Guide Dogs for the Blind

Join us in our vision of a world in which blind and deaf people in Romania enjoy the same rights, opportunities, responsibilities, fulfilment and quality of life as their able-bodied peers.

Our new website

Welcome to our new website! We are delighted to launch our new website with a stunning new design that will help us reach more volunteers that will join us in our vision of a world in which blind and deaf people in Romania enjoy the same rights, opportunities, responsibilities, fulfilment and quality of life as […]

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About us

Light into Europe is a British-Romanian charity founded in 1986 and which has been active in Romania since 1990. From 1997 to 2003 Light into Europe was invited by the Ministry of Health to be the sole provider of Air Ambulance services, saving 900 lives over 4000 flying hours. In 2003, the Air Ambulance service was handed over to SMURD.

Since 2003, the focus of Light into Europe has been on supporting blind and deaf people in Romania and developing services to support them to be able to live independent lives as part of the community.

In 2007 we opened our Resource Centre for the Sensory Impaired which hosts our Guide Dog Centre, Braille Library and Big Print Book production as well our creative education workshops.

In 2010 we successfully trained and matched our 1st Guide Dog for the Blind, Chloe with Gabi Nicolescu. Since this time we have trained and expanded the programme to support more visually impaired around the country and also provided assistance dogs to children with autism and persons with epilepsy.

How can you help

You can do more than you think

There are over 100.000 people in Romania who suffer from severe visual impairments or are blind. Our vision at Light into Europe is to deliver essential services to children and adults who are blind across Romania. Our mission is to assist people who suffer from severe visual impairment to gain mobility, freedom and independence and play an active role in their communities. Our main services include providing Guide Dogs for the Blind, Orientation and Mobility training and adapted text books for schools

There are over 40.000 people in Romania who suffer from severe hearing loss or are deaf. We desire to support these people by providing life skills training through creative education, Romanian Sign Language courses, advocacy and early intervention support

Get involved

There are more ways you can contribute

Donate

Or you can simply help us with a donation

Apply for a Guide Dog

Light into Europe wants to see a world where everybody who needs a Guide Dog, has a Guide Dog. For that reason, each of our dogs is provided free of charge to people who are blind or vision impaired.