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21 December 2023

Horia Tecau, message to the children of Brasov: "True performance means first wellbeing, not necessarily being number 1 and winning tournaments"

Brasov, 21 December 2023. The National Ambassador for UNICEF Horia Tecau spent a full day in his home town of Brasov on Wednesday with children benefiting from UNICEF programmes that were developed with local authorities. The athlete visited a kindergarten, an integrated community centre, a centre for children and...

05 September 2023

Andreea and the chamber of time

What could you do when your mother, the keystone of your childhood, falls ill and can no longer support you? When you see how a heavy disease transforms her before your eyes, condemns her to an unrecognizable body, to an unrecognizable, unfathomable life, and then is taken from you? What if your father were not pr...

An extra chromosome sometimes means an extra heart

Darius seems to have an extra heart. One with which he loves unconditionally and the other with which he loves again and smiles. Children often get upset if a toy is taken away from them or they are denied something. Adults also hold on to their anger for a painfully long time sometimes. Not Darius. "I learn fr...

The voice of a community

Beatrice's voice echoes incessantly from morning to night in her family’s home. She is the youngest of her sisters, but she manages to capture everyone's attention and create suspense and excitement even in the simplest stories she tells. Do you know what Beatrice's secret is? That she finished grade 0 and will...

Corina #Unlimited

I first met Corina in 2019 when visiting a school supported by UNICEF Romania’s Quality Inclusive Education model in Bacău county. Earlier in March, I had a chance to catch up with Corina and her mum for a couple of hours, graciously welcomed to their home. During the repeated lockdowns and physical distancing mea...

22 October 2020

Mrs Paval’s Patience

Having won the first prize in an online piano competition playing Brahms’ Rhapsody in G minor, Eduard said something to his teacher, Lidia Paval, that left her speechless. They had won other awards over the ten years they’d been studying together, but for this competition they prepared under special conditions. Fo...

01 October 2020

The story of Cătălin – a high school student whose disease confines him to a wheelchair

Cătălin is a 17-year-old teenager suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder characterised by progressive muscle wasting. Despite the rapid progression of the disease, Cătălin has managed to get to high school, supported and encouraged not only by his family but also by his teachers and classmates. Duchenne muscular dystrophy…, “Without the school’s support, I would have had to take him out of class”, When he could not move ar...

22 January 2020

We grow up stronger when we grow up together

We grow up stronger when we grow up together, Children grow up better when they grow up, learn or play together. Disabilities should not be a reason for exclusion. Children with disabilities belong together with all the other children, in family, school and in community. All children can learn, and the sooner a di...