June 19-29: Training Opportunity for Teachers in Poor Communities
- Jun
- 21
It is a well-known fact that cognitive stimulation in the first five years of life is closely linked to school and professional success. That’s why it’s so important for our poorest children to also have access to quality early education! And of course quality programs require highly qualified, committed teachers with good teaching tools”. Maria […]
read moreJune: OvidiuRo offers 20 grants for new kindergarten groups in poor communities
- Jun
- 21
Local teams in poor communities can apply until July 1st for one of the 20 grants – each worth 2,500 Eur – made available by OvidiuRo for the creation of new kindergarten groups for the 2017-2018 school-year. The Hai la grădiniță! grants are open exclusively to disadvantaged communities. OvidiuRo invited over 400 such communities to apply. 50,000 Euro are […]
read moreOctober 2016: “Pofta de carte” National Read-Aloud Caravan Begins
- Apr
- 25
10,000 disadvantaged children will receive their own picture books to take home and 1000 kindergarten teachers will get “Big Books” Asociația OvidiuRo announces the start of the school-year long Read-Aloud Caravan “Pofta de carte”. The project is designed to raise awareness of the importance of reading aloud and also of a healthy nutrition for young children […]
read moreSeptember 2016: Book Donation by Romanian Post
- Apr
- 25
On September 2016, The Romanian post company “Poşta Română” launched a book donation campaign benefitting children from the pilot FCG program in Gura Șuții, Dâmbovița. The Campaign’s call to action – “Donate a book for the kids who need one” was communicated among “Poșta Română” employees and during the “Strada de C’Arte” Festival and book fair, between September 21 – 25. More info […]
read moreSeptember, 2016: FCG Summer Caravan in a nutshell
- Apr
- 20
September 2016 – For two months, OvidiuRo’s team has roamed the country in search for nearly 100 of Romania’s poorest communities in 15 counties. The Summer FCG Caravan meant field trips to the most destitute communities recommended by county authorities, door-to-door recruitment of preschool children, Read Aloud sessions in kindergartens and in communities, providing poor parents with […]
read moreOn your mark! Get set! GO! – OvidiuRo Deploys the Gradinita Registration Caravan
- Jul
- 04
București, 4 iulie 2016 – Asociația OvidiuRo announces the launch of the ‘Fiecare Copil în Grădiniță’ (FCG) Summer Caravan designed to inform parents about Law 248/2015 and register eligible children for gradinita. Law no. 248/2015 encourages poor parents to send their children to gradinita by offering a 50 lei worth food coupons (TSG), if the […]
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Romanian Mayors Invited to Apply for "Every Child in Preschool" Funds
- May
- 16
Lack of preschool education increases the risk of early school abandonment, the need for special education, the rate of unemployment and crime. For the second year in a row, Alex Fund donors have made it possible for OvidiuRo to expand its efforts to get every poor child in Romania in preschool and kindergarten. In partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Education, OvidiuRo has invited Romanian mayors to apply for grants to help them get all children in their community, age 3-6, into early education programs. Impoverished parents receive $15 a month in food coupons if their children have perfect attendance.
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