5-year plan to turn kindergartens into seedbeds of literacy

Asociatia OvidiuRo trains teachers, creates “Hubs for Literacy & Quality Early Education”, and provides pedagogically effective children’s books and other high quality learning materials to gradinite (preschools and kindergartens) in disadvantaged areas.
OvidiuRo’s Role

OvidiuRo’s main mission is to mobilize public and private resources to ensure that quality early education is available to Romania’s poorest children. OvidiuRo now focuses on providing high quality education materials, training teachers, and creating “Hubs for Literacy & Quality Early Education” in disadvantaged areas.
Leslie Hawke Interview

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. (...)