Mobile School - Education for Children in Romania

School is over for this part of the year and kids are in the summer vacation. A wonderful oportunity for us to see them in a more relaxed setup. We can now see more children at one activity, since they are not in school in the morning. We choose the morning, since it's not that hot. Druing mid day temperatures reached this year 40 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, a lot of them spend much more time unsupervised in the street, exposing themselves to more risks.

The project team visits each community at least once a week, bringing the Mobile School, but also an inflatable slider and toys. The purpose is to create an attractive activity for the kids so that they can enjoy their time spent with us, but also learn something in the process. At the same time, during the activity, the street educators learn a lot about the situation the children are facing in their families: poverty, in most cases, domestic violence, alcohool abuse, lack of proper hygiene means etc. For most children, the time they spend in our company is the only time of the week when they get to behave and be treated as children, when they get to play and learn in a secure environment.

With more than 30 activities with the Mobile School, we had reached more than 100 children in the two communities from Iasi. In average we had 25-30 children attending each activity and there have been almost 100 hours of activities in the community.