The HOPE OR PEACE project organized by the Alumnus Club in close collaboration with the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan, continued in the year 2023, trying to get the children and families of Ukrainian refugees out of the isolation due to the new way of life they had to adopt once they arrived in Romania, trying a minimum of socialization through various activities.
An important didactic tool in relation to the cognitive and affective development of the child that gives him the opportunity to observe, to investigate, to know directly a wide variety of aspects of the natural and cultural environment are the excursions. They facilitate education and the development of the aesthetic sense, instills love for nature and art, respect for their beauty, stimulates children's curiosity and team spirit, they keep in their memory some moments that can be unforgettable for them for the rest of their lives.
Excursions have a purpose:
- developing the spirit of observation, the formation of skills (ground orientation, sketching simple lines by drawing, creating schemes/drawings on certain objects;
- the formation of collecting skills, pack and transport the material;
- the formation of the skills to immortalize geographically and historically significant images on the parents' phone or on one's own phone;
- broadening the didactic horizon;
Thus on the date of 4 March 2023 a trip to Târgoviște was organized, trip attended by over 90 people, children from Ukraine accompanied by their parents.
The first stop was at the Casa Romanței Museum, under the patronage of the European Federation of Associations and Clubs for UNESCO.
The group entered the fairytale atmosphere of the only museum in the world dedicated to Romanian Romance, having the opportunity to know memorable pages from the secular history of this heritage musical genre, well documented and reflected in the elegant halls of the "Casa Romanței" Museum in Târgoviște, through the unique exhibits: original scores, document, photography, MANUSCRIPTS, old musical instruments, show outfits and old romance records. The gingerbread house, model of the "Casa Romanței" Museum, made and donated by Gabriela Raucă from Vienna, enchanted the little visitors, who each received a packet of gingerbread at the end of the visit. Another surprise was the meeting with Alina Mavrodin Vasiliu, the artistic director of the National Romance Festival "Golden Chrysanthemum".
At the end we parted with the well-known greeting: "Romance unites us!”.
The "Royal Court" was then visited. From Mircea the Elder to Constantin Brâncoveanu, almost all voivods who resided here in the citadel of Târgoviște defended these places full of history. The children were enchanted by the legends of the place, but especially by the tower they all climbed.
Dealu Monastery is one of the great old monasteries of our country. It is located in the city of Viforâta, six kilometers to the northwest of Târgoviște, on a hill near the Ialomița course.
Such an emotional moment was when, in the small old church of the monastery, prayers for peace were said in chorus, first in Romanian and then in Ukrainian, with tears streaming down the cheeks of many of our Ukrainian brothers.
