Asociatia Lumea lui Pinocchio is a non-profit organization founded in 2001 in Panciu, Vrancea, Romania. Applicant began its activity in Panciu in order to support a sustainable local development, paying a particular attention to minors. The Educational Daily Centre “Pinocchio” has been founded in order to work on social integration starting from an early age.
encouraging the principle of active social voluntary service among local youth;
reducing the social causes which generate poverty, social exclusion and emargination of disadvantage categories;
eliminating social diseases – illiteracy, scholastic drop-out, juvenile delinquency and unemployment in Panciu.
LLP’s regular activities are targeted to children belonging to the most disadvantaged brackets of the local population, in particular to the Roma minority. The educational activities regard: alphabetization, afterschool, education to hygiene, respect for the environment, non formal education (workshops on recycling; music, theatre, painting, clownerie, jonglerie, games).
The association in accredited as social services provider, given its commitment in: building positive relations with the families of the Roma children; school mediation activities in order to foster dialogue and mutual understanding between children parents and teachers; individual and group counselling activities; prevention of scholastic drop-out and juvenile delinquency.
LLP is also strongly committed to promote volunteering in Vrancea County. Since 2003 the association is accredited for the hosting, sending and coordination of EVS and has multi-year experience in managing youth exchange projects.
In 2016, project financed by Fondul ONG in Romania (EEA Grants) to deep its operational capacities in the field of volunteers’ management and promotion at regional level. The association deepened its relationship with local institutions and associations.
Moreover, the association Lumea lui Pinocchio cooperates with several local institutions in Panciu regarding activities jointly developed together with the human resources of the Daily Centre Pinocchio (the kindergarten, the primary and secondary schools, the home house for orphanage, the house for elderly people, the municipality, etc.). The association for example has an agreement with the High School and young students of Panciu are involved in non formal activities with the children of the Daily Centre Pinocchio; an agreement with the Municipality, the Police and the schools in Panciu on prevention of children at risk; an agreement with the “Elena Doamna Centre” in Focsani for activities with young volunteers and children with special needs; a partnership with the Kindergarten nr.1 aiming to ensure equal opportunities for education for all children including Roma kids.
