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Meetings are held once or twice a week and are coordinated by two/four volunteers, trained in advance. The activities in this kind of club are quite different from the ones in traditional clubs.

In 2012, World Vision opened Community Initiative Clubs in Angela's community and in 9 other partner communities. I liked to go to the club and spend time with my friends in a pleasant and constructive way.” shares Angela. "The atmosphere created in the club was a magical one: the vibrant laughter of children, the smell of books and the multi-coloured toys made us feel like we were in a fairytale. The Club, equipped with furniture, games, toys, books and computers was an ideal environment for children to be involved in leisure and extra-curricular activities: painting, drawing, reading and playing team games. When World Vision set up a Children's Club in Angela's community, she was one of the first children to attend. “I wrote about my family and our life it was my first connection with somebody from outside my village I felt that my world was getting larger", remembers Angela. They need proper clothes and shoes, especially in the cold season when they have to face harsh weather conditions", says Angela's father.Īngela's first contact with World Vision was the first letter she wrote to her sponsor. Every day they have to walk one hour to school. It is essential to have a stable income, to be able to buy what is necessary for the children. Though the commute is expensive and tiresome, this job means a lot for the entire family: "Most of the people in our village survive by working the land and growing animals. Every day, he wakes up early in the morning and comes back late at night, when the children are almost asleep. Migration is an issue: 17.5% of the inhabitants have left their families to work abroad.Ī couple of years ago, Angela's father found work as a welder near the city. In their community, statistics speak for themselves: out of 4600 inhabitants, only 384 people work in the public institutions in the community: church, dispensary, City Hall, food stores or commute every day to work in the nearby factories and greenhouses. Her family is a modest, but a hardworking one. Angela lives together with her parents and Remus, her 16 years old brother.