{"id":31052,"date":"2022-10-31T11:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T09:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frmr.ro\/?p=31052"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:22:00","slug":"inscrieri-voluntari-proiectul-generatii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/inscrieri-voluntari-proiectul-generatii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Generations Project continues in the Transylvania region in the 2022\u20132023 school year, bringing together children and senior mentors within 10 after-school social centers. A project of The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation, supported by Hochland Romania."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>80 seniors have the opportunity to volunteer in community centers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>10 after-school social centers in Transylvania provide support and education for children<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>350 children benefit from activities for academic, vocational, and personal development <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation and Hochland Romania open up opportunities for volunteering to seniors who wish to continue or regain an active role in the community. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seniors who want to become volunteers for children can find out more by calling the toll-free Senior Helpline at 0800-460-001 or by registering through an <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/intergenerational.ro\/deveniti-voluntar-senior\/\"><strong>online<\/strong> <strong>form<\/strong><\/a><strong> on the website www.intergenerational.ro<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> People who have reached retirement age can get involved and propose educational activities for the benefit of children in the community, carried out within after-school social centers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The successful experience<\/strong> of the <strong>Generations Centers will continue in the 2022\u20132023 school year<\/strong> in <strong>10 day centers across the counties of Alba, Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Bra\u0219ov, Cluj, Mure\u0219, and Satu Mare.<\/strong> These centers will engage <strong>80 valuable seniors in supporting 350 children who need assistance in their academic, vocational, or personal development. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Generations Project \u2013 Senior Mentors<\/em><\/strong> was launched in 2019, and its main objective was to address in a holistic, intergenerational manner the current issues faced by these two groups: school dropout, which is particularly acute among disadvantaged children, and the social isolation of older people. The proposed solution was to stimulate solidarity and collaboration between generations, as well as to facilitate the exchange of values and knowledge between children and seniors within community day centers.<\/p>\n<p>Over previous school years, the intergenerational approach led to a number of significant learning gains for children, who <strong>substantially improved their knowledge and academic performance<\/strong>as a result of the involvement of senior mentors, with <strong>46% of children recording academic progress. <\/strong>Through intergenerational sessions, children learned to love history and geography, practiced various musical instruments, explored numerous creative techniques, revived local crafts, improved their communication in foreign languages, practiced different sports, connected with the world of plants and animals, learned culinary skills and good manners, as well as many other extremely useful abilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The development of social and emotional skills<\/strong> is another benefit of intergenerational relationships, with <strong>75% of children showing visible progress in this area.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Generations Centres,<\/em> offer children living in vulnerable life circumstances a stimulating environment in which they broaden their horizons of knowledge, grow emotionally, and develop harmoniously through the diversity of activities they take part in, as well as through material support. Academic support for various school subjects, educational clubs, vocational workshops, counseling sessions, and the inspirational role models provided by the involved seniors all contribute positively to children\u2019s development and to improving their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>At the <em>The Generations Centres,<\/em>, seniors from the community become mentors for children and valuable resources for the social centers. As volunteers, they support children with their homework and organize and take part in various socio-educational activities, creative workshops, and vocational clubs. In this way, they pass on their knowledge and life experience to new generations, make generous use of their passions and talents, and, last but not least, receive respect and appreciation and gain new friends.<\/p>\n<p>Intergenerational relationships, through their diversity and complementarity, lead to visible progress in the lives of everyone involved and contribute to the sustainable future of communities and society. Social centers become more attractive by offering children a highly diverse portfolio of activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the 2022\u20132023 school year, the<em> Generations<\/em> program supported by Hochland Romania<\/strong> is carried out in:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Day Center for Children in Cenade, Caritas Mitropolitan Greek-Catholic Association Blaj \u2013 Alba County<\/li>\n<li>Blaj Day Center, Association for Elderly People and Children in Difficulty \u201cFamilia 2004\u201d \u2013 Alba County<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLittle Innocents\u201d Day Center in Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Inocen\u021bi Foundation \u2013 Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud County<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDiaconia\u201d Day Center in Bra\u0219ov, Diaconia International Aid Foundation \u2013 Bra\u0219ov County<\/li>\n<li>Day Center for Children at Risk of Separation from Parents in Cluj-Napoca, Christian Union Association \u2013 Cluj County<\/li>\n<li>Day Center for the Development of Independent Living Skills in T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, Talentum Foundation \u2013 Mure\u0219 County<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBuckner\u201d Day Center in T\u00e2rn\u0103veni, Buckner Foundation \u2013 Mure\u0219 County<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCasa Maria II\u201d Day Center in Reghin, Orthodox Philanthropy Association Alba Iulia \u2013 Mure\u0219 County<\/li>\n<li>Veritas Day Center for Children in Sighi\u0219oara, Veritas Foundation \u2013 Mure\u0219 County<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSt. Tatiana\u201d Day Center in Satu Mare, Holy Protection of the Mother of God Association \u2013 Satu Mare County<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation is one of Romania\u2019s leading non-governmental organizations, contributing to the development of civil society through social and educational programs. With over 30 years of activity, the Foundation supports children, young people, and seniors through sustainable interventions based on the exchange of experience and values between generations. The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation is among the few organizations drawing attention to population aging and its imminent effects on society, proposing practical solutions to improve the quality of life of older people. More details about the Foundation\u2019s programs are available at fundatiaregala.ro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Hochland Romania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hochland\u2019s story began in 1927 with the founding of the company and the production of its first product at the Hochland cheese factory in Lindenberg, Germany. Present in Romania since 1993, Hochland is the market leader in the cheese category and the most loved brand in this segment. With family as a core brand value and a strong desire to invest in the community, starting in 2019 Hochland became a partner of The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation in the\u00a0<em>Generations<\/em>\u00a0project, aiming to bring positive change to communities of single retired seniors in Romania, as well as to the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. For more details, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hochland.ro\/\">www.hochland.ro<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80 de seniori au oportunitatea de a activa ca voluntari \u00een centrele din comunitate 10 centre sociale after-school din Transilvania ofer\u0103 sprijin \u0219i asigur\u0103 educa\u021bia copiilor 350 de copii beneficiaz\u0103 de activit\u0103\u021bi pentru dezvoltare \u0219colar\u0103, voca\u021bional\u0103 \u0219i personal\u0103<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,37,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-26","category-centrele-generatii","category-comunicate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38176,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31052\/revisions\/38176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundatiaregala.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}