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Together with the Humanitarian Organization CONCORDIA, we announce the launch of the second edition of the “United 4 Children” project dedicated to supporting day care centers in Romania, which provide social, educational and support services for children from vulnerable families, through the National Network of Day Care Centers. The Humanitarian Organization CONCORDIA established this Network in 2021, a common voice of day care centers, which today has 186 centers, all of which help over 10,000 children from 30 counties in Romania.
The objectives of the “United 4Children” project aim to prevent family and school abandonment, develop quality integrated social services in the community, as well as support the establishment of day care centers in disadvantaged communities in rural and urban areas. Through these centers, children benefit from educational support and care adapted to their needs.
The total budget allocated through the “United 4 Children” Project is 49,770 lei and is addressed to day care centers that are members of the National Day Care Centers Network, throughout Romania. Applicants can request funding ranging from 2,500 lei to a maximum of 9,954 lei per project, in order to fully or partially cover the value of the proposed activities. Projects must have an implementation period between 1 month and 6 months, and applicants can also submit projects in public-public, private-private or public-private partnerships. The microgrants aim to support the activity of Day Care Centers and increase their capacity.
The microgrants financing program for the National Day Care Centers Network, edition 2025, is implemented by the Humanitarian Organization CONCORDIA and supported by Fundația Bosch România.
The renovation works at the Kindergarten in Costache Negri, Galați county, have been successfully completed! Initiated in mid-October 2024, these works turned out to be much more extensive and complex than we initially estimated, but the end result was well worth the effort.
In 2024 we answered our call to be with the flooded communities of Galati County.
The Kindergarten in Costache Negri, badly affected by the floods in September, urgently needed a transformation. With big plans and the desire to offer children a safe and welcoming space, we started the renovation work. After 2 and a half months and an investment of over 46,000 euros, the kindergarten is now more than a safe space – it is a place full of warmth and joy, perfect for the 39 preschoolers who cross its threshold daily.
The second edition of the Științescu Alba Fund brings extraordinary news. The quality of the projects has led us to supplement the budget to support all 9 proposed initiatives. With an additional budget of 25,000 lei, on top of the initial 99,000 lei, we want every innovative idea to become a reality, inspiring and supporting future generations on their way to knowledge and exploration.
The Științescu Fund is implemented in Alba county by the Sibiu Community Foundation, together with the Federation of Community Foundations in Romania, the Romanian-American Foundation, Fundația Bosch România being the local partner.
After the editions in Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca, the Narrative Reading Festival has reached Blaj.
More than 500 online and offline registrations were registered, and the children participated in receiving new books and had fun at the 30 theater, video, robotics, mathematics, storytelling, journalism and many other workshops. The event is part of the Bosch Reading Fund program, held this year in Timiș, Cluj and Alba counties.
For the second consecutive year, we supported the organization of the Bravery Summer Camp (Temerarii). The 15th edition, held between September 2-7, took place in Ighiu, Alba Iulia and brought together 70 young cancer survivors, aged between 13-17 years, former patients treated in treatment units in which the Little People Association carries out its therapeutic activity.
Fit4Life was the motto of the camp, aiming to encourage patients to embrace a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
The Bravery (Temerarii) community has more than 900 young cancer survivors.
Fundația Bosch and the team of storytellers #AfostOdata invite all visitors to the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History to enjoy an immersive underwater experience centered on the stories of the explorers Grigore Antipa and Emil Racoviță. The release will take place on June 1.
Starting from the stories of the explorers from the story-telling Romanians collection, we will bring children closer to the underwater world so loved by scientists. The first underwater photo in the world, taken by Louis Boutan, even captures the biologist Emil Racoviță in a diving suit, he was also the man who discovered the beaked whale in the legendary expedition to the South Pole, aboard the ship Belgica. Equally important are the achievements of the researcher Grigore Antipa, doctor in jellyfish, to whom we owe the legacy of over 2,000,000 exhibits of the museum in the center of Bucharest.
