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Second Chance Project Romania

Asociaţia “Gheorghe Titeica”ROMANIA

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We offer quality education; we have over 1400 awards at national and international competitions. Our students participate in many extracurricular

activities that develop their resourcefulness, help them to socialize with other children and improve their citizenship. Information about our school are permanently updated and can be found on our school website

www.gheorghetiteica.ro.

"Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Secondary School is one of the best schools in Craiova, has 20 classrooms, three laboratories modernly equipped, chemistry and physics, computer science and biology, one library with 15,000 volumes, projectors, DVD players, TV high speed internet connections and here study approximately 950 students educated by 50 teachers and teacher assistants.

" Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Secondary School

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We founded "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Association. It was established to promote democratic values and universal cultural values in the Romanian and European traditional cultural and economic space.

The Association has the following objectives:

• Contribution to respect Human Rights and of the Citizen as they are proclaimed in international treaties and European authorities to the Romanian state, the development of Romanian democratic system in all its contents -

economic, social, cultural and spiritual;

• Contribution to the knowledge of Romanian authentic cultural values by European countries;

• Initiating and supporting development projects and school

improvement;

• Mediating relations between "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Secondary School and other organizations and institutions by identifying viable partners for projects carried out in the country and abroad;

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Association has exceptional results such as:•

Campaigns created to inform citizens about the role of education in the lives of children and parents, studies, research, surveys, reports, summaries of the importance of education in Romania's integration in the EU, to respect Human Rights and Citizen Rights, Children Rights in Romania and the European Union;

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Editing and printing publications, creating radio and TV shows, creating different websites depending on the topic of the project.

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Organizing symposiums, seminars, training sessions, numerous extracurricular activities, trips, shows, charities, European projects;

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Ensuring the support for students and teachers of the school with outstanding results in school activities;

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SECOND CHANCE PROJECT - "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Association.

Grundtvig project: SECOND CHANCE, reference number GRU‐13 

P‐LP‐442‐DJ‐ES. Partners: Spain as project coordinator, Estonia, 

Poland, Italy, Turkey.

In 

this 

project 

partners 

work 

together 

for 

a 

better  education given to people in prisons. 

Romania 

managed 

to 

form 

a 

group 

of 

young 

people  in 

Juvenile 

Prison 

and 

with 

them 

during 

the 

project 

develops different extracurricular activities.

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We established a solid partnership with “Juvenile Prison in Craiova, ROMANIA”

SECOND CHANCE PROJECT - "Gheorghe Ţiţeica" Association.

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Educational System in prison in Romania

Craiova Juvenile Penitentiary is the institution specialized in social recovery of the inmates (minors, young adults, and women). Being in prison, the inmates follow

intensive educational and vocational training programs, according to their skills and other activities and programs for social reintegration.

Formal school education is done through Special Professional School Craiova, independent institution subordinated to the Minister of Education (MEN), and includes the following forms of education: primary, secondary and high school

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at this time is included in educational courses a number of 276 students.

Recognizing that social reintegration of the inmates requires a long term approach, in which a significant component is the development of cooperation with institutions and civil society organizations in joint projects, the detention center runs a series of steps designed in partnership to diversify the offer of educational and psychosocial assistance. We as “Gheorghe Titeica” Association during our Second Chance project are trying to take one step forward in the social reintegration of the inmates.

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Activities implemented for a better education and life in prison in Romania

Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture and the traditions of the country.

We gave the opportunity to the inmates to sell the products to finance their needs and the needs of the school.

Prepared posters, videos, flyers in order to publish the different activities.

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Changes produced in the last two years of the project

Through the activities realized we managed to raise the awareness of the civil society towards the inmates.

Through the public meetings and appearances we raised the self confidence of the inmates.

By preparing and distributing materials, flyers to different NGOs and School Directorate we are improving the social rehabilitation and reintegration of the inmates in the society.

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Activities implemented in Romania

Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture and the traditions of the country.

We gave the opportunity to the inmates to sell the products to finance the needs of the school.

Prepared posters, videos, flyers in order to publish the different activities.

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Taking part in the activity “Santa Claus Fair”, creating Christmas tree ornaments;

Close to Christmas, inmates assisted by our teachers created Christmas tree ornaments and greeting cards. All these activities represent Christmas fair and together with the decoration of the Christmas tree we celebrated the beginning of the winter

holidays.

Inmates from the Penitentiary for Minors took part together with our students in this activity.

Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture and the traditions of the country

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Taking part in the activity “Santa Claus Fair”, creating Christmas tree ornaments;

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Cultural activities organized in order to learn the culture and the traditions of the country

Taking part in the activity „Spring fantasies”, making handmade “martisor” celebrating 1st of March;

With the occasion of 1st

of Mach –

traditional Romanian celebration –

men offer gifts to women, spring symbol –

“Martisor”

and 8th

of March –

Women International Day –

in our school takes place a fair of handmade “martisor”

and greeting cards made by our students. Parents, grandparents and teachers buy the handmade objects created by our students. The handmade objects created have a symbolic value for our because they represent us. The students from Minor Person Penitentiary will take part together with our students and with their handmade materials in the fair organized in our school.

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Taking part in the activity „Spring fantasies”, making handmade “martisor” celebrating 1st of

March;

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Participating in the activity “National Culinary products”

Our students are great cooks and the students from the Penitentiary for Minors were invited to take part into this activity. We created stands with cooked products: traditional donuts, pancakes, apple and cheese pie, fried chips, sausages, “mici”, Romanian national products. They cooked all the food.

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Participating in the activity “National Culinary products”

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Students from the Penitentiary for minors will take part at the End of School Year

Party.

We have a tradition and a joy in our country and our school to celebrate the end of the school year. Students from the Penitentiary for Minors will participate together with our students at this cultural celebration. They will prepare a short artistic program and present them to the audience.

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We gave the opportunity to the inmates to sell the products to finance the needs of the

school.

We organized a tombola with handmade products. Both the inmates and our students had the opportunity to sell

their handmade products.

Both inmates and our students prepared hand made products and with them we organized tombola. The money raised were used by the inmates. At this activity attended students, parents and teachers.

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Prepared and distributed posters, videos, flyers in order to publish and disseminate the different activities.

Publishing on our school website the activities done together.

Our school has a website which is permanently updated with all the activities. www.gheorghetiteica.ro. All the activities together with the Penitentiary for Minors are uploaded on the section European Projects, Grundvig

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Second Chance.

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We believe that these activities improve the educational level of the inmates;

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We offer a different perspective on life;

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We improve their communication with other people and help them overcome certain social barriers;

By all these…

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4. Sharing experience with the other countries involved in the project is beneficial for our students;

5. The inmates understand that there are other people with similar problems and by communicating with

others that can understand the prison system from another point of view they can hope to improve their situation;

6. And as main purpose we help them in their rehabilitation and reintegration the society;

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“The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take... “

Max- Lucado

And at the end...