The project is funded through the EEA Grants 2009-2014 under the NGO Fond in Romania. (www.fondong.fdsc.ro).

The project is implemented by Inocenti Foundation, in partnership with Bistrita City Hall and Terre des hommes Foundation. (http://inocenti.ro/?l=en&pagina=310)

The aims of this project are to integrate Roma children from rural and urban parts of Bistrita-Nasaud County educationally and socially and to raise awareness of members of the local community on the issues facing Roma children and increase their direct involvement as volunteers in addressing them.

Project Objectives:

• Social and educational integration of 115 Roma children from both rural and urban parts of Bistrita-Nasaud County by ensuring their access to education and preventing school abandonment by:
  • participating in after-school programs (1 day centre and 5 after-school programs)
  • development of socialization activities
  • involving parents in the children’s educational process
  • training staff members/personnel that will work with the children (specialists, teachers)
  • offering material support (nutritional supplements, school supplies, hygienic products)

Terre des hommes is involved in accredited traininings of socio – educative animators, specialized in MGS (Movement, Games and Sport) methodology based on learning by experience, on cooperation versus competition and social inclusion versus any type of exclusion and dicrimination.( http://archive.tdh.ro/miscare-joc-si-sport/)

In July 2014 took part the first course of socio-educative animators planned in this project  The group consisted of primary, secondary teachers and volunteers from the community, whom will be further on involved in organizing psycho-social activities with vulnerable children in order to increase their general well being, develop psychosocial abilities and prevent school drop-out.

For more info related to this project, please see our partners website:
Inocenti