Break Poverty Cycle of Roma Children in Romania

The Challanges

• Achieving Trust
• Developing a learning plan
• Setting up a classroom and other logistics

Where we are now

Our team goes to several classes, on a weekly basis so that children can get familiar with us and thus become more trustful and open towards us. These visits made it possible to clarify the needs of these disadvantaged children and to get to know them as individuals. Children have different personalities, some of them try to attract attention by being loud and naughty, some are afraid to talk and hold back their potential. It is our objective to consider their different personalities and have activities where they can express themselves in meaningful ways and  which bring out their best selves.

The Care2Travel team also visited several organisations from the region that deal with the same or very similar issues, to learn useful practices and see how these are implemented. We also discussed with many teachers to find one that is truly devoted to the cause and we were able to find one with a lor of experience in this field. With her help and the information we gathered, we are developing the learning plan for the Rroma children. Their activities will be mostly based on games and learning through doing  with the aim to develop their learning to learn competence and prepare them for life.

We spoke to the director of the Xántus János school (the school where these children learn) to find a suitable classroom and luckily we found one that is available and perfect for the purpose. This classroom will be designated for the project activities and will be arranged in a way that children can have access to the materials they need and put them back to their place,  thus developing responsibility. The classroom will be decorated with their drawings, paintings and crafts, so that they feel appreciated for the work they have achieved.

Many of the necessary materials are already bought (such as pencils, paint, brushes, notebooks etc.) and most of the logistics only need to be put together to create a working system for these activities.

                Despite the active preparation, we are still facing unexpected obstacles (like administrative or financial issues)  but we are work towards solving them. Thankfully we get the best support from our donors, here on GlobalGiving, our partners and the school. We plan to end the preparation and begin the activities in the course of this year.

Thank you for reading our report, we will return with future results on the project in the next one.

Take care! :)