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The people behind the programmes

Mentors and volunteers

Our programmes come to life through the people who join us.

Volunteers

The heart of every programme. They give time, energy and presence, asking for nothing in return.

Volunteer
Diana Pop

Diana Pop

Maths tutor

Mathematics

She comes weekly to tutoring and turns maths from a nightmare into something that suddenly makes sense.

Educational support
Volunteer

Vlad Georgescu

Photography workshop leader

Photography

He put a camera in their hands and taught them to look differently at the place where they live.

Creative workshops
Volunteer

Raluca Neagu

English tutor

English

She makes English fun, with games and music, until the children forget they are actually learning.

Educational support
Volunteer

Cristian Toma

Logistics volunteer

Logistics

He is the person behind the scenes: carrying, organising and making sure every workshop has what it needs.

Volunteer

Ana-Maria Dinu

Creative-writing workshop leader

Creative writing

She helps them put their thoughts on paper and discover that they, too, have stories worth telling.

Creative workshops

Career Tomorrow guests

Professionals invited to Career Tomorrow, who came to show teenagers what a trade really looks like — honestly, not motivationally.

Guest
Chef Orlando Zaharia

Chef Orlando Zaharia

Chef

Gastronomy

He cooked alongside teenagers and showed them, without filters, what a professional kitchen really looks like — and that a craft done with care can become a path in life.

Guest
Alexandru Abagiu

Alexandru Abagiu

Make-up artist

Professional make-up

With over 30 years of experience, he showed teenagers that a passion for professional make-up can become a profession — and just how far it can take you.

Guest

Ana Marin

Paediatrician

Medicine

She explained to teenagers, in plain words, how the body works and why she chose medicine — no white coat, just the stories behind the job.

Guest

Radu Constantin

Software engineer

IT & coding

He brought a laptop and showed them that, beyond games, coding is a way to build things that actually work.

Guest

Ioana Petrescu

Architect

Architecture

She sketched the first plan of a house together with them and showed how an idea on paper becomes a real building.

Mentors

Their patience and consistency are, in fact, the programme.

Mentor
Mihai Dobre

Mihai Dobre

Economist

He meets the same teenager every month and helps him build, step by step, a plan for life after high school.

Educational support
Mentor

Elena Stoica

Psychologist

Personal development

She listens, asks and stays close — a trustworthy adult for a child who has rarely had one.

Mentor

George Vasile

Civil engineer

Engineering

He has come regularly for over a year, showing the children that patience and discipline matter more than talent.

Digital education
Mentor

Carmen Ilie

Romanian teacher

She reads together with them and gives them back the confidence to finish a book.

Educational support
Mentor

Andrei Munteanu

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

He tells them, without sugar-coating, what it means to start something from scratch — mistakes and all.

Want to be here too?

If you can offer a few hours — just once or month after month — there is a place for you with us.

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