Welcome to Belief in Action where faith meets compassion and transforms lives
Charity No. 327245
The Hope Centre Project
First Phase – see ‘Latest News’
New 'Baby Project'
Support for babies to save lives – see ‘Latest News’
Volunteer Visits
Next visit planned for Spring – see ‘Latest News’
What we do
Equipping
By providing time, skills, knowledge and resources to those in need.
What we do
Partnering
By working together and alongside pastors, teams, charities and organisations.
What we do
Establishing
By creating lasting and sustainable changes in communities and lives.
Belief in Action
Working for nearly 40 years in and around Romania, we are acutely aware of the thousands of children, adults and elderly who are suffering through neglect, poverty and disability. Many needlessly experience severe and heart-breaking difficulties in their lives.
With a unique blend of love, support and practical assistance, we empower individuals by delivering resources and support for sustainable community-based projects to alleviate poverty and suffering.
We have a vision to see a fully inclusive residential, day care, assessment and therapy, vocational centre built in Săcele for people with disabilities and/or requiring care as a consequence of age or circumstance. It will be a safe community where every person is valued regardless of ability, ethnicity, gender, or faith.
Join us on this incredible journey as we extend our helping hand, providing volunteer visits, essential resources and a community of support.
Caring…
We send disability equipment and aid for distribution
Helping…
UK therapists visit to teach basic therapy to enable a better quality of life
Supporting…
We provide specialist training to organisations to help them help those with special needs
Vision
In areas of acute poverty there are two projects we are really excited about, conceived by partners who inspire us and who work tirelessly to show Jesus’ love for those in their communities who are marginalised, poor, orphaned, or sick in mind and spirit.
Hope without Limits in Săcele – Pastor Ottó Kiss has a real heart for children, teenagers, the disabled and disadvantaged. He has an inspiring vision to build a centre in the heart of his community to provide a safe haven and meeting place for able-bodied and disabled people. This is now on the verge of becoming a reality. We have agreed to assist Otto and his team build The Hope Centre on land they own at the front of the Mission House in Săcele, near Braşov. This building will serve primarily as a church and a place for people with special needs and disabilities to meet.
Asociata Teleios in Reghin – Pastor Attila Toth’s vision to serve his local, impoverished community has resulted in increased church members and a wide range of social action projects. He pastors 6 churches, manages a farm, a horticultural enterprise, a Children’s Home, an educational programme for gypsy children, and a multipurpose building from which income is generated through the sale of vegetables and second hand goods with an aim for self-sufficiency.
Romania
We are proud to support the growing networks of these two pastors amongst rural communities where they are well known and respected. Conditions in these villages – where small derelict houses have no running water, heating, electricity or toilets – are shocking. People face problems of overcrowding, poor sanitation, insufficient shelter and food insecurity on a daily basis. Many scavenge the local tip for food. Without hope and the belief that life can be better, the motivation and energy needed to break the poverty cycle are very low.
Romania has a failing health care system and many, particularly in rural areas, are suffering needlessly because they do not have access to disability aids and are struggling with life. Long held prejudices to disability mean life can be a struggle and children with special needs are left to vegetate. Many have been marginalised and made to feel ashamed; they are often fearful and scared to leave their homes.
What we do
- We deliver resources, and share skills and knowledge to increasingly sustainable projects run by trusted contacts, local churches and charities who are working in their own communities to break the cycle of poverty, alleviate suffering and engender a positive attitude towards disability.
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We facilitate a disability aid loan scheme, collecting equipment destined for landfill in the UK and transporting it to a local charity, Hope without Limits in Romania for distribution. In much of Romania there is still a stigma attached to those who have a disability. They face inequality and discrimination in almost every aspect of their lives. Little has changed over the years and the need for basic healthcare, health education, therapy and medical care is huge. More and more people are being helped and enabled to live more fulfilling lives.
- We facilitate groups of healthcare professional and other ‘enthusiastic’ volunteers on trips to Romania, where they spend time assisting people with disabilities, assessing individuals, and providing education and training in disability awareness for the volunteer Hope team (Hope without Limits). There are also plenty of tasks to be done for willing volunteers with or without healthcare related skills. Further details can be found at the bottom of our website.
Our faith
Our faith in Jesus Christ motivates, inspires and sustains everything we are and do. We put our beliefs into action by working alongside partners to change the lives of children and adults in Romania disadvantaged by poverty, ethnicity and/or disability.
Ottó Kis’ Story (Hope without Limits)
Ottó, has a real heart for the disabled and disadvantaged in his community. When he arrived in Săcele. he went door to door in the villages to find those needing help. He found, sadly, many were lonely, struggling and feeling abandoned. He continued to visit their homes to offer practical help chopping wood and shopping.
