In the 2021-2022 school year, more than 7,000 teachers participated online in the training sessions within the „Romania de poveste” project, which OvidiuRO Association runs in partnership with the Learning by Teaching Association, supported by Raiffeisen Bank Romania.
Due to the success recorded among the teachers, the project continues in the 2022-2023 school year, so that we can reach as many children as possible in the preschool education system with information relevant to their age, but also with didactic materials that make ecological education easily understandable.
“During the first 5 years of life, the child’s brain develops by 90%, so it is essential to be exposed to quality and diverse learning experiences during this time window. At the same time, STEAM activities – science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics, help to lay the cognitive and emotional foundations of the future adult”, said Maria Gheorghiu, co-founder of the OvidiuRO Association.
“We are happy to continue the „Romania de poveste” project together with OvidiuRO and thousands of teachers from all over the country. Together we want to provide access to quality early education for as many children as possible and lay the foundations for responsible behavior toward the Planet’s resources, from an early age. We aim, through this program, to support teachers and provide them with the resources to help children learn and protect the natural environment, and afterward, when they become adults, to be able to use the filter of sustainability and care for the environment in their life choices”, said Ana Nilă, Senior Sustainability Specialist Raiffeisen Bank Romania.
The project benefited from the expertise and support of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest (USAMV), the Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR), a non-profit organization committed to protecting birds and nature, and the SNK Association, an NGO focused on eco-education.