Cristian Ispaş is the general manager of Motivation. Motivation is a Romanian NGO founded in 1995 in order to support the disabled children and adults. Their programs are focused on integrating social, educational and professional consultancy support, mediating integration in work, day care center or leisure activities – adapted sports or cultural events. From 1995 Motivation Romania has restored the hope for a fulfilling life and for freedom of movement to over 2500 children and adults with disabilities.

Elena Lotrean is a consultant at Future Capital Romania and is also the president of CRISPUS Youth NGO from Sibiu. She is a very kind person and was happy to embark and support our journey on the road to social entrepreneurship.

Raed Arafat is the founder of SMURD, an emergency service. He came in Romania for studying Medicine and since then he has been an active participant in our society. SMURD was first initiated in Targu-Mures and now it is present in many other counties like Bucharest, Valcea, Bihor, Sibiu, Neamt etc. Besides the fact that through SMURD a lot of human lives are saved every day, one of Raed Arafat’s greatest achievements is that many people involved in SMURD work there as volunteers, learning and practicing how to save others in an emergency. Developing SMURD into what it is today was difficult, but Raed Arafat likes to say that he is suffering from the best disease, which is optimism.

There are lots of things to say about these people and surely it would take us pages and pages to talk about them. But there is an easier way: come to our Conference “Meet the Changemakers”.