Author Archives: diana
Breakfast with Christine Lagarde
- Sep
- 27
OvidiuRo’s Executive Director, Maria Gheorghiu, was one of 14 women invited to have breakfast with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on her short trip to Romania. The discussion centered on “Key Issues Facing Women Leaders in Romania”.
read more1500 children learn to take care of themselves and our planet during summer School Preparation programs
- Sep
- 27
The children embark on a 13-day trip and learn about their body, discover the benefits of healthy food and the importance of playing sports. They recap numbers and letters through writing exercises and applications play games and explore the surroundings in order to get ready for success in school. During this journey, the teachers serve as guides and the workbook “Good morning, children!” becomes the children’s best companion. Kids are encouraged to ask questions and find answers, to explore and discover, to be creative and act as team players.
read moreOvidiuRo Commended in The New York Times
- Sep
- 27
In a recent New York Times article, Isabel Fonseca, author of “Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey”, noted that OvidiuRo’s “success rates are unusually high, and I think it’s because normal hurdles don’t daunt Leslie or Maria. They have taken a very practical approach and can navigate both the highest echelons of bureaucratic government and the slums”. Read full article here.
read moreGuess who made the CBS News and Daily Mail websites?
- Sep
- 26
Friends, Please see the links below for photos taken when Maria Gheorghiu, Nadia Gavrila and I were in Ponorata (Maramures) two weeks ago. The Berlin-based Getty Images photographer, Sean Gallup, had asked us to show him a Roma community from which people are migrating to Western Europe. Ponorata is truly the saddest place I have […]
read moreTom Wilson video: two-minute video about the impact of Fiecare Copil in Gradinita, April 12, 2013
- Apr
- 12
English journalist Tom Wilson volunteered his time talent and equipment to shoot and produce this two-minute video about the need for Fiecare Copil in Gradinita in one community an the impact of the program in another one — just four kilometers away!
read moreOvidiuRo and GSK Romania will run local projects to improve health living conditions of 18 poor communities
- Nov
- 07
GlaxoSmithKline and the Alex Fund’s sister organization, OvidiuRo, launched a 3-year partnership project on June 6 to improve health conditions of preschool children and their mothers in 18 poor rural Romanian communities.
read moreThe World Bank's new report on early education featured OvidiuRo
- Sep
- 12
Fiecare Copil in Gradinita was cited as a model program for integrating deprived children into the education system at an early age – when it will make the most difference. Read the full report: “Toward an Equal Start: Closing the early learning gap for Roma Children in Eastern Europe”.
read moreOvidiuRo needs your help!
- Aug
- 20
OvidiuRo just launched its first ever SMS campaign. Please send an SMS to 8860 if you believe education can open the door to a better life for poor children. One SMS is only 2€ and takes about 3 seconds to send.
read moreFrance presse – Kindergarten is key to fight Roma poverty
- Apr
- 23
“Storks and swallows,” the kindergartners in this Transylvanian village cry out when asked what birds arrive in springtime, then proudly count to 20 – unaware they are part of an experiment to help Roma children beat the odds of a life mired in poverty.
read moreInterview with Leslie Hawke, Focus Monden – PrimaTV, March 26, 2012
- Apr
- 23
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