Support Staff Members

Camelia Cismaru

Dobrun, Romania

Camelia Cismaru, Kids Alive field director in Romania, was born in the small town of Dobrun, Romania, where the House of Hope Children’s Home is located.  Cami’s parents and entire family were involved in founding the Children’s Home and Denisa Care Center, even using their house as a temporary home for babies rescued from government orphanages until the House of Hope Children’s Home was built.

Prior to coming to Kids Alive International in September 1998, Cami was a substitute teacher of the Romanian language and literature, and a Romanian language teacher and translator for English-speaking missionaries. In 2007 she obtained her Bachelor Degree in Social Work at the University of Sociology and Social Assistance in Bucharest.

“There is not more rewarding work in this world than working with children.  God calls us to be like little children if we want to enter the Kingdom of God.  I believe that by being close to the children, we can grow closer to God; by loving the children, we love God; and by teaching the children, we teach ourselves to be like them.” Camelia Cismaru