Touched by their plight, Ottó has started a number of initiatives, particularly support groups and holistic day care sessions for children and adults. Isolation is a real problem and these provide a social outlet for chatting, group activities, and spiritual help with a meal together. A time of real friendship and respite. Ottó’s ministry has developed over the years and they are reaching ever-increasing numbers of people with disabilities who need help and assistance.
The Hope Centre Project
The plan to bring together partners from Romania and internationally to build this multi-purpose centre from which the charity can operate and expand the range of activities further and meet an ever-increasing demand. It is envisaged the Hope Centre will be built to exacting standards, be fully accessible, be environmentally friendly or carbon neutral, be self-supporting, and meet European standards in all aspects of its provision.
This project will occur in phases which will allow the required plans, structures, finances, people resources, infrastructure and procedures to be established in a careful and manageable way.
Pre-constrution and site preparation (Phase 1)
Such is the success of their work, they are at the stage of desperately needing their own space to run a programme of activities for the people they serve in the community. They are proposing to use the Mission House land, and become self-sufficient to reduce their dependency on the Town Council. This will allow greater flexibility of groups, church activities, and meetings. It will also allow for the growth and development of a team.
The land at the Mission House will be fully utilised. This will involve demolishing existing, older buildings which are not salvageable and constructing a two-storey building which will provide a large, adaptable and accessible meeting room on the ground floor. There will be a catering kitchen, accessible toilets and shower facilities. If possible, a smaller room or two will allow for individual therapy or counselling sessions. The second floor is proposed to have ensuite rooms which can be let out for visitors, teams or volunteers to income generate for the project.
Attila Toth’s Story (Asociata Teleios)
“Even though I have been working among the gypsies for 20 years, I am still shocked at how poor some families are among them.”
Attila’s work in rural village communities is having a real impact. Conditions are shocking – people face problems of overcrowding, poor sanitation, insufficient shelter and food insecurity on a daily basis. Hungry rats are a constant problem, biting adults, children and babies as they sleep. Generational poverty is rampant leading to hopelessness.
Dealing with poverty among the gypsies has always been a significant need. There is a constant need to look for ways to help them provide the basic needs for their families.
Education is a big part of Attila’s plan. He believes that in providing opportunities to learn, the people will be more equipped to provide for themselves. The after-school club is growing and helping children with their education and they feed around 100 children a day.
A newly built Children’s Home accommodates 11 children and their foster parents. The background stories of these children are truly shocking but with love, nurture and professional counselling most of the children are responding well.
Attila has a farming programme with industrial sized poly tunnels, a pig farm and chicken coops to provide work and income for some of the people, and to generate funding to run the after-school club and Children’s Home. A second hand store is proving a great success and provides funds for many of their other projects.
As well as looking after the welfare of many, offering material and spiritual hope, Attila is inspirational in his drive to bring hope to his community. There are many sad stories.
A family with 9 children came to the attention of his wife, Adél, when the young daughter came to a youth meeting with a baby – her little brother. Adél realised the baby was starving and would soon die if something wasn’t done. She started supplying nappies and Formula every week and now runs a project to help babies in similar circumstances live long enough to fend for themselves.
Caring…
If you can help please call us on +44 (0)121 351 7086
Helping…
If you can help please call us on +44 (0)121 351 7086
Supporting…
If you can help please call us on +44 (0)121 351 7086
The Hope Centre - Pre-construction and site preparation
Hope Without Limits is at the stage of desperately needing their own space to run a programme of activities for the people they serve in the community. They are proposing to use the Mission House land, and become self-sufficient to reduce their dependency on the Town Council. This will allow greater flexibility of groups, church activities, and meetings. It will also allow for the growth and development of a team.
The land at the Mission House will be fully utilised. This will involve demolishing existing, older buildings which are not salvageable and constructing a two-storey building which will provide a large, adaptable and accessible meeting room on the ground floor. There will be a catering kitchen, accessible toilets and shower facilities. If possible, a smaller room or two will allow for individual therapy or counselling sessions. The second floor is proposed to have ensuite rooms which can be let out for visitors, teams or volunteers to income generate for the project.
Big hearts for little feet
Fourteen vulnerable babies are now being helped to survive by Adél Toth through her project ‘Big Hearts for Little Feet’ around Reghin. She was moved to help after finding an emaciated baby being cared for by his young teenage sister. Adél realised the baby was starving and would soon die if something wasn’t done. Both parents try to find relief from acute poverty through alcohol, and child support is spent on alcohol.
She has been supplying nappies and formula milk every week for these babies at a cost of around £100 per month for each baby.
There are many other children in similar situations and each year some die through dehydration, under-nourishment and from the cold in winter.
Adél is continuing to develop a means of supporting such infants, who if they can survive until about 2 yrs, can start to scavenge, even on garbage heaps, for themselves and hopefully survive, although winter temperatures are a huge threat.
