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October 16: OvidiuRo training sessions for 130 more beneficiary teachers from Maramureș region
- Jul
- 25
OvidiuRo training sessions for literacy and quality early education continue for 130 more beneficiary teachers from Maramureș region. During these training sessions we promote an educational philosophy that focuses on children’s needs and natural curiosity and teaching methods that rely on interactivity, critical thinking and continuous exploration. This year we support teachers who work with children from […]
read moreAugust: Pofta de Carte in Iasi County
- Jul
- 25
Reporter: I see you also received a book for the kid to take home.Do you think it will be useful? Mother: Of course. What I want for my child is that he can learn and … open his mind! I’m very glad when he can learn something new! The “Poftă de carte” Caravan started off […]
read moreAugust: The Pofta de carte Caravan in Olt county
- Jul
- 25
The “Poftă de carte” project aims at raising awareness around the importance of reading-aloud as well as that of a healthy nutrition for children. Preschoolers from Ipotești, Olt county, were invited to the local kindergarten to take part in an interactive read-aloud session along with their parents. The campaign is an initiative of OvidiuRo, the association […]
read moreAugust 28: 10.000 picture books for children in marginalized communities
- Jul
- 25
Thousands of children whose parents never had the means to buy them a book will receive one for free through a project initiated by OvidiuRo – a Romanian NGO who supports children in disadvantaged communities. The project started in Bihor and throughout the coming school-year ten thousand books will find their way to less fortunate […]
read moreLeslie Hawke: Two Decades of Change (interview)
- May
- 24
Alex Fund and OvidiuRo co-founder Leslie Hawke gave an interview to the Romania Insider website earlier this year. Her answers shed light onto the motivation for supporting early education in poor rural Romania and OvidiuRo’s role. Why the decision to withdraw from the daily activity of OvidiuRo and leave Romania? What factors played into it? Maria Gheorghiu […]
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 […]
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