By abandoning school, poor children lose their chance for a better future
The excitement of the beginning of the school year is still here. The joy felt is not complete, however, for children from poor communities and their families. For them, autumn is a difficult time, when the hard struggle for daily living overlaps with new shortages of...
She took her grandchildren and left Ukraine, away from the war, with her daughter-in-law, daughter and husband
Among the young people and children, who manage to adapt more easily to the changes that appeared in their lives with the forced departure from Ukraine, we met Milena, a 61-year-old grandmother, who was anxiously waiting for their next departure, which it will take...
Environmental education – a priority component of United Way’s educational programs
United Way's educational programs represent more than 60% of the Foundation's work. To date, tens of thousands of children have received support with homework, school supplies, warm meals or healthy snacks, as well as access to non-formal educational activities. The...
“We have nowhere to return. Our house is destroyed.”- Ivanna, from Harkiv, Ukraine
Ivanna has two children, four-year-old Sonya and one-year-old Vania. She came to Romania from Harkiv, one of the most bombed cities in Ukraine. In the early days of the war, Ivanna, her husband and their children took refuge in the subway basement. Then they decided...
Ania doesn’t know that her home country is in war. ”I came to Romania on vacation”
Ania is 5 years old and came from Kyiv to Romania with her mother, Maria. The nearly 1000 kilometers they covered in short segments of journey, by trains and buses. We met Ania in the tent for mother and children, located in the customs in Sighetu Marmației. In this...
Help Ukrainian families fleeing the war!
We all try to think ahead and make plans. But there are times in life when the immediate reality does not take into account any plan and completely changes priorities. This is what happened two years ago, when the pandemic began, and it is happening now, when the war...
Support a disadvantaged child not to give up education. Redirect 3.5% of tax to United Way programs
Anyone in Romania who has a source of income can do good without costing them anything extra. This year we urge you, by redirecting 3.5% of the tax to United Way, to be the person the missing schoolbag for a vulnerable child. Without your help, these children risk...
Redirect 20% of the tax. Invest in education, health and income
Since 2004, United Way Romania has been working in three areas that form the basis of a better life: education, socio-professional integration and health. Every year, we help over 11,000 people have a better life. None of what we have accomplished so far would have...
United Way Romania supports vulnerable youth through the InnoMate program
It's no secret that a lot of high school subjects fail to keep up with the times and needs of teenagers. If parents have the opportunity to offer their children new learning contexts, youths manage to be competitive in the labor market. But if the young person comes...
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....