Mobile School - Education for Children in Romania

We continued our nonformal activities with Mobile School weekly, in the same six locations: in Ses Bahlui with 40 children, Scheia with 107 children, Schitu Duca with 107 children, Rediu with 107 children, Ceplenita with 35 children and Raducaneni with 48 children between the ages of six and fifteen. The main themes we focused on, were literacy, mathematics, creativity, psychomotor skills, social skills, algorithms, associations, and personal hygiene.

Ses Bahlui is our long-term project and is the location we have been going to for 17 years. At the moment, we collaborate with parents or grandparents who, in the past, were 12 or 15 years old and participated in our activities. The dropout rate for children living in the Ses Bahlui area is very high, that's why we continue to go into the community with Mobile School. The main objective is to help children develop some skills and raise their self-esteem so that they do not drop out of school.

In the educational center, we have an after-school program with 26 children from 1st to 5th grade. The children come daily and in addition to the homework help they receive there, the educators organize non-formal activities on various topics such as creativity, bullying, art, science experiments, self-esteem and children's rights.

Also, during the summer period, we organized a summer kindergarten with 16 children from disadvantaged families from Ses Bahlui, who had never been to kindergarten before. These are some of the themes that were addressed: forming and maintaining routines, geometric shapes, color association, practicing the concepts of length, weight, height, size, human body, motor exercises, means of transport, emotions, and professions. During summer kindergarten, the social worker tries to enroll the children in kindergarten, which starts in Romania in September. This is a long process because we have to convince parents to let their children go to kindergarten. After that, the social worker finds a kindergarten that has places available and helps the parents with the documents. This year, we managed to enroll 5 children to kindergarten.

Thanks to your help, we were able to help 104 children with the educational materials they need at school. The beginning of school is a difficult time for most families who do not have financial resources, because they have to buy the resources needed for school activities every year.

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