Counselling for 300 children in Romania

Project Report | Feb 13, 2023
Hello 2023

By Gabriela Popescu | Project Leader

Dear supporter,

Recently, we have reached the eight-year mark since the official launch of Te Aud Romania (TAR) foundation. Within this time, we have served over 37,000 direct beneficiaries through a variety of projects, gathered in countless events to help children and young people develop harmoniously and prepare them for adult life.

In 2022, we tried to adjust to a new normal and embrace change to keep everyone safe, family, friends and beneficiaries. But then the Russian-Ukrainian war came, and TAR offered support for over 11,000 Ukrainian refugees, both children and adults, being part of Suceava county’s frontline war response committee.

As a charity focused on non-formal educational programs for children, we have worked alongside national and international partners to develop medium to long term solutions to integrate Ukrainian refugee children within the community and provide a safe and appropriate environment to alleviate the pain and grow. Several sports and socialising events were organised for refugees from our community, courtesy of our national and international partners, but a lot more is needed.

In 2023, we are going to focus on providing impactful and proven solutions around migration and integration, for children to flourish within a national and local context. We are now directing our attention to refugee children who are in desperate need of safety, stability, and protection. We seek to equip them for a chance at minimising the long-lasting consequences for generations to come.

Our main goal is to build, design and create an Integrated Education Centre in Gura Humorului – an area located near the Siret border – the border with the highest number of refugees fleeing from the war. The Education Centre shall become an important, permanent resource for the community as well as a model for other communities. At the same time, it will increase academic performances via designated on-site programs and activities in a safe, supportive, quietly purposeful environment.

Furthermore, we truly believe that sport can build stronger communities and be a tool for social development. Regardless the development of the education centre, we will continue to focus on sport for social impact programmes and interventions.

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TAR Autumn Activities

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Summer fling with rugby and more

By Gabriela Popescu | Project Leader

Creative writing workshops

What we have been up to this summer

Mini Rugby for All

15 teams all over Romania (U8, U10, U12) participated at the national tournament organised by the Rugby Federation in Gura Humorului at the end of July.

Rugby Club Gura Humorului

The start of the second half of the season saw four new young players within the team. Marian and Mihai-Iulian, two of our Rugby for all mentees, part of Rugby CSS Gura Humorului, have made the step to senior rugby; alongside Matei, who plays for CSA Steaua junior U19 team.

At the same time, we welcome our first international player from South Africa – Rohan, who had an amazing debut against Suceava, scoring one of our tries, alongside Sebi and Claudiu.

Rugby for All

We are currently receiving submissions for 2022-2023 season. Teenagers between 14-17 years old are welcomed to develop their own skills at the highest degree.

Creative Writing Summer Camp

At the beginning of August, over 35 teenagers from Suceava county’s child protection services took part in a creative writing summer camp. For 5 days, the participants worked around the pandemic theme, writing down their feelings and thoughts on how they handled the situation. The result is going to be a collective brochure of feelings and experiences during the last two years, courtesy of DGASPC Suceava and Suceava County Council.

Over 6 months of war

Te Aud Romania has offered logistical, financial and humanitarian support over 900.000 Euros, ever since the Ukrainian refugee crisis has started. All of this was made possible with support from individual donors, as well as a high number of national and international partners that have joined our endeavours.

As a charity focused on non-formal educational programs for children, we will work alongside national and international partners to develop medium to long term solutions to integrate Ukrainian refugee children within the community and provide a safe and appropriate environment to alleviate the pain and grow. The start of the new school year comes with several challenges for these kids, so if you want to get involved, please reply to this email to work along.

TAR have now distributed the 10,000 backpacks from Packed with Hope campaign. Together, we have reached souls and delivered smiles all across Romania and Ukraine.

Sneak Peak into our coming month

September 2022 means new school year, new projects and a lot of surprises: stay tuned to see what’s on.

Mass Media Overview

We shared a series of opinions for Ziare.com on what war means and the impact of our programme, but also partnerships with other NGOs who work with refugees and for whom we provided the backpacks, such as Hope and Homes for Children.

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