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“The School of Courage” is a program launched in 2023, created in response to the multiple vulnerabilities faced by girls in the Pirita community.
The program provides education, emotional support, practical activities, and information about children’s rights and protection from abuse — all within a safe, non-discriminatory, and empowering environment.
In the Pirita community, there are 42 girls aged between 6 and 18, of whom 34 attend school.
Although they are enrolled in the association’s general programs, girls have distinct needs that require a specific, targeted approach.
Identified vulnerabilities
In many families, girls have a lower status and are exposed to excessive control, shame, and early sanctions.
These realities clearly show that girls in Pirita need a program dedicated specifically to them — a safe space where they are protected, valued, and encouraged to build a different future.
Physical – health education
Cognitive – homework support, literacy, creative activities
Language – communication, self-expression, vocabulary development
Emotional – identifying and managing emotions, building self-esteem
Social – collaboration, friendship, conflict reduction
prepare healthy meals,
work as a team,
develop healthy eating routines and habits.
These activities increase autonomy and provide useful skills for future professional opportunities.
their rights,
protection mechanisms against abuse,
personal boundaries,
healthy and safe relationships.
In 2024, we placed a strong focus on empowerment activities: girls learned about their rights, practiced asserting them, and actively participated in their own choices.
They worked on expressing their opinions, taking initiative, and strengthening confidence in their own abilities.
Also in 2024, we introduced a set of activities dedicated to relaxation and exploring life beyond the community. Girls took part in trips, hikes, visits, and social activities—experiences that fostered a sense of belonging to a wider community and showed them that their place is not limited to the outskirts of the city.
In 2025, the program expanded with two essential components developed in partnership with the PeStop Association.
These components are vital for protecting girls and for building a generation that knows and claims its rights.
menstrual hygiene,
myths and facts,
access to appropriate products,
normalizing conversations about menstruation.
personal boundaries,
consent,
healthy relationships,
abuse prevention.
The program is supported in collaboration with:
Baia Mare City Hall – Social Assistance Department
Maramureș County Prefecture
Baia Mare Local Council
Love2Share Association
Hope and Homes for Children Romania Foundation
Somaschi Foundation
PeStop Association
A mini gym equipped with wall bars, mats, and movement games, ideal for:
physical activities,
energy release and relaxation exercises,
increasing motivation for school.
A warm, creative, and safe space where all children from the city — not only those from Pirita — can take part in activities that encourage reading, imagination, and social inclusion.
The School of Courage offers girls from Pirita exactly what is often missing at home and in the community:
protection,
confidence,
autonomy,
positive role models,
real opportunities,
the belief that their lives can be different.
