruhama means “mercy”
It illustrates empathy and helping others
In 1996, Tina and Marian Daragiu founded Ruhama Foundation based on their personal experience with discrimination and poverty as a Roma-Romanian family living in Romania. Throughout the years they’ve learned that the issues Roma and vulnerable people are facing go so deep that only through an integrated approach, that requires public authorities to take sustainable action, will the fate of these groups ever have a chance to change for the better.
Our guiding principles
Empathy
We act with empathy in working with our beneficiaries.
Human dignity
We promote and act for the independence and dignity of persons.
Human potential
We support individuals to reach for their potential and fully contribute to their communities.
Diversity
We encourage and respect the diversity of opinions, beliefs, thoughts, cultures, and ethnic identities.
Collaboration
We promote the development of programs with the involvement of public institutions, government bodies, universities, and researchers.
Trusting institutions
We aim to empower people in relation to institutions and to make public authorities accountable in relation to citizens.