The project aims to facilitate the access of 600 children from rural, poor and isolated areas, in eastern Bacau county in Romania, to quality education, social care, counselling and guidance through 5 community centres named "Clubs with Glue". The services will be provided by local teams of educators and a mobile team of specialists travelling in the area from the city. We will provide scholarships to the best and poorest children to access high school education in the city.
The Annual report for Education from the European Commission places Romania third regarding the school drop out rate among all EU countries. One in 5 Romanian pupils leave the educational system prematurely, most of them living in rural areas. Only 25% of the children in rural areas graduate from high school and only 1% of them go to university.
FSC opened 5 community centres called "Clubs with Glue" serving over 600 children from very poor rural areas. The activities in the centres are very complex, from structured educational input- theme clubs, to supporting children with school stationery and uniforms, food, medical checks and offering social grants (scholarships) for the best achieving young people who are admitted to high school in Bacau.
600 children will be exposed to care, love, quality education and encouragement to continue their education. We believe that the more education they get the better for their life and communities, in fact this is the only way to break the cycle of poverty that affects the villages in Romania. 100 young people will receive social grants to be able to go on higher education in the city.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
