[Romania] Social Assistant Award of the Year for Social Inclusion - Social Economy goes to Mihai Enache, Terre des hommes Romania

Terre des hommes Romania is proud to announce that the prize for the social assistant of the year in the field of social inclusion - social economy was handed over to our colleague Mihai Enache at the National Gala of Excellence in Social Assistance in Romania, organized on 19^th of March 2019.

Organized to celebrate the World Social Work Day, the Gala is the event where social workers across the country, authorities, journalists celebrate the achievements of the social assistant profession to convey a message on awareness of social contributions and the need for further action, and for awarding the best social workers and supporters of social assistance from the previous year.

The Gala has been awarded prizes for several categories, including the Social Worker Prize for Homelessness, the Social Worker Award for Working with Elderly, the Social Assistant for Community Work Award and the Social Assistant Award in the Field Social Inclusion - Social Economy.

For the last category, 19 social workers were nominated from all over the country, the prize being awarded to our colleague, Mihai Enache.

Mihai has been a social worker since 2003, and his experience begins in the same year in the General Directorate for Social Assistance and Child Protection in Dolj county where he worked for 5 years focusing on maternal counseling and work with children in the adoption system. Since 2008, Mihai has started working at Terre des hommes in Craiova, where he works now. In his career at Terre des hommes, Mihai implemented projects in the field of child trafficking prevention, child psycho-social skills development, inclusion and social economy, child protection and juvenile justice.

Mihai impresses with his positive attitude, the belief that any problem has a solution and the desire to see the results of his work, especially by making good changes in the lives of children from disadvantaged communities where Terre des hommes work. But also through the energy and enthusiasm that he displays and puts them into professional work and in support of the team. In addition, Mihai has a lot of humor and is attentive to the needs of his colleagues, he offers support both professionally and personally.

Terre des hommes has been working in Romania since 1992, contributing to improving the child protection system, reforming social assistance and facilitating children's participation in the development of their own community. Each year, thousands of children and parents are beneficiaries of the activities implemented by Terre des hommes Romania in the following areas:

• Protecting and promoting children's rights by strengthening the protection system so as to prevent risk situations,
• Supporting children affected by migration,
• Juvenile justice

Congratulations, Mihai, for this prize! Congratulations on your relentless work and all the efforts you make in your work to support and promote children's rights within Terre des hommes Romania and beyond!