Terrifying pictures and statistics on malnourished children. Almost 16,000 children die every day from a hunger-related cause.
Poverty is not an isolated ‘disease’. It is an omnipresent issue. More than 5 million Romanians live under the poverty line. It is a huge number and compared with the entire country’s population the situation looks even worse. Caritas Confederation Romania (www.caritas.org.ro) launched a campaign titled ‘A million stars’ than aimed to stimulate the entire … Continue reading
The three aid workers kidnapped in Yemen have been released shortly after their abduction. A French national and two Yemenis, belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross staff, were released on November 25, after two days of captivity in the hands of members of a secessionist group seeking greater independence for southern Yemen. … Continue reading
‘Only when I dance’ is a documentary that follows two young teenagers, Isabela and Irlan, as they strive to realize their dream of becoming professional ballet dancers. Their ambition is to leave Brazil to join one of the great companies in North America. The documentary’s World Premiere was at Tribeca Film Festival, in April 2009. For the … Continue reading
The Federation of NGOs for Children (‘Federaţia Organizaţiilor Neguvernamentale pentru Copil – FONPC) is implementing the project ‘For the triumph of our Rights – Children’s Rights Festival’, between September 2011 and December 2011. The other partners in the project are: UNICEF Romania, France Embassy, Wallonie – Bruxelles Delegation, Spain Embassy, Norway Embassy, Canada Embassy, Switzerland Embassy, Parada Foundation and International Organization … Continue reading
Over the past three days more than 300 students joined the debate that takes place at the Faculty of History, in Bucharest. In their attempt to find solutions for the revival of Romanian education system, they came up a list of demands. Here are some of their requests: Education system should be the main priority of the government. The … Continue reading
The students that started a marathon debate on Thursday, at the Faculty of History, in Bucharest, trying to find solutions to revive the Romanian education system, have now a blog and an e-mail address (besides the Facebook page – 1,108 members and counting). Here is the blog where you can find the latest information about the … Continue reading
Tens of Romanian students in Bucharest have ‘occupied’ the Faculty of History since Thursday, 6 PM, in an attempt without precedent to find solutions to revive Romanian education system. 100 hours of free debate are scheduled for this action. Behind this initiative are the students at the Film Society of Faculty of History. Besides asking … Continue reading
It is inevitable for the Romanians not to ask themselves how attractive are Romanian universities to foreign students? And not least, how attractive are they for prospective Romanian students? If we consider the scandals which involved, both, private and public Romanian universities in recent years, what is left is only a big question mark. The ‘universities’ attractiveness’ is … Continue reading
