We invite you on November 1st to the event “Open Day at the Ukrainian School for grades V-XI in Sibiu”, from 10:00 to 14:00, on Mihai Viteazul Street 31 in Selimbar Sibiu.

The daily school program will start from October 2, 2022.

The teaching staff is composed of 15 Ukrainian teachers who will cover all subjects of the