Author Archives: diana
People Magazine, December 2002
- May
- 06
Angel in a strange land Three years after leaving a comfortable life in Manhattan to join the Peace Corps, Leslie Hawke hasn’t had time to look back (PEOPLE, June 17). “We’re busy!” says Hawke, who directs a program in Bacau, Romania, that provides training and jobs to poor Gypsy mothers so their children don’t have […]
read moreHarpers & Queen, 2002
- May
- 06
On the sunny side of the street Abandoned by their own, Romania’s homeless children need support and self-belief to survive their hard-knock lives in the ghetto. And with the help of a movie star’s mother and a Scottish socialite, they’re glimpsing a hopeful future, say Eloise Napier. It’s 5am and the streets are empty, save […]
read moreOvidiu Rom’s Proposals for Strengthening Draft Education Law of 18.03.2010
- Apr
- 12
Ovidiu Rom’s concern with the new legislation is that the law does not directly address the declining rates in literacy and school attainment and does not provide a strategy for reversing these negative trends. Poverty…Ovidiu Rom şi-a exprimat îngrijorarea cu privire la faptul că noul proiect de lege nu abordează direct declinul gradului de alfabetizare şi de succes şcolar şi nu prevede o strategie pentru stoparea fenomenului.
read moreEducation Statistics
- Apr
- 09
Statistici educationale Rata abandonului scolar la nivelul educatiei primare s-a triplat de la 0,6% in 2000/2001 pana la 1,8% in 2007/2008. In aceeasi perioada, rata abandonului pentru clasele gimnaziale a crescut de patru ori – de la 0,6% pana la 2,3%.[1] Copiii romi nescolarizati reprezinta 80% din numarul total al copiilor nescolarizati din Romania.[2] Inscrierea […]
read moreOpen Days in Castelu
- Apr
- 08
We were honored to have Oana Badea, State Secretary in Ministry for Education, visit our program in Castelu on March 26.Am fost onoraţi să primim vizita Oanei Badea, Secretar de Stat pentru învăţământul preuniversitar în Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării, Tineretului şi Sportului, pe 26 martie, în Castelu.
read moreFiecare copil in scoala in Bacau
- Apr
- 08
The energy company E.ON has joined the Adopt-a-School initiative by committing to support children at risk for school abandonment in two schools…E.ON România s-a alăturat iniţiativei Adoptă-o-Şcoală pentru a susţine copiii în situaţii de risc de abandon şcolar din două şcoli din judeţul Bacău, ,,Alexandru cel Bun” din Bacău şi ,,Mihail Andrei” din Buhuşi….
read morePeople Magazine, June 2002
- Mar
- 02
Three years ago, at the age of 48, Leslie Hawke had one great source of pride: her actor son Ethan, married to actress Uma Thurman and a young father himself. Beyond that, Leslie—twice divorced, dissatisfied with a long—running romance and bored with her job as a Manhattan Internet publishing executive-felt she didn’t have much to […]
read moreGothamist, May 2007
- Mar
- 02
The 1960’s ended 35 years ago, but don’t tell that to Leslie Hawke, 52. In 2000 this Ft. Worth native left her well paying management position at a high flying tech company to join the Peace Corps at an age when most people who can afford it are contemplating early retirement.
read moreVivid, October 2007
- Mar
- 02
Most estimates put the number of people of Roma descent in Romania between 2 and 2.5 million. In the communities where my organisation works, children make up approximately half the population. Thus, of the 4.5 million children under 18 in Romania, we estimate that a million or 20 per cent (that’s one in five children) […]
read moreVivid, May 2008
- Mar
- 02
Vivid meets Leslie Hawke, the co-founder of OvidiuRo, a prominent Romanian charity that aims to see every child in school and on the path to high school graduation by the year 2020…
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