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Help them go to school today, so they can thrive tomorrow!
A new school year has begun. For most of us, it started with hopes, as always, but also with fears, as in the last two years. For children from disadvantaged backgrounds, this start comes with another feeling, that of insecurity. The uncertainty of tomorrow, the...
United Way Romania launches the pilot program “Aventură prin lectură” in the fight against functional illiteracy
We hear more and more about functional illiteracy (a notion that refers to people who can read but do not understand what they have read) and the statistics constantly give us alarming news. The PISA tests for reading, writing and mathematics, position Romania at the...
Metropolitan Life has joined the United Way initiative to bring a smile to the faces of children in hospitals
For some children, the hospital becomes home because the disease they are struggling with keeps them in bed for months. For them, the slightest gesture of attention and affection is a celebration. That's why Metropolitan Life has joined the United Way initiative to...
Join the LIVE UNITED campaign to support education
Education does not take a vacation! Now we can help children in difficulty to have a better new school year. A difficult school year is over. Children went through all forms of education: online, in the classroom and in hybrid, and children from disadvantaged families...
Two special days with the students of the school from 1 Decembrie commune and the volunteers from Dino FC
The students of the gymnasium school from 1 Decembrie commune (Ilfov County) had two unique days. At the end of May, a group of volunteers from Dino Social Club visited them to discuss future careers with 8th graders and to read stories to primary school children....
The story of Marius: From a bullied boy to an inspiration for his colleagues
When we met Marius, he was a 4th grader. His parents struggled to pay the bills, and at school he was often humiliated by his colleagues, because of his speech deficiencies and him being overweight. When he entered United Way’s “Learn to Succeed!” program, Marius was...
