Learn to succeed

Project Name: Learn to succeed

United Way Romania

Starting Date: ongoing project

Financing: PENDING

With the amount reaised we are able to offer suport 4 children with material suport and social counceling.

Short Description:

„Learn to succeed” is United Way Romania’s educational program, which prevents school dropout in poor urban and rural communities, where it is not the education of children that is a priority, but the daily struggle of parents to find the resources they need to survive.

The program has an integrated model, where actions are built around children's needs, however parents, teachers, volunteers and local non-governmental associations work together to solve the problem of school dropout, which is not one of the child, but of the entire community.

By covering all the needs of the children, material, educational, and even offering parental support, the program has a major impact on the children`s lives. Thus, children's chances of breaking the barriers of poverty and having a positive impact on the community increase significantly.

The results of the project help us create enduring changes, at the child and family level, yet additionally at the local area level.

Program details:

"Learn to Succeed" aims to improve children's lives through access to education, and its main objectives are:

- Increasing the school presence of children from vulnerable backgrounds;

- Improving the school situation of children in the program through tutoring and mentoring activities;

- Improving the teaching and empathy skills of teachers working with children from disadvantaged backgrounds;

- Increasing the number of adolescents who continue their education and prepare to enter the labor market;

- Developing awareness of the importance of education at the level of parents. 

Main activities:

• After-school program - children receive personalized assistance and educational support in partner day centers and in after-school social programs. They receive help with homework and in bridging educational gaps, thus improving school results.

• Material help for children - Poverty is the main cause of absenteeism. Therefore, it is imperative to make sure that school is free of charge for children from disadvantaged backgrounds; n in the project, children receive a warm meal or a healthy snack on a daily basis, as well as financial support by providing school supplies, clothing, shoes, hygiene products and medicines;

Thank you! Together we can continue the fight against school dropout in poor urban and rural communities from Romania!

Links:

• United Way Romania - Annual Report
• United Way Romania - Education projects