To enjoy the immersive experience, visitors will enter a space that will activate all their senses, helping them travel through time in a virtual underwater setting. Children will be able to choose and customize a 2D drawing, then scan it and, with the help of technology, their drawing will come to life in 3D on a lab wall. The border between the physical and digital worlds will transform the visit to the museum into an engaging, modern and educational experience.
The temporary exhibition is subject to the operating and organizational schedule of the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History. The content is accessible for people with hearing impairment and is also translated into English.
NARATIV, the Children’s Reading Festival, arrives in Cluj-Napoca for the first time! The festival is dedicated to all children aged between 5 and 14 and includes a series of engaging workshops where young participants can enjoy educational and fun activities. At the same time, parents are invited to attend dedicated conferences and workshops, supported by experts in parenting and psychology. The event takes place on Saturday, May 18, at the “Inochentie Micu” Greek-Catholic High School, starting at 10:00 a.m., and participation is free and can be done on the official website https://narativ.ro/narativ-cluj- napoca-bosch-reading-fund/.
NARATIV, run by the Curtea Veche Association, is part of the Bosch Reading Fund program. Through this program, we managed to donate over 2,000 books to 10 schools in Cluj County in the first phase of implementation, supporting education and encouraging a passion for reading among students.
High school students from Cluj Napoca and Blaj have the chance to discover their vocation in a new edition of the “Career Hour” program. In April, 175 high school students from Cluj-Napoca and Blaj are expected to participate in the “Career Hour” vocational guidance program organized by the Leaders Foundation with the support of Fundația Bosch România.
The program takes place over three days and offers young people the chance to take the first step towards realizing their career plan, towards understanding their personal and professional purpose, and towards acquiring the necessary leadership skills in their future professional career. Participation is free. In total, five editions of the program will take place in the two cities.
In Cluj County, the program is being held for the first time and is supported Fundația Bosch România, as main partner.
• 5 school-by-school social centres continue intergenerational education projects
• 150 children will benefit from school support and vocational and personal development activities
• 40 seniors have the opportunity to sign up as volunteers in community centres
The Generations national program, implemented by The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation, continues in 2024 in 5 social centres in the localities of Bonțida, Blaj, Buziaș, Dezmir and Bucharest, with the support of Fundația Bosch. The Generation Centres will receive grants to develop their portfolio of educational activities and receive training and mentoring to begin leveraging local resources. For the third consecutive year, seniors are invited to join after-school social centres to provide homework support or get involved in educational activities organized for children in the community.
Five organizations, working in support of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in five different communities, will benefit from resources and knowledge to implement intergenerational education in social centres. The Generation Centres create a space where children and seniors have the opportunity to collaborate and become or resource for each other, thus increasing the quality of life and relationships. Capitalizing on their professional experience, talent and personal time, 40 seniors will be co-opted as volunteers, to get involved in educational, vocational or socialization activities, in support of 150 children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Generation Centres bring a new category of staff to social centres to support non-formal education; through senior volunteers, creates a rich portfolio of activities for the vocational and personal development of children and triggers a change in the way of thinking at the community level in which the potential of the elderly is identified and the role of the social center as social actors that have a valuable contribution in the community.
In order for the services to be more accessible and visible among the interested categories, but also better supported by the entire community, the staff of the centres will be involved in a training and mentor process through which they will build the necessary skills for the purpose of leveraging local resources.
On the International Childhood Cancer Day (February 15), our partners from the P.A.V.E.L. Association. also officially launched the 3 volumes of the Auxiliary of non-formal activities intended for primary, secondary and high school patient students within the educational project Brain Station.
In the development of the auxiliary containing the curriculum and activity sheets necessary for the involvement of the student, a chronic patient, in non-formal didactic activities, the Brain station model was used, coordinated by Dr. Carrie Shiraki-Sakaino at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Hawaii, which provides a “classroom atmosphere in the educational program of the hospital. Brain Station also promotes a smooth transition from hospital school to home school. The activities/lessons are based on the pillars of cognitive rehabilitation (concentration, memory, language and executive functions), also integrating the fields of Language, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.