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Pro TV: Cluj, the first county to cover the food coupons costs of "Fiecare Copil in Gradinita"
- Feb
- 25
Leslie Hawke: “This needs to be done on a national scale. It’s a good program if we do it here and there… but it will make a real difference when you lift up a whole generation of children”
Maria Gheorghiu: “Cluj becomes leader by covering the food coupons costs.”
read moreMore kids to benefit in Cluj
- Feb
- 10
Last week, Cluj City Council approved an agreement with OvidiuRo to implement Fiecare Copil in Gradinita in more communities.
Pro TV: OvidiuRo provides glasses for the poorest children of Romania
- Feb
- 09
For the poorest children of Romania that need glasses, like Adriana (5 years old, video), a visit to the doctor’s office could mean spending the family’s monthly income. Therefore the parents can’t afford to take them to be examined and the issues only get worse. All over the country, hundreds of kids have medical problems that remain untreated.
read more2014 Ambassadors’ Early Education Initiative
- Feb
- 07
This week’s luncheon at Italian Ambassador Diego Brassioli’s residence was attended by 11 ambassadors to Romania. Subject: Early Education for Roma Children. Concern about the migration of uneducated, unskilled EU citizens is helping drive foreign efforts to increase educational opportunity for Romania & Bulgaria’s poorest children.
read moreThe Alex Fund in The Christian Science Monitor
- Jan
- 10
“The communities we are working in are the neediest in Romania, and many organizations don’t want to work there,” says Hawke, whom many consider an elder stateswoman of the nonprofit scene in Romania. ….. OvidiuRo’s programs cost $600,000 a year. The NGO raises most of that money from within Romania, relying heavily on corporate sponsorships. […]
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ProTV: OvidiuRo carries on its mission of shaping kids future through early education
- Dec
- 23
In October, only 70 kids were enrolled at the Tarnava kindergarten. After implementing “Fiecare Copil in Gradinita” the number went up to 120.
read moreProTV: The kids from Fiecare Copil în Grădiniță-Tarlungeni received winter clothes
- Dec
- 23
“The poor families of Tarlungeni were not looking forward to the cold season because they couldn’t afford to buy winter clothes for their children.
This year, as part of the partnership between OvidiuRo and the city authorities , he families will receive warm clothes from the cityhall because the children attended kindergarten every day.”
read moreTVR Iasi: 1300 children from all over the country in Fiecare Copil în Grădiniță
- Dec
- 23
“They probably wouldn’t be in kindergarten right now if their parents hadn’t been supported, morally and financially. The help for the poor families of Buhusi, didn’t come from the authorities, but from OvidiuRo and its supporters. Each month, parents get a food coupon worth 50 lei, if the children attend kindergarten every day. Right now, there are over 1,300 children nationally in “Fiecare Copil in Gradinita”.”
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