Moving on in Moldova

In the summer of 2024, at the invitation of the Republic of Moldova’s Minister of Education, staff from OvidiuRo brought their expertise in developing early literacy to Moldova. Although full-day preschool is available to every child, classrooms have very little age-appropriate material. OvidiuRo has so far distributed 8000 Romanian-language children’s books to kindergartens and libraries […]

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Stories for Diversity

Since 2021, OvidiuRo has partnered with Asociatia Cu Alte Cuvinte to fight prejudice and nurture socio-emotional skills, by developing books and teaching practices. In 2024, online training sessions for teachers were launched to address issues of ethnic, economic, physical, and family diversity. The first 500 participants who completed the course receive a package of carefully […]

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KeepCalling connects Romanians and supports early education

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On the 1st of December, Romania’s National Day, KeepCalling is launching an online social campaign. From December 1-31, 2020, customers who use KeepCalling services (https://sunaromania.com/donation) will have the opportunity to donate ​$2, ​$5, ​$10 or ​$20 for supporting early education ​in Romania, provided by Asociația OvidiuRo, with AlexFund’s support. In addition, KeepCalling will donate ​$1 […]

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15,000 Children Will Receive a Book to Take Home, with UiPath Foundation Support

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This fall, Asociația OvidiuRo, with the UiPath Foundation support, is sending thousands of picture books for rural children in Galați, Vaslui, and Botoșani counties. In total, 15,000 preschoolers from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive a book to take home, and 760 preschool teachers will benefit from online training and quality educational materials (literacy kits or KinderLibrary […]

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Over 2000 books offered to preschool children from disadvantaged communities in Cluj.

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Hundreds of teachers, volunteers in the emerging literacy programs of OvidiuRo Association With the help of our partner, Yardi Romania and in close partnership with Cluj County Scholar Inspectorate, we will offer, within the Every Child Deserves a Story (Fiecare Copil Merită o Poveste) program, emerging literacy courses for 40 teachers working with children from […]

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Change Their Story! Send CARTE by SMS to 8844

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OvidiuRo calls for involvement to provide books and access to education for preschool children in disadvantaged areas (Bucharest, September 14th, 2020) – OvidiuRo launches the “Change Their Story!” Campaign, in order to emphasize the importance of access to a quality early education for all children and to ensure the necessary funds to offer books to […]

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July: Șotron Summer Programs have started all over Romania

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The first teacher, the alphabet, the backpack, the emotion of finding who is going to be your deskmate… These are memories that any child should have from the first day of school. For children from disadvantaged communities, the first day of school still means the sadness that they do not know how to count, to […]

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The 2020 goal: Leslie Hawke on giving underprivileged children access to early education, leaving Romania, and the country’s hidden resource

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Leslie Hawke arrived in Romania in 2000, as a Peace Corps volunteer and spent the first four years in Bacău, a city in eastern Romania’s Moldavia region. In 2001, she teamed up with Maria Gheorghiu for the Gata, Dispus și Capabil initiative, providing education for underprivileged children and job training for mothers. In 2004, the two […]

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January: OvidiuRo continues its literacy-based interventions in Dâmbovița County

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In 2020, Asociația OvidiuRo continues its long-term partnership with Dâmbovița School Inspectorate by launching a two-year literacy-based program focused on expanding children’s vocabularies and improving their language skills – both addressing preschoolers and pupils in primary school (mainly 2nd grade). Through different types of interventions – from reading aloud sessions or teacher trainings, to literacy-based […]

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December: OvidiuRo launched “Punguța cu 2 cărți”

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Recently, OvidiuRo launched a pilot project that encourages parents with young children to read aloud with their toddlers – ever since they are born. „Punguța cu 2 cărți” (The 2-Books small bag) offers poor parents in disadvantaged communities a kit of two picture books to take home and read aloud with their babies. In order […]

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