First, tell us a little about yourself. Who is Gabi Ungureanu? Gabi: Gabi is one of the Romanians who dreamed of a world full of possibilities, free of the frustrations and problems they faced for years in their homeland. Born in the last years of the communist period and raised in the chaos that followed, I still remember with...
"The damaging part of learning to live your life in two parts , whether in reality or fantasy, cannot be underestimated. Nothing could be trusted for what it appeared to be. In learning to hide part of yourself, you lost the ability to trust anything or anyone fully" - Alan Downs, The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up...
Hi! I'm Ane Machedonschi. I was born and raised in Bucharest, Balta Alba, Poarta 4 Faur, my mother a shoe factory worker and my father a ratb driver, divorced and each remarried. My story is long with many adventures, with successes and failures, crowned with success and disappointments...but that's not what I want to tell you about now. In 2014, somewhere in the middle...
I don't remember exactly when I started hearing jokes around me about other sexual orientations. It seems like several lifetimes have passed since then. I only know that we "suspected" and "made fun" of colleagues or friends and didn't dare discuss anything about it with them. And they probably didn't dare to tell us anything, that is.
I have a Romanian mother, the kind that holds you to her chest until you cry. The kind that, in my childhood, used to shout to you in the evening from the kitchen window to come quickly into the house before she came for you. Together with my father she managed the incredible feat, from my perspective today, of surviving communism on just two workers' salaries...
Dealing with a problem or conflict at work is always difficult. Especially when you are in a new country and don't know what the correct procedures should be. In this article you will find guidance on how to deal with workplace conflicts and termination of employment in the Netherlands. Conflicts in the workplace...
Working conditions in the Netherlands cause significant health risks for migrant workers, concludes a report published Monday (11 April 2022) by the Pharos Centre for Expertise on health inequality. Long working days, pressure to produce as much as possible, low income, physically demanding work and poor living conditions...
If you get a Frenchman drunk and have him write a text in German and then read it in a British accent while gargling in the middle of a thunderstorm, the result might resemble the language that about 23 million people speak every day: Dutch. Learning a foreign language is always quite a process...
If you want a baby or are already pregnant, this guide explains antenatal care, childbirth, aftercare and parental leave in the Netherlands. Are you thinking about getting pregnant or are you already expecting? The Dutch healthcare system is one of the best in Europe and is one of the safest places to give birth, despite a...
In 2022, municipal elections in the Netherlands will be held on 16 March. If you're reading this article there's a good chance you're a resident of the Netherlands but not a citizen, so you might think you're automatically disqualified from the electoral process. Not necessarily! In fact, if you've managed to register with your local government in...
Despite a difficult, challenging 2021, in which we had to adapt quickly to many changes coming our way, we ended ROMPRO's sixth year with very good results. A year in which we evolved together. Below you can see some of our activities. You can find the financial reports by year on the about us page. Interconnections...
One of the many activities of ROMPRO Foundation is providing support in urgent social cases. This is done within the limits of volunteers' availability and using their own resources and the help of the community, without funding or subsidies. In the 6 years we have been active, we have solved dozens of social aid cases, uniting around us those who wanted to...
