AGS activities in TelechiuComprehensive and Complex Services

Telechiu, Romania

Glimps 800 (number) of inhabitants – total, Roma,

Romanian, Hungarian No running water - water from the sewage No electricity Unpaved roads Bad housing conditions Children suffering from rat bites

Data/ AGS direct beneficiaries

65 Families 119 - 0-6 years old children

45 - 0-3 years old74 - 3-6 years old

Data/AGS 5 training workshops delivered, to a total of

3 teachers in Telechiu, and 39 in Oradea 5 trainings for mediators in Telechiu, 161 home visits 41 children were enrolled into pre-school 8 children where enrolled into primary school 114 Parents Schools 15 parents (literacy 8 events 48 children receiving meals

Before AGS – June 2010

NOW

ONLYMedical services: vaccines

ECEC Centre (education, feeding, surveillance, care for children and Parents’ Schools) – daily (may 2011) There are 23-25 children /per day in kindergarten taught in Romanian out of 31

Relaxing activities, interethnic activities for all children and parents Roma and Non RomaISSA trainings for teachers

• Storyteller Club - 1 day per week (march 2011)

Activities for Children o-3 years

Before AGS NOW2 kindergarten groups:

One preparatory group taught in Romanian- No food- No educational materials- No toys- No current water/ poor

infrasctructure- Low frequency: 8-10

children out of 18 enrolled children

One in Hungarian- Extended program- Feeding- Educational materials- Good infrastructure- Good frequency

3 kindergarten groups

1.The preparatory group with Romanian as the main language of instruction: increased frequency from 8-10 chlidren/per day to 15-17 children /per day in this group out of 21 children

2. One NEW group, started in AGS project, for kids 3-4 Years , taught in Romanian

3.For the group taught in Hungarian the quality has increased. 4 Roma children are attending to it and they can benefit from the extended program. Throughout the AGS project we paid the nutrition for them.

Activities for Children 3-6 years

Meetings with the local institutions

ISSA trainings for parents and local educators

Parents Schools (Roma & Non-Roma) and volunteering activities

Leassure activities: parents and children (Roma & Non-Roma)

Life skills Programs for parents and children

Informing and counselling activities on socio-educational problems

Career center

Social services

Community Activities During the AGS Project

Important Achievements

1. Newly set up kindergarten group taught in Romanian for children

2. Established for the first time creche/ nursery services for children of 0-3 – under accreditation process

3. Improved daily rate of attendance (from 16% to 72 %) in kindergarten

4. School readiness is improved5. Available services for parents 6. Sustainability, institutionalisation of AGS

initiatives (with the support of the local authorities)

Thank you !CONTACTS

Ruhama Foundation

Email: fundatia@ruhama.ro

Web: www.ruhama.ro