New Project - Heat for Homes
Reghin: Attila recently shared with us the number of poor homes in his community where there is no safe source of heating or cooking. As always, it is the children and elderly who are most affected. Through the generosity of people who were touched by this, we were able to provide funds for Attila to install 30 stoves in homes without heating or cooking facilities. These stoves not only keep the room warm but also serve as a tool for parents to prepare hot meals.
In addition, generous donors have contributed funds for Attila to buy enough firewood to supply 18 homes with fuel for this winter.
We are immensely grateful to everyone who has made this project possible. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, we were able make a real difference in the community.
Volunteer Visits
We facilitate groups of healthcare professional and other enthusiastic volunteers on trips to Romania, where they spend time assisting people with disabilities, assessing individuals and providing education and training in disability awareness for the volunteer Hope team (Hope without Limits). With a deep commitment to faith and compassion, we work tirelessly to provide them with the support, resources and care they deserve.
There are also plenty of tasks to be done for willing volunteers with or without healthcare related skills. Further details can be found at the bottom of our website.
Through our volunteer visits, we aim to lift the spirits of those we come into contact with and help bring hope into their lives. Join us in making a difference and together, let’s bring smiles to the faces of those in need.
We are beginning to plan our next trip for Spring 2025. If you are interested, we have more information at the bottom of our web page. Join us in making a difference and together, let’s bring smiles to the faces of those in need.
Vision for the Hope Centre
Overview of the Vision
The vision is to see a fully inclusive residential, day care, assessment & therapy, vocational centre for people with disabilities or requiring care as a consequence of age or circumstance. It will be a safe community where every person is valued regardless of ability, ethnicity, gender, or faith.
The Hope Centre will strive to be a place of best practice in all it provides and delivers. Having established itself as a viable, robust organisation, it will be looking to share skills, knowledge and expertise to the local people, churches, private organisations, and health and social care providers. It will aim to educate in issues of disability and to provide advice and training with the aim of reducing stigma and encouraging attitudes of inclusivity within the wider community and culture.
The Hope Centre Project is a plan to bring together partners from Romania and internationally to build this multi-purpose centre from which the charity can operate and expand the range of activities further and meet an ever-increasing demand. It is envisaged the Hope Centre will be built to exacting standards, be fully accessible, be environmentally friendly or carbon neutral, be self-supporting, and meet European standards in all aspects of its provision.
This project will occur in phases which will allow the required plans, structures, finances, people resources, infrastructure and procedures to be established in a careful and manageable way.
Volunteer Visits to our projects
We organise trips to Romania for groups of healthcare professionals and other ‘enthusiastic’ volunteers, with a focus on supporting the local community in Săcele, near Braşov. We are beginning to plan our next trip for Spring 2026.
This beautiful mountainous area is home to both Hungarian and Romanian speaking people, as well as Ukrainian refugees. Our partner charity, Hope Without Limits, led by Pastor Ottó Kis, is a faith-based organisation. Whilst this is an overriding motivator for those involved, anyone is welcome whether of the same, different or no faith.
Programme of activities
During our trips, there are various activities that participants can see and/or get involved with. These include working with children’s groups, conducting home visits and assessments, supporting carers groups, facilitating workshops, engaging with disabled adults in social groups, supporting therapy sessions, offering training, helping with our equipment loan scheme, and assisting with a food bank. We also provide support to a gypsy village in the area.
Transport
We fly from Luton to Braşov. As this requires an early departure, we recommend staying in Luton the night before. From Braşov, it is a short 15-minute drive to Săcele. Throughout the week, we arrange internal transport using borrowed cars or minibuses, and we kindly request participants to contribute approximately £50 to cover these costs.
Accommodation
This will be arranged at the Zuriel Centre, which offers basic but comfortable and clean rooms. The cost of a double room is approximately £40-50 per night. We ask participants to settle their own accommodation expenses upon check-out.
Food
For meals, we recommend you allow approximately £20 per person per day. In the evenings, we aim to eat together, either at local restaurants or by self-catering. However, during the day, our meal arrangements may vary depending on our activities and the composition of our teams.
It is important to note catering for dietary requirements, such as vegetarian or gluten-free, can be more challenging in rural settings, whilst towns like Braşov usually offer reasonable options.
Through our volunteer visits, we aim to lift the spirits of those we come into contact with and help bring hope into their lives. Join us in making a difference and together, let’s bring smiles to the faces of those in need. Use the contact form below for more information.
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Adventure Holidays
We have many exciting developments and opportunities planned for 2026.
Our partner Graft for Growth is running cycling and walking holidays in Romania to raise money for our projects, mainly in Săcele.
If you like a bit of adventure on holiday, check out their website and start exploring the beautiful countryside of Romania, whilst helping some of the most disadvantaged groups of people in Europe. The cycling and walking trips include parts of what has been described as the new ‘Yellowstone Park’.
We have been working with Graft for Growth – who strive to alleviate poverty and develop community through sustainable projects – for many years.