For sixteen years, Rodica Driha quietly worked as a cleaner in apartment buildings in Beiuș, Romania. She never expected that one day she would depend on the kindness of others simply to receive the care she needs to survive.
Today, at 65 years old, Rodica is a widow living with severe complications caused by diabetes. She has lost a toe to gangrene, suffered a hip fracture that healed incorrectly, and has multiple blocked arteries. She uses a wheelchair and is no longer able to prepare meals, clean her room, or care for her wounds without daily assistance.
Despite these challenges, Rodica has not lost hope. With proper medical care, rehabilitation, and ongoing support, she can continue living in safety and dignity. We are asking for your help to make that possible.
Why Rodica Needs Your Help
- She receives a monthly pension of only 1,296 RON, which covers less than one-third of her essential care costs.
- Without continuous medical and social support, her health and life remain at serious risk.
- She has no financial resources to cover the professional care she now depends on every day.
How Your Donation Makes a Difference
1. Safe Residential Care
Rodica now lives at Casa Beiuș Care Centre, where she receives professional care in a safe environment.
Monthly cost: 4,500 RON
Rodica contributes her full pension: 1,296 RON
Still needed every month: 3,204 ron
2. Essential Medical Care
Your support also covers specialist consultations, hospital treatment, medications, laboratory tests, transportation, wound-care supplies, adult hygiene products, and coordination of her medical care.
Estimated monthly cost: 2,000 RON
Our Long-Term Goal
Our mission is not simply to provide ongoing care. We want to help Rodica regain as much independence as possible and secure the disability benefits she is entitled to, allowing her to live with dignity and long-term stability.
Every Gift Brings Hope
Every donation, no matter its size, helps provide professional care, essential medical treatment, and the reassurance that Rodica is not facing this journey alone.
Your kindness offers far more than financial assistance—it gives hope, security, and the chance for a better future.
Thank you for standing with Rodica.
Donate Today
THE GOOD SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION BEIUȘ
Name of bank and bank address:
"BANCA COMERCIALA ROMANA", Sucursala Beius
(Romanian Commercial Bank, Beius Office)
Bank Address : Str. P-ta S. Vulcan 11, Beius, Bihor 415200, Romania
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IBAN USD: RO29RNCB0034021802850003
IBAN Euro: RO56RNCB0034021802850002
IBAN RON: RO83RNCB0034021802850001
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Broken and fallen lives need our support all year round as change and transformation come only step by step. We, at Good Samaritan, are committed to the mission of being a catalyst for this transformation, supporting the needy throughout the year and are glad to witness to you today a story of such transformation. It is truly happening, step by step, for Adela’s family and we would like to make you be part of it.
Given the bad economic situation in Romania low-income families have large problems when it comes to ensuring funds for the many basic needs of the family. Children are perhaps the most vulnerable members of the family. It is hard to explain to a child why mom and dad cannot send you to school and provide for his basic needs of clothes, food and school supplies.
To ensure that the children from underprivileged families and children of orphans have a fair start, we would like to help them provide school supplies, so they can fully access educational opportunities.
“You Don't Know What You Have Until It's Gone” - this expression is used many times during life and today, we want to use it as we talk about one of our programs – our dental program. When you get to the point where you can’t eat because of a lack of teeth, or you’re embarrassed to smile, or you suffer days on end as you don’t have enough money even for a extraction, only then you’ll understand how much you appreciate healthy teeth.
Several of our beneficiaries are in great need of help with their teeth. Living in the state orphanage of Romania, under the conditions of limited financial subsidy, many youngsters dental care needs were neglected and with the years and the lack of on-time intervention, became severe. Not having permanent jobs, working seasonally or earning too little many are facing the impossibility to pay their own dental care expenses. Our dental assistance has enabled beneficiaries of the dental program not only to have a new look but also a much better self-esteem and health in general.
Join us in developing our dental program and helping bring back a smile to the faces of so many. Donate today!
Optimism. Expectation. Belief. Anticipation. Faith. Confidence.
These words are all synonyms of Hope and that is what we as Good Samaritan want to bring about in this world. We want those who we support to have confidence to go out on the street with their heads high. We want them to have a belief in themselves that they can achieve their full potential. We want them to have an optimism that things will get better and that the future is brighter.
We ask you to be a part of sharing this hope and helping us to give a handup to those in need. Here are just a few examples of those in need of that handup today.
A is one of our beneficiaries who grew up in the state orphanage here in Beius. As many people know from the news when comunism fell in Romania, dental care has always been an issue for many in Romania. A is just one of several beneficiaries who we would like to help with their teeth. A nowadays has only a couple of teeth left after the rest had to be extracted. As you can easily realise, self-confidence is low as they rarely smile so that they can hide the fact they have no teeth or very few. The worst thing is that eating is not easy. Help us as we support A and others like them to have the dental treatment needed and provide dentures.
B is another beneficiary who also grew up in one of the state orphanages here in Romania and after leaving the orphanage at 18 years old, spent time sleeping on the streets. This took a toll on their health and they are now in constant need of medication and long term support. Their illness pension (disability allowance) doesn’t cover anywhere near the costs of their medical needs. Join us in helping B and others have a new belief in themselves, that their medical conditions can be kept under control and they no longer need to worry about whether they can afford to buy their medication or put food on the table.