For those of you interested in how the design of a wellbeing camp can look like, please read the material herewith. The document has been created by a series of psychologists and experts in NGOs environments within the project “Wellbeing Camp for First Line Ukrainian Workers” financed by German Marshall Fund. We can also provide […]

Thinking of a design for a wellbeing retreat is not an easy task, particularly for a group of CSO workers who come from a conflict area. One needs to combine emotions sharing with storytelling and relaxation. Thus, our agenda looks like this: Day 0: Introducing participants – storytelling around the fire Day 1: Negative emotions […]

At Progress Foundation, we have understood from previous projects that helping the helpers is an important activity, considering that the whole Ukrainian society is engulfed in a national effort to fight the Russian invasion. Front line workers involved in civil protection, health support or social assistance are stretched at the maximum, in both terms of […]

You can access the booklet of the project HERE. Enjoy! Emotional Accommodation for CSO Workers is an international project that offers specialised psychological support to CSO workers in the frontline of the humanitarian aid given to refugees in the context of the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. The project is developed by Progress Foundation (Romania), […]

Artists: Bogdan Dincă, Mircea Reștea Opening night May 11th, available until  June the 8th Bogdan Dincă and Mircea Reștea are the photographers documenting Emotional Accommodation for CSO Workers project, and at the same time they have spent the first months since the beginning of the war against Ukraine at the borders, photographing everything on sight. […]

Fundația Progress lansează un nou proiect pentru adolescente (10-16 ani) din urban mic (10.000-20.000 locuitori). Bibliotecile eligibile care doresc să înființeze cluburi pentru fete neînfricate sunt invitate să aplice online până pe 19 mai, ora 20.00, completând următorul formular: https://forms.gle/84uT2PQ5yrR6iS3B6 Activitatea cluburilor de fete neînfricate se va derula pe parcursul mai multor luni, cu scopul […]

Bucharest, April 27th – 50 girls aged 10 to 16 from 8 villages in Romania and their librarians participated in the Camp for Fearless Girls, which took place in april in Bucharest. Progress Foundation worked with them using the learning circles methodology, setting up empowerment clubs for teenage girls in libraries. The goal is to […]

Those who have not wasted a single moment and reached out to help Ukrainian refugees in the context of the unprovoked attack of Russia are in fact the heroes of our time. For them we have created a new project – Emotional Accommodation for CSO Workers. Thus, we invite all the activists from Sighetu Marmatiei […]

Progress Foundation representatives present the inventions of children at the National Science Fair on PRO TV’s I like IT technology show, going in-depth in regards to the CODE Kids project and the free programming and robotics clubs available in public libraries in Romania:

Librarians from counties bordering Ukraine have benefited from specialised courses to develop their skills in dealing with refugees in their communities, be they adults or children. Under the guidance of doctors specialised in treating trauma – Dr. Claudia Năsăudean, a primary doctor in Pediatric Psychiatry and Dr. Vladimir Nică, a primary doctor in Psychiatry, the […]