In Romania our community development education project “NGO’s Interventions in Local High School’s’’, has been working with 9 high school’s from across the Olt County.

80 High school teachers and 200 young people have so far benefited from the programme which has involved delivering a range of community development workshops and managing a small grants programme to initiate local community development actions. From the 9 high schools we have been working with 6 have now set up Community Clubs for their students to join which will enable the community action programmes to continue in future years. We are working with these new clubs to equip them with the relevant knowledge and skills to be able to continue their work.

In December we hosted a special gala to celebrate the achievements of this project. 60 people attended and awards were given for; the best project, best project team, most involved young person and most involved teacher. A special prize was also awarded for
school of the year, this was presented to; Collegul National Matei Basarab, Caracal.

For 2009 we hope to continue our work with these schools in order to firmly establish community development education as part of the school’s curriculum.

This project was part funded by the CEE Trust.