We are the family behind every child
“Children of the Rain” was born from the love and determination of parents who refused to accept that their children’s diagnosis meant an ending. For us, it is only the beginning of another story.
Our mission
We support children with autism and rare diseases and their families through quality therapy, community and advocacy — so that every child reaches their potential and becomes a full part of society.
Our vision
A Moldova where no special child and no family is left alone, and where diversity is seen as a richness.
How it all began
In 2014, a handful of parents of children with autism and rare genetic diseases came together out of a simple, profound need: to no longer be alone. There weren’t enough services, information or places where their children could be understood.
That is how the NGO “Children of the Rain” was born — a network of mutual support that grew, year after year, until it became a voice for the rights of children with special needs across the whole country.
Today we work with authorities, foundations and international organisations, and we have helped create real services, such as the “Children of the Rain” educational centre.
Our journey
The beginning
A group of parents founds the “Children of the Rain” association.
The community grows
More and more families from across the country join us.
The “Children of the Rain” centre
The educational centre for children with rare diseases and autism opens.
Stronger together
150+ beneficiaries and an unwavering mission.
The values that guide us
Acceptance
Every child is valuable exactly as they are. No labels, no judgement.
Professionalism
Evidence-based therapy delivered by dedicated, continuously trained specialists.
Family at the centre
We support the child together with the parents. No one is left alone.
Inclusion
We dream of a world where every child has a place, a voice and a future.
A message from the founder · real portrait coming soon
She stayed, until the sun came out.
Doina Losețchi
Founder & director · “Children of the Rain” · Chișinău
We set out on this road because we no longer wanted to be alone. And we stayed — beside every child, beside every family — until the sun came out.
It began at home, where Doina was the mother of a child living with a rare disease. From those nights without answers — and from a quiet certainty that no parent should ever face a diagnosis alone — grew the idea of a community. In 2014, together with other parents of children with autism and rare genetic conditions, Doina Losețchi turned a private grief into a movement that today holds the hand of more than 150 families.
As founder and director of the “Children of the Rain” Association, Doina has led the way year after year: gathering parents who no longer wished to be alone, building bridges with the authorities, and fighting for the rights of children with autism and rare diseases. Under her steady hand, the association helped open the “Children of the Rain” educational centre, where children receive therapy, and won — after years of patient advocacy — the first national clinical protocol for Rett syndrome in the Republic of Moldova.
To the dozens of families who have found their way to her, Doina is far more than the founder of an association. She is living proof that the rainbow does follow the rain — and the one who stayed, so that everyone might see it together.
With love,
Doina Losețchi
Since 2014
She turned her experience as the mother of a child with a rare disease into a community of parents who refused to be alone any longer.
National Rett protocol
After years of advocacy alongside the health authorities, she secured the first national clinical protocol for Rett syndrome in the Republic of Moldova.
More than 150 families
More than 150 families raising children with autism and rare diseases are no longer alone: they have a community, therapy, and the “Children of the Rain” educational centre.
The team that makes miracles possible
Behind every step forward stand psychologists, speech therapists, physiotherapists, special educators and dedicated volunteers — people who treat every child as their own.
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