July 2019 – OvidiuRo’s Sotron Summer Program started all over Romania!

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July 2019 – OvidiuRo’s Sotron Summer Program started all over Romania!

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With the beginning of summer, dozens of Summer Programs started all over Romania. By the end of August, over 1500 preschool teachers from around 500 communities signed up for the 2-week educational module that brings children from disadvantaged rural and urban areas to the kindergarten over the summer. In June, the volunteer teachers attended at […]

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June: Regional trainings for 2019 Sotron Summer Programs begin!

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This year Sotron Summer Programs start in June, with 4 days of regional trainings in Focsani and Sibiu. Hundreds of preschool teachers are expected to join the trainings – teachers who volunteered to organize a Sotron Program this summer, in a disadvantaged rural or urban community – for at least 10 children age 3 – […]

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May: 12,000 Children Will Receive a Book to Take Home, with UiPath Foundation Support

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Starting September 2019, due to UiPath Foundation support, over 12,000 children in rural areas in Galați and Vaslui counties and Ferentari (București) will receive a book to take home. Also, around 100 kindergartens in disadvantaged areas will get a KinderLibrary (a child-friendly bookcase and a selection of age-appropriate picture books), while over 1600 preschool teachers […]

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May: Every Child Deserves a Story & STEM Volunteer Readers – partnership for promoting reading aloud

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Asociatia OvidiuRo and Progress Foundation have recently signed a partnership in order to support each other in implementing projects that encourage children’s access to books and literacy – Every child deserves a story and STEM Volunteer Readers. The common goal is to make available books and educational materials so that children will have access to […]

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April: Circle of Security trainings for parents and teachers

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In April, OvidiuRo and Fundatia Noi Orizonturi held the first meeting with parents and preschool teachers within the newly launched pilot-project on parental education – based on the Circle of Security concept regarding early interventions to increase attachment and security in parent-child & teacher-child relationships. The pilot project is implemented in Gura Sutii, Dambovița County […]

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Over 16,000 Children Got Their Own Picture Book to Take Home (January – March)

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Between January – March, 2019, A Story for Every Child pilot program brought 16,400 picture books in the hands of preschoolers living in rural areas, in 12 counties (HR, GR, OT, VS, IL, VN, BH, AR, AB, TR, MS, CL). Also, 500 Master Teachers in these counties were trained by OvidiuRo, in order to conduct […]

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The First Medical Caravan in 2019 reached Stana village, Satu Mare

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On March 16, 2019, OvidiuRo organised, together with Caravana cu Medici NGO, the Paediatric and Women’s Health Caravan in the village of Stana, Socond, in Satu Mare County. For one day, 137 children and 87 women received free consultations for the specialties: paediatrics, radiology, ophthalmology, dentistry, gynaecology and oncology. A total of 52 specialist doctors, […]

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February 5: OvidiuRo and the Ministry of Education Sign a New Partnership, for Implementing “A Story for Every Child” Pilot Program

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At the end of January, 2019, OvidiuRo and the Ministry of Education signed a new partnership agreement for implementing A Story for Every Child pilot program, as a base for language, communication, and reading and writing development, for children age 3 – 6. The program has been implemented by OvidiuRo starting September 2018, and will […]

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February 1 – 4: OvidiuRo Master Teachers Annual Meeting in Sibiu

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At the beginning of February, around 50 preschool teachers participated, in Sibiu, in OvidiuRo’s annual meeting. This 3-days national meeting aimed to bring together all the teachers around the country who volunteered to bring quality early education closer to children, and teachers in poor rural and urban kindergartens. The workshops focused on : – Literacy […]

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January 29: Sotron Summer Program 2019

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Starting January, preschool teachers around Romania can apply for being a volunteer in OvidiuRo’s Sotron Summer Program. The challenge for 2019 is to have a volunteer teacher in every community in Romania. The application form can be open here: http://bit.do/eGVcd. Structured as a 2-week module, Șotron Summer Program provides the basis for a new learning […]

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