Fundatia Teka
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Mission Statement
The Téka Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded in 1993 and has a cultural, social, youth and educational profile of activity. Its activities cover the geographic area of Gherla city and villages from the region of the Plain of Transylvania - Romania . The mission of the organization is providing an institution, material and spiritual framework for the development of education, social problems and culture in our city and in the region of the Plain of Transylvania. We support the formation of active communities based on real and specific values existing in this part of Europe. The vision is reaching a level where modern means and methods are used in an efficient way with the purpose of asserting the interests of the civil society in this region and addressing the new challenges that appear in education and culture.
About This Cause
Many remote villages from the region of the Plain of Transylvania - Romania are more disadvantaged than other rural communities of Transylvania. Among the problems this region is facing we could mention lack of employment (the majority of the population lives on agriculture practiced after traditional models); population decrease; weak administrative infrastructure and a weak social, cultural and educational infrastructure as well. Because of this, a general mentality has been formed, one that refuses any kind of renewal and accepts neglect. Project presentation The Téka Foundation from Gherla established a boarding school for the students coming from this region in the year 2002. Presently we are looking after 141 children. Our project offers an alternative and a possibility of solving this situation by assuring the access to the education process for the students coming from families with a precarious social situation, living in this area. We also contribute to assuring equality of opportunities of these students with those from the town, in what concerns access to education, to extracurricular activities designed to form different skills and competences, to services of psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation, etc. Project description Our project is a social service-project through specialized services having as a general objective the provision of support and assistance for needy children and families. The purpose of the project is providing access to education to students coming from families with a difficult social situation from the villages of the Plain of Transylvania - Romania or from the villages with no education centers. Project objectives: - Identifying the students with a difficult social situation from the villages of the Plain of Transylvania and registering in the boarding school those who either have a difficult social situation or don’t have access to mandatory education in their villages of origin. - Providing access to the registration process and ensuring the participation of the students to the classes in the state schools from Gherla - Providing necessary conditions for the psychological-pedagogical rehabilitation of these young students, for developing a healthy personality and for endorsing an authentic value system - Ensuring that the expenditures needed in order for our institution to operate are covered. - Providing decent living conditions for the students living in the boarding school - Promoting the integration of these students in the society The target group comes from the following villages: Sanmartin, Buza, Nasal, Taga, Geaca, Lacu, Feldioara, Puin, Camarasu, Chesau, Bontida, Rascruci, Jucu, Fodora, Badesti, Tiocu de Jos, Tiocu de Sus, Chidea, Cornesti, Luna, Salatiu, Ciresoaia, Unguras, Gherla, Fizesul Gherlii, Aghires, Pata, Cublesu Somesean, Visa, Aiton ( 29 villages and 1 city). Number of beneficiaries: for the 2018 -2019 school year 141 students have been registered in classes between IIIrd and XIIth. Socio-economic characteristics of the target group: - Unemployed parents - Orphans raised by grandparents or relatives - Rudimentary living conditions - Chronically ill parents/parents with health problems - Disintegrated families - Families with many members/children - Children coming from disadvantage regions - Students coming from families with low income - Students coming from areas with scarce access to social services - Lack of infrastructure in the areas they come from - Lack of education possibilities in their native villages Project impact: - We contribute to the social and intellectual reintegration and rehabilitation of the students - We widen the area of interest in learning, we develop new skills and competences of the students by means of psycho-pedagogic and rehabilitation activities - Contribution to the development of the student’s personalities via the realistic, authentic value system we provide them. - We insure a healthy alternative to the negative attitudes and influences coming from the mass media - Directly as well as indirectly, our project contributes to developing and changing mentalities of the local communities our students originate from