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April 27: “Povești sub Lupă” brings 50 Reading and Science Corners in poor kindergartens
- Jul
- 25
OvidiuRo launches Povești sub Lupă, a project supported by Raiffeisen bank that is building infrastructure for literacy & science in poor rural communities by equipping 50 kindergarten classrooms with Reading & Science Corners, while creating a network of 50 master teachers working with poor children. Besides a rich experience in kindergarten, the project also provides […]
read moreFebruary 9: Hai la gradinita! grants for the 2018-2019 school year
- Jul
- 25
OvidiuRo has launched the second edition of Hai la gradinita! grants. The school directors can apply by March 30, by filling in an on-line application form provided by OvidiuRo. The project is financed, for the second year in a row, by NN Romania, and it aims to support local teams in the poorest communities in […]
read moreOctober 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 moreSeptember 19: Romanian Ministry of Education supports OvidiuRo’s best practices for quality early education
- Jul
- 25
OvidiuRo – Ministry of Education agreement for the national implementation of quality early education best practices Minister of National Education, Liviu Marian Pop, and Executive Director of OvidiuRo, Maria Gheorghiu, signed, on September 19th, a collaboration protocol regarding the implementation of quality education best practices central to the Fiecare Copil în Grădiniță (FCG) pilot program. The protocol’s main objective is ensuring logistic […]
read moreAugust: Iași TV Life – The Importance of Early Quality Education
- Jul
- 25
Over 100 teachers from the Eastern region of Romania were invited by OvidiuRo to the second of a series of 8 regional conferences on quality early education. The sessions emphasize on the importance of education in the first five years of life, with a special focus on educational development of children in poor communities. Quality early childhood education […]
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 moreAugust 10: Teach for Romania meets Șotron Summer Schools
- Jul
- 25
Jurnal pentru copii of Digi24 Romanian national television wanted to know how do Sotron Summer Schools work and who are the teachers who gave up two weeks of holiday this summer and prioritized poor children’s education. We went together to Cutuș, Crizbav, Brașov county the village where a Teach for Romania teacher Andreea Fierăstrăeru accepted the Sotron […]
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 […]
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