CEDRU VISIT CARD © 2015, CEDRU, “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

WHO? CEDRU Association - Center of Excellence for Human Resources Development is a legal person of private patrimonial purpose, independent and non- governmental. Center of Excellence for Human Resources Development is an institution for training, consulting, educational, social and humanitarian services. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

WHAT? CEDRU has an attractive portfolio of programs and projects, mainly promoting a wide range of school activities, training, educational consultancy and technical assistance. Students, teachers, parents and adults from different social categories benefit from CEDRU programs and expertise. CEDRU promotes educational models implemented nowadays in Romania and many other countries in Europe as well. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

WHERE? CEDRU is located in Craiova, Romania. It develops activities in Dolj county mainly, but in partnership with institutions all over Europe. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

WHEN? CEDRU started its activity in 2007 as a department of The Builder Word Foundation, in Craiova. It dealed with promotion of projects and programs on European funds. From April 2008 CEDRU has its own legal status and developed its activities and programs for children, youth and adults. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU activities: CEDRU offers : counseling training in various language and life skills to young people in the region CEDRU club which promotes non-formal educational activities for young people as an alternative to spend the spare time in a pleasant and also useful way. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU strategy: The Centre establishes its own priorities and selects the areas of interest for its projects and services according to its clients needs and the national and international educational field evolution. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU AREAS OF ACTION : EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS: "Afterschool" optional activities in non-formal extracurricular clubs courses for teachers and parents counseling center for children and parents partnership projects and national and international cooperation the project "Hospital School" -- development of educational offerings for hospitalized children involvement, as partner / beneficiary in educational projects financed from EU funds “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU AREAS OF ACTION : SOCIAL PROJECTS: establishment of centers for social assistance for abandoned children (with parents gone abroad) - Center for Early Social Work raising funds for old people's homes / houses for family / persons in precarious situations raising funds to support education for children capable of high performance, but with poor material situation design Children's playground “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU AREAS OF ACTION : HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS: donations of toys, clothes and food for disadvantaged children donations of food and clothing for the elderly abandoned “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU Departments : Educational Department Socio-Humanitarian Department Public Relations and Marketing Department Finance Department Educational Department – Centres of interest : Center of Excellence for Children (Junior Center), Center of Excellence for Youth (Teen Center), Center of Excellence for adults (Lifelong Learning Center). “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

CEDRU VOLUNTEERING Our volunteering offer is opened to anyone interested in learning new training methods, to develop facilitation skills and to improve their general cultural and social knowledge. We are mostly interested in the yougsters` motivation to participate in our Centre’s activities. “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

JUNIOR CENTRE “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

JUNIOR CENTRE Projects:  National Volunteering Week  I Belong to This Place – Regional Program for valorisation of local patrimoine  Astronomy Day  Earth Day  Living Books – Regional Program for Promoting Reading Pleasure  STEPS – Regional Dancing Contest for Children  The Young Entrepreneurs` Market – project financed through Matra-Kap Program  Let`s Play Europe! – Contest for students in primary schools  On-line Tour for Promoting Local Traditions  Tolerance – Alphabet for Civilisation  Cool School – School contest on European Union Topics for primary and junior secondary students “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

TEEN CENTRE “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

TEENS` YOUTH IN ACTION PROJECTS “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

TEEN CENTRE Projects:  National Volunteering Week  Because we care about it!  Workshop : I have the right to protect my rights!  Highschool Dance bands – Photo Regional Itinerant Exhibition  I Belong to This Place – Regional Program for valorisation of local patrimoine  Living Books – Regional Program for Promoting Reading Pleasure  Tolerance – Alphabet for Civilisation  Art`n Forum – Forum Theatre – form of community social intervention – Project on Youth in Action Program “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

LIFELONG LEARNING CENTRE “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

LIFELONG LEARNING CENTRE “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

LIFELONG LEARNING CENTRE Projects:  National Volunteering Week  Tolerance – Alphabet for Civilisation  Pro-Volunteering  Sounds for their smile - Humanitarian concert  Trainings for teachers on : European project management, active citizenship, communication and public relations, afternoon school, parents` education  Grundtvig partnership for learning - „Art as the identity of a country and as a universal pattern which all the European countries can share”– project no IT2-GRU , national ID GRU-09 P-LP-77-DJ-IT

“We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Thank you ! CEDRU TEAM “We can’t do great things, but small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta