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Asociația Stea

Satu Mare, Satu Mare, Romania

Community developmentChildren & YouthEducationEmployment & Skills
NGOFounded 2004Regional reach
Profile last updated: September 23, 2026

About

Founded in 2004, Asociația Stea is a non-governmental organisation based in Satu Mare, Romania working on community development, children & youth, education +5 more.

Asociația Stea is a non-governmental organisation founded in Satu Mare, Romania, in 2004. It supports marginalised people and communities through education, capacity building and social entrepreneurship. Its main focus since 2016 is the social inclusion of the vulnerable Sătmărel neighbourhood in Satu Mare municipality, where it runs a day centre for children, a horticultural therapy and social economy programme, and youth employment support. The organisation also works with street children and young people in Satu Mare and Baia Mare, promotes healthy lifestyles, digital inclusion and children's rights, and runs cross-border and European exchange projects with partners in France and Hungary. It is accredited as a social service provider by the Ministry of Labour and Social Justice and is supported by EEA Grants, Erasmus+, and corporate and foundation partners.

Location

Satu Mare, Romania

Founded

2004

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

Asociație

VAT number

HU20142020

Focus areas

social inclusioneducationchildrenyouthRoma communityhorticultural therapysocial economystreet childrenSatu Mare

Languages

ROEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Community developmentChildren & YouthEducationEmployment & SkillsHealthAddictionHousing & HomelessnessPoverty & Hunger

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesPeople in povertyHomeless peopleUnemployed peopleCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesAwareness & educationCapacity buildingVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Centrul de zi Stea

Children & Youth · Romania

Day centre for children at risk of separation from their parents, offering a hot meal, school supplies, non-formal education (chess, robotics, gardening, sport, literacy) and personal development activities in Satu Mare.

Grădina STEA

Employment & Skills · Romania

Horticultural occupational therapy and social economy enterprise in Satu Mare that prepares disadvantaged young people for employment and supplies vegetables and herbs to local families.

Școala din grădină

Health · Romania, France

Six-month healthy lifestyle education programme combining gardening, health information and substance-use prevention for children and parents in two vulnerable communities, run with Asociația Pirita Children.

Start pentru incluziune socială prin muncă

Employment & Skills · Romania

Project supporting social inclusion of disadvantaged young people through work, including a greenhouse and social economy activities.

CHESS START RO-HU

Community development · Romania, Hungary

Cross-border social inclusion tool based on chess, developed jointly with Hungarian partners.

RENPI

Education · Romania, France

Franco-Romanian Erasmus partnership promoting digital inclusion and preventing school dropout among children and young people.

StradAlternativa

Housing & Homelessness · Romania

Integrated intervention device for children and young people living on the street in Satu Mare and Baia Mare, including outreach, mobile social service and housing renovation.

Countries of operation

Romania

Funding & support

Funded by

GrantsEU fundingCorporate partnerships

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingVolunteerCorporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Asociația Pirita Children, Direcția de Asistență Socială Satu Mare, Par Le Monde, Popica Onlus, Solidarité Enfance Roumanie, Asociația GIR 2003, Kaufland România, Fundația PACT, OMV Petrom

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