Name: Valentina Zaharia
Title: Executive Director, Copii In Dificultate and Executive Director Designate, Children in Distress UK
Department: Copii in Dificultate
Location: St Margaret's Bucharest
Valentina, is a graduate in social work from the Theological Faculty of the prestigious University of Bucharest, who joined Children in Distress in 1998 to lead the Charity's 'Street Children' project, She graduate with a master degree in Third Sector management from Sheffield University in 2017. Vali, is the powerhouse and inspiration for many of the CID's projects and programmes delivered from St Margaret's Centre for Children's Care Services. In her wider role as Executive Director CID Ro., she was instrumental in achieving full registration from the National Authority for Child Protection for all of Copii in Dificultate's projects and she in the past she organised the Charity's acclaimed International Autism Conference programme. She sponsors the drive to develop progammes that meet the need of the terminally and incurably ill, and children who are destitute and disadvantaged and works tirelessly to champion their cause. Vali, would welcome your call on 0044212193121 or you can email on vali@cid.org.ro. Valentina has accepted the challenge of further co-coordinating the work of the charities which make up Children in Distress Charity Alliance and will become lead manager for both CID UK & CIDRo. from January 2019