WHO WE ARE ;LIONS CLUB EMERITUS/ PHILANTROPIC FOUNDATION is an international organization headquartered in Brasov Romania, founded In 2010 according to governmental decree 26/2000 and registered at the Romanian Registry of Associations and Foundations.
OUR VISION The secret of change is to focus all of our energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new. SOCRATES
OUR MISSION We aim to reach vulnerable and forgotten communities all over the world to improve life standards and deliver needful goods, services and assistance to disadvantaged groups as well as to children and seniors.
OUR PROMISE -Focusing attention on vulnerable communities and groups -Acting as a link between disadvantaged groups and institutions -Becoming a leading force for advocacy for life standard improvement -Becoming a leader in NGO community, developing and documenting best practices and training programs -Supplying needful goods , services and assistance where urgently required We believe in the power of a long lasting commitment which in time, through a number of big and even small projects and efforts, can bring about a great difference in the lives of the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and break the cycle of poverty.
FOUNDERS Lions Club Brasov Emeritus,after, and Emeritus Philanthropic Foundation has been created on the basis of the personal experiences on the humanitarian commitment of it’s three founders, who all come from different countries and backgrounds and thus realized that it was the right time to join their efforts and get involved in a bigger project.

RUGGERO SBARRA-PRESIDENT/FOUNDER
Member of several national and international organizations and brotherhoods involved in humanitarian projects, he has been travelling all over the world directly experiencing and documenting the reality and needs of disadvantaged communities in Asia, Africa as well as Eastern Europe.
CLAIRE AVAKIAN-CO-FOUNDER
Born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia from Armenian Genocide survivor parents, raised up in Europe Italy with a constant care to preserve her Armenian roots, culture and traditions, thanks to her specific moral status of child of the diaspora, she contributes with a special human input to the organization`s projects. Since 2010 she has actively participated and supported a large number of cultural and artistic projects for young artists and students in collaboration with universities, public institutions and cultural associations all over Europe. 

WHAT WE DO EMERITUS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES “Building the new” means promoting and bringing innovation and improvement to communities suffering poverty and difficulty wherever needed. We believe in action over everything and we develop all kinds of projects aiming to deliver something useful, goods, services and assistance, to upgrade life standards of disadvantaged groups. We are committed to big as well as small projects as far as they have the strength to make a positive difference and to bring substantial changes and improvements in people`s life, therefore our strategic priority is to achieve tangible results in short medium term. We wish to deliver relief ,hope and happiness on the basis of a long lasting business plan which consists of feasible actions and activities to be performed according to a yearly agenda. Starting from 2015 we will launch actions in the following strategic areas:
1-GOODS, SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE SUPPLY FOR DISADVANTEGED CHILDREN
2-GOODS, SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE SUPPLY FOR DISADVANTEGED SENIORS
3-TRAINING,IT, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADE FOR DISADVANTEGED CHILDREN
4-TRAINING,IT, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADE FOR SENIOR CARE 5-COOPERATION WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS,CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, RESTORATION OF EDUCATION FACILITIES, HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, VILLAGES, HOUSING AND ANY OTHER KIND OF FACILITY OR STUCTURE.
OUR POLICIES -Community Based Development (CBD) Development a multifaceted process involving the mobilisation and use of physical, financial and human resources to improve standards of living in all aspects – social, economic, cultural, political and environmental aspects. Community-Based Development puts grassroots people (communities) at the centre of the development processes. Communities cease to be passive beneficiaries of the desired change and instead become drivers of that change. This transformation is a continuous internal process that builds on the human and social capital that exists in a community, a process that may also be accelerated by outside assistance. The primary purpose of CBD is to help individuals and communities to gain greater control of their lives by giving them opportunities and resources to develop knowledge, skills and motivation to pursue positive change at personal or community level. The ultimate goal of Community-Based Development is to improve the quality of life in the community. Therefore, Emeritus promotes not only projects aiming to raise funds and collect goods and services to delivery to a specific disadvantaged group but also activities such as trainings to enable targeted communities to improve life standards and benefit of technological innovation. Moreover, Emeritus believes in the importance of communication and information to fill the bridge gaps between disadvantaged communities and the rest of the world. • Long-term programming rather than the short-term approach is essential to CBD. This has financial and other resource considerations. • Community capacity building and strengthening are essential. This implies working with and enhancing the work of existing structures and systems. • Working with governments and other like-minded development actors in a partnership and collaborative approach catalyses better a sustainable CBD. -Communication, information and transparency Emeritus believes in the importance of communication and information to fill the bridge gaps between disadvantaged communities and the rest of the world. Insights, reviews and stories from our targeted communities will be constantly displayed on our web sites, press releases, events and publications in order to allow public to better understand the issues of disadvantaged communities we aim to help and to check out the tangible results of our projects. Reports about our activities and projects will always be available on our web site and on other means of communication as well as up- to- date information on the state of our projects. Sometimes the only chance for neglected and forgotten groups is that offered by organizations like Emeritus who is engaged in a constant effort to put into the foreground their stories along with their difficulties. Our core principle is that to perform and display our initiatives allowing donators and beneficiaries of our projects to follow and experience directly and in real time the process through which we aim to make a change and improve life standards.