Help little superheroes become big superheroes!
Children who grow up in environments that do not foster development can arouse complex emotions: injustice, because of the many things they are deprived of, pity because they lack accessible tools to be able change something, sadness because we as well can feel...
At the start of the new school year, AmCham Romania equipped for school 253 children from United Way programs
The preparation for the new school year comes to every family with a long shopping list: school supplies, schoolbag, clothes, shoes. It is a period as beautiful as it is expensive. The children's joy of starting school compensates the financial effort. For children...
800 children from disadvantaged backgrounds play sports and learn about a healthy lifestyle thanks to United Way and UEFA
According to the World Health Organization, the rate of childhood obesity worldwide has increased tenfold in the past four decades. In the case of Romania, the absence of updated official statistics makes childhood obesity a silent killer. This alarming reality led us...
From Cluj, to Timișoara and all the way to Bucharest, Ursus volunteers have brought joy to young people with disabilities
Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Bucharest, in each of these cities volunteers from the company Ursus Breweries visited in March the young people with disabilities whom United Way Romania supports to integrate into the community. One of the strategic directions of United Way...
Thanks to Deichmann and the company’s employees, children from vulnerable backgrounds discover the world through reading
Functional illiteracy reaches alarming levels among children from disadvantaged families. The struggle for daily living exhausts all the energy of the parents, and the children, for lack of support, drop out of school or do not devote the necessary time to learning....
Around the Easter holidays, TVR, United Way Romania and Metropolitan Life offered joy to children from disadvantaged backgrounds
During Holy Week, a group of children from the United Way's "Adventure through reading" program had part of a unique experience. They participated in fun and educational activities at the headquarters of the Romanian Television in the event "Together we offer joy!"....
In the month dedicated to women, offer your support to a single mother and her child!
Spring is the symbol of new beginnings. And who better reminds us of beginnings, if not mothers? They give birth; they are there to encourage the first steps, the first words, the first initiatives. And they are also there at the first blows, the first...
A year since we appreciate peace differently…
It has been a year since the notion of war passed from history books and TV news to become a very close geographical reality. This year, each of us met refugees, heard their stories or even got involved in supporting those who found an oasis of peace in our country....
Help a vulnerable child not to drop out of school. Redirect 3.5% of the tax to United Way programs dedicated to education!
You can do good without any extra cost! With a simple gesture, you can help a vulnerable child not to drop out of school. Your support today ensures a future where this child grows to be an adult who has a job and therefore contributes to the well-being of our...
United Way, in partnership with the Internet Society Foundation, brings seniors closer to vulnerable youth through technology
In Romania, the gap between generations is often seen as a given, which cannot be overcome and must only be accepted. Such different experiences, the way each generation gathers its information, and the fewer and fewer contexts for interaction between the young and...
After receiving the attention she so desperately needed, Ilinca transformed from a rebellious child into a role model
Children react differently to the problems they have in the family. Some withdraw into themselves, others become overly expansive, and others become rebellious. Ilinca (12 years old) belongs to the latter category. Her mother abandoned her when she was less than one...
The story of a young man who, through the InnoMate program, decided his career path
Alex is a student in the 11th professional class at Electrotimiș Technological High School. When he joined the InnoMate program, he was not sure of his next steps. Discussing with his mentor, who encouraged him to complete his high-school studies, he decided that his...
After witnessing abuse in her family, Andreea wants to become a judge. For this, she knows that she must learn as well as possible.
Andreea is 11 years old and a student in the 4th grade. She lives with her mother and her younger sister in a rented apartment, comfort 2. It is only the three of them. The mother separated from the abusive father, but without divorcing. Since then, even though they...
At the end of the year, we want to talk about change…
If the beginning of the year is accompanied by a list of plans, then the end of the year is most often characterized by a look back at what we have achieved in the time that has passed. What have we changed, what have we improved, what have we taken out of our area of...
