Europe
Casa Montessori
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Website: http://www.casamontessori.ro/
Program Established: September 2000
# of Children: 15 • Ages Served: 3-6 years old
Contact Person: Victoria Iliescu
Contact Information: viviliescu@yahoo.com
Immediate Needs:
- Monetary donations of any size to help cover operating costs.
- International volunteers to help assist in the classroom.
- Assorted new and used Montessori materials in good condition.
DONATE
1 – Check donations:
Farmers and Merchants Bank
3140 E. Anaheim Street
Long Beach, California 90804
Attn: Yelena Khais
Account #: 2829789
Please make checks payable to Vivi Iliescu or Kini McDonald
2 – Bank transfer in Romania in the Foundation’s account:
BANCA COMERCIALA ROMANA
Calea Victoriei #155, sector 1 ,Bucharest, Romania
Phone: 0114021 3126185
Acct.# 2511.A01.0.4969354.0072. USD.2
IBAN: RO55RNCB0072049693540002
Name of Account: FUNDATIA COPIII LUMII BAL JAGAT CHILDREN’S WORLD
3 – Please send materials new or used (in good condition) to:
Copiii Lumii Bal Jagat Children’s World Foundation,
Bucharest, 7-15 Mendeleev, scara B, ap. 23, sector 1, Romania
Phone/fax 011 0241312 2808; e-mail: viviliescu@yahoo.com
A Primary classroom called “Casa Montessori” was opened in Bucharest, Sector 4, in September 2000, by the “Copiii Lumii – Bal Jagat Children’s World Foundation”, a Romanian non profit organization.
The Foundation opened “Casa Montessori” in an orphanage where individualized education addressing each child’s potential was much needed. The initial target group was children from the orphanage “Sfantul Vasile”. The program proved to be very successful.
After 2005 the orphanage closed and became the Community Service Center “Sfantul Vasile”. It now consists of a Day Care Center and a Rehabilitation Center for physically and mentally disabled children. “Casa Montessori” continues to function in this Center and now also includes underprivileged children from the community.
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Casa Montessori consists of a 170 sq. meter classroom and a bathroom on the ground floor of the Community Center “Sfantul Vasile”. We are presently working with 15 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years. The teachers are Montessori trained. Both Dr. Rita Zener and Dr. Silvia C. Dubovoy continue to support our work training teachers and assistants.
In 1934, Maria Montessori helped create the first school in Romania. I. Spiru Firea was one of the first Montessori teachers of this school in Bucharest. Montessori education almost disappeared during the Second World War. It is our hope that we can provide Montessori education and caring home-like environments for Romania’s needy children in the years to come.
Montessori Esplugues
Location: Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain
Website: http://nidoespluguesmontessori.com
Program Established: October 2017
# of Children: 16 • Ages Served: 2-6 years old
Contact Person: Lucía Gallego
Contact Information: luciagg90@hotmail.com
Immediate Needs:
- Monetary donations of any size to help cover operating costs.
- International volunteers to help assist in the classroom.
- Assorted new and used Montessori materials in good condition.
Volunteer Support: Yes
DONATE
1 – Please if you are interested to help us as a volunteer, write to us at nidoesplugues@gmail.com
2 – Please if you are interested to help us with an economic donation, write to us at nidoesplugues@gmail.com and we will provide you with all the bank information.
3 – Please send materials new or used (in good condition) to:
Severo ochoa 12, esplugues de llobregat 08950 (Barcelona) Spain.
The Montessori Esplugues Association was created in October 2017 by a group of families in search of a more respectful and holistic education and three Montessori guides certified by the AMI. The aim of the association is to create, organize and manage a small Montessori school for children from 2 to 6 years old. This is the first school in Spain managed through a non-profit association, where the goal is to welcome all families regardless of economic status, ethnicity, or religion.
In Spain in the last 10 years the Montessori schools have grown for almost the whole peninsula, however, they are schools with very high costs for families, which only a few can access. However, Maria Montessori opened many schools in Barcelona during the 20s and 30s, now there are only two or three very expensive private projects left. Our goal is to recover the Montessori legacy and be accessible to the vast majority of families.
Our mission is to offer the Montessori philosophy for all those who seek an education for peace, quality and respectful with the development of children. Therefore, we look for grants, donations from different public and private organizations. So far, the team of Montessori guides together with the families are what make the space possible, but we would like to get help to be able to continue with the project and make it accessible to everyone.
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We look to the future, and we dream that one day the Association can manage a school from 0 to 12 years for all children, a place of reflection and learning for teachers and families. A space to share and grow together.