We are approaching the end of the fourth year of ROMPRO's activity with an annual result we are proud of and an energy we will put to good use in 2020.
The financial reports for each year can be found on the about us.
Interconnections Online School
In 2019 there were organised 6 courses of Romanian online, 8 Dutch language online and 4 offline Dutch language courses (physical), in two sessions: January - May and September - December. Various modules were held, for beginners, intermediate and advanced. A total of around 200 students participated. The courses were appreciated by the participants and many of them have already registered for the 2020 courses. In Romanian we had students who completed their sixth module at Interconnections this year, taking more than 80 lessons with their teacher, Gia. While in Dutch we started a new course in September - the intensive beginners course with 3 lessons per week. As the course was received with great enthusiasm, 2 such courses were organised in the September - December session. https://rompro.nl/activitate/interconnections-scoala-online/
IOS isn't just about learning, it's also about creating connections and friendships. So, the group of students from the Intermediate Dutch course (January session) went with their teacher to the film (in Dutch of course).
Romanian School Amsterdam
In the January - July 2019 module, the following students attended the school's courses 40 children in Amsterdam and 5 children in Deventer. În the September-December 2019 module, the school's courses were attended by 46 children in Amsterdam and 6 children in Deventer, plus 9 adults. In addition to the usual workshops every Saturday, additional activities were organized: cooking workshop in the Romanian bakery, charity activity organized for Easter, workshops during the Romanian Vibes festival, trip to Brussels, Iya Day, book week. https://rompro.nl/activitate/scoala-romaneasca-amsterdam/
Haarlem picnic
In 2019 we organised 9 workshops in different cities in the Netherlands. On 9 February we met in Haarlem to get to know the Romanians in the area.
Rotterdam picnic
Leiden picnic
Romanian Vibes
2019 is the start of a new Romanian festival in the Netherlands: a fair with Romanian products and businesses, activities for children, workshops, Romanian food and fun.
IEI Day
The Day of the Iya is already a tradition for us. This year we organised IEI Day in Rotterdam, Groningen, Utrecht, The Hague and Amsterdam with the help of city volunteers. It was a warm day and the Romanians dressed as Italians rode their bikes and sat on the terraces. Photos
The Hague
Leiden picnic
Utrecht picnic
The Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Utrecht
Rompro team at Damloop
Team ROMPRO ran the 16 km race at Damloop 2019! Thank you to the team and all donors! A real "Dream-Team" whose captain was Lucian Pert and who raised for the educational projects of the Foundation the amount of 1130 Euro!
Book Week at the Romanian School Amsterdam
The event included: presentation of Fabulafia magazine by Cristina Durică, workshops for children, a debate "Quality reading for children. How do we select them? How do we bring children closer to them?" and a book corner.
Arnhem picnic
Leiden evening of storytelling
An evening of Romanian community stories. There were 3 talks of 30 minutes each, in which you will be able to learn more about the careers of other members of the community, their success stories, their passions. They discussed nonviolent communication, projects that help children in Romania and how we can choose our home design to improve ourstate of mind!
Help in the presidential elections
ROMPRO volunteers were in most polling stations and helped with information and guidance. Congratulations to all those involved in the polling stations who put a lot of effort into their involvement. And congratulations to all those who managed to vote in both the first and second rounds. The voting process this time went great in all 6 cities, 25 polling stations in total.
Inauguration of the Romanian library
From November 2019 you can find over 250 Romanian books at OBA Amsterdam. The opening took place in the theatre hall of the OBA and the programme included: a nai moment with Mariana Preda, the story of the Biblioteca Românească Netherlands project and the presentation of the collection, a discussion on "The Romanian library abroad. Past and present" with Jan Willem Bos, Liana Șerbescu and Maria Dicieanu and presentation of a book from the collection: "The Stained Heroes" by Cornelia Golna.
At OBA Amsterdam you will also find children's books in Romanian, and the plan for 2020 is to increase the selection to 500 books. https://rompro.nl/activitate/biblioteca-romaneasca-olanda/
National Day at the Romanian School Amsterdam
The children from the younger age groups, dressed up for the holiday, created with smiles and good cheer tricolour flags and then posed for pictures with great delight. CThey went on a trip to the Spotlight Film Festival in The Hague where they participated in animation workshops, book trailers and digital play, and at the end they enjoyed a giant pancake.
Marketplace at Spotlight
As part of Spotlight, the Romanian film festival in The Hague, we organized a fair with Romanian products: accessories, cosmetics, food and handmade products.
Deventer picnic
Volunteer Christmas Party
Romanian School Amsterdam with the carol
On the eve of the holidays, Romanian school children carolers took part in the show organised by St. John the Golden Mouth Orthodox Parish.
Friends of ROMPRO
Friends of ROMPRO are people whoufletists who are financially involved in the development of the ROMPRO Foundation. People who have decided that they can help our initiatives by donating 1, 2 or 3 euros per month. In 2019 we had 51 new friends who donated 1500e and 17 business friends. We hope to have even more friends in 2020 so we can do even more for the community. https://rompro.nl/produs/prieten-rompro/