After the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of the Ceaușescu regime Fr. Georg Sporschill SJ was sent to Bucharest by his Order in 1991. There he took care of the many abandoned children on the streets and founded CONCORDIA social projects. A house on Piață Concordiei, Concordia Square, is the name given to the still young social organisation.
Over time CONCORDIA opened several houses where children grow up in family-like communities, social centres and the first training workshops for young people. Starting in 2004, family & social centres were established in several villages in the Republic of Moldova. In 2008, work started in Bulgaria with the social centre Sveti Konstantin in Sofia. In 2016 the LenZ Learning and Family Centre for disadvantaged children, young people and families opened in Vienna.
Today, CONCORDIA Social Projects is an international organisation with a varied programme (emergency aid, crisis centres, outreach work, alternative care and accommodation for children, and educational offers) to support disadvantaged children, young people and families. Concordia Social Projects enables children and young people to have a sheltered childhood and prospects for the future. Together with partners, they work to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged children, young people and families.
See also: Concordia Moldova
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What They Do
CONCORDIA programs comprise projects, measures and activities designed to ensure full compliance with human and children's rights for children, young people, families and communities in the long term. Their social centres and comprehensive community work help to strengthen families in their everyday lives and prevent children and young people from being separated from their families. Those who for various reasons cannot grow up with their families find a new home in Concordia's family-like residential groups or foster families.