‘Where am I needed, where is the need greatest?’ has been and remains the guiding question for this member of a religious order, who has been living and working for and with the Roma in Transylvania, Romania, since 2012. His 80th birthday Father Georg spent in Marpod, Romania, within his community, friends, employees and children.… Read More »Happy 80th Birthday, Father Georg!

“For me, the Roma children are like my own family.” The Swiss daily newspaper Tagespost interviews Father Georg Sporschill SJ and Ruth Zenkert about education as the key to social work and stories of former children who were taken in by ELIJAH and who are now themselves taking responsibility for the next generation. A report… Read More »Like my own family

Growing up as a Roma Maria-Minodora grew up surrounded by poverty in the Roma quarter of the Romanian town of Nou. As a child, she learned about the NGO Elijah, founded by Catholic Jesuit Father Georg Sporschill and Ruth Zenkert, and has now been working for over 8 years as a teacher at the school… Read More »Growing up as a Roma