After freezing and starving to death on the streets of Bucharest as a teenager, Radu Petre, has set up two NGOs for the gamins and the animalsâ protection.
The trauma of his childhood on the streets made Radu Petre donate his house in the country to the poor children. The representatives of the Child Protection in Arges see him as an impostor. However, Radu believes in his mission and he is looking for sponsors for the childrenâs house everywhere.
Radu Petre, 52 years old, was born in Bucharest, his father died when he was a child and, at the age of eighteen, his mother died too. He lived on the streets, he suffered from hunger, coldness and loneliness. He graduated from a trade school in 1975. There he studied electronics. He was deployed in Arges, where he got married. After 30 years of work at the Arges clothing manufactory, Radu Petre was fired. The reason? "In June 2004 I ran for mayor and the manager of the manufactory, Marian Nitulescu, fired me in exchange for a land of the public domain from the former and present mayor. They fired me because I defended the rights of some children and dogs", the former gamin says.
INITIATIVE. Five years ago, Radu petre set up two associations, one for the gamins ("Sun Smile"), and the other one for the animalsâ protection (AG Souls). The activity of the NGOs has permanently disturbed "the interest groups" around the public funds for the children and animalsâ protection. At first, Radu Petre donated his house in the country to his own association, to the people without shelters. Afterwards, tens of poor people came to "Sun Smile", which is inexplicable for the representatives of the Child Protection.
The first people that got into the house of his association were two minors from the Orphanage. Radu Petre helped them finish school at the "Vlaicu Voda" High school in Curtea de Arges. Then, Mihae
