OvidiuRo: “Read Me 100 Stories”

In January 2021, OvidiuRo set a 5-year goal: Turn Romania’s 4500 public kindergartens into seedbeds of literacy

1. Train teachers in read-aloud techniques and other ways of developing literacy
2. Equip each kindergarten with a minimum of 30 books
3. Give each child in disadvantaged communities at least one book to take home
4. Create and consolidate sustainability for these activities, in connection to strategic national and European plans.

Blue: counties where kindergartens are part of the program
Green: counties where eligible kindergartens are targeted for inclusion
(as of November 2024)

RESULTS: 

by November 2024

  1. 20,000 teachers have been trained in over 300 training sessions
  2. 3,290 schools are engaged in early literacy activities
  3. 600,000 picture books have been distributed so that more than 265,000 children listen to stories every day.

And now….
READ ME 100 STORIES IN MOLDOVA!

In Spring 2024, the Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova invited OvidiuRO to replicate their successful initiatives in Moldova. Teachers and librarians are enthusiastically participating in training sessions, both online and in person, and kindergartens are being supplied with intriguing age-appropriate books. The second phase of this partnership will involve UNICEF, as it develops into a national program to provide effective early education.
By November 2024, 3000 teachers and librarians have been trained and 8000 picture books have been distributed, thanks to The Alex Fund.