28 October.  President Klaus Iohannis signed the bill that will finance a national program to encourage impoverished parents of 3-5 year old children to send their children to grădiniță every day. Based on OvidiuRo’s highly successful Fiecare Copil in Gradinita model, parents living under the poverty line throughout Romania will receive food coupons worth 11 € per month if their child attends preschool every day. Read the law, here.

Nine O’Clock Interview with Jane Thompson, Expert in Early Education: I support Fiecare Copil in Gradinita because they invest in the lives of children, with huge impact on the Romanian society. Jane Krill Thompson has 25 years of experience supporting families and their children with special needs. In the United States, she has worked with […]

For two days, the school in Horezu Poenari were transformed into a clinic for the Medical Caravan. On the 10th and 11th of October, 40 volunteer specialists and students from the Universities of Medicine in Bucharest and Craiova consulted and recommended treatments for 232 poor children and adults from Horezu Poenari, Valea Stanciului, Dolj County. The […]