Good Samaritan Beius Staff

Our organization's success is built on personal relationships with our orphan clients. It is our hope that we can extend this relationship to those interested in GSB and our current supporters. In efforts toward that goal, we have created these profiles to introduce you to us. With good communication between our supporters and the GSB staff and the staff and clients, we hope to continue to improve our service as Good Samaritans.

Executive Director - Nikolina Ciorna
Communications Manager - Elena Cornea
Social Worker - Alina Popa
Account - Jeanina Matei
Carpentry Shop Manager - Andrei Miklo

My name is Jeanina Matei. I am 26 years old and graduated from the University of Economic Sciences, specializing in "Management of Commercial and Tourism Unities." I have been working at the Christian organization Good Samaritan Beius as an accountant since December 1999.

My name is Elena Cornea; I am 25 years old. I graduated with a degree in social work and, fortunately, I get to work at Good Samaritan Beius (GSB). I have been working here for four years. My first contact with GSB was in 1999, when I volunteered for almost a year for Habitat For Humanity (HFH) and GSB. In February 2000, I joined the GSB staff as a social worker.

For the past two years, I have been trying to cope with the tasks of the manager of public relations and communications for the organization, and I also coordinate the partnership with HFH.

Even if it seems to me sometimes that what I do becomes routine, a great deal of the tasks I have are quite pleasant. As to the tasks that are not really pleasant, I console myself when I think that my mother was right when she said, "In life you can't always do only what you like."

I like to think that I am a person in continuous movement, always aiming toward perfections; I strive for KNOWLEDGE, which I can then apply toward my ACTIONS, improving their quality.

I believe that it is very important in life never to forget where you come from and who helped you out to get where you are. Always think that the place that you've achieved rightfully isn't yours forever. You have to continuously fight for it, otherwise you risk limiting yourself, and you forget that life is a permanent
challenge and you have to be a winner.

To what I said above, I only want to add that I thank God and my parents for everything that they have done for me and for what they will continue to do. I also want to thank those who trusted me from a professional standpoint and, last but not least, those who have proved to be a real friend.

The main idea is to know what you want in life and to find a way to get there. It is not easy, but nothing is impossible…

If you would like to contact me, please email me at:elena.cornea@bsbeius.ro

My name is Andrei Miklo, and I was raised in a family of Christians. When I was 10 years old, my father died. It was very difficult at such an age to not have a father to support me. At the age of 18, I graduated high school, a mechanic section, but I couldn't find a job with such training. However, God helped me, and I succeeded in finding a job immediately after I have graduated working for Christian Aid Ministries. In the first year, I volunteered for this organization, and then I worked at the selection of the families in the country that needed help. I worked with Christian Aid Ministries for three years before I was conscripted into the army.

In 1994, I came home briefly before entering school in Arad, where I was instructed in the skills and duties of a joiner/carpenter. Two years later, I came back to Beius were I worked with my cousins in a carpentry workshop. Shortly after that, I met young people from the placement centers, and I quickly became very attached to them. I used to visit and recreate with them, but I saw that after school, they remained in the street without a shelter or a job.

I consulted my friends and other people I knew to see how we could help these orphans; we came up with the idea of a carpentry workshop where they could learn a job and, in the meantime, look for other employment or become a skilled worker in the Good Samaritan workshop. Here they could also teach other young people. This idea became a reality through people practicing the love of Christ and through the kindness of many charities; we opened this workshop in 2001. We were very happy to have assistance from Peter Little and a team from Northern Ireland, young people from Italy, and also the young orphans.

I give thanks to God for the young people I have been able to work with from the beginning of this project up until now, and I thank those of you who have donated money for the building of the workshop.

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