“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....
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...
34 key funders open their data on funds allocated to the ONG sector through the donor platform
The first report, launched with the platform, highlights the most funded areas of civil society in 2020, but also how the pandemic has influenced the timing of civil society funding during the year. The Donor Platform has been launched, the application that makes...
The United Way Romania Foundation and Naguma Medical Supply SRL help children return to school safely
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Way Romania Foundation provided support for the safe return of children to school, through an important donation of 1,200,000 protective masks offered by the company Naguma Medical Supply SRL. In February, United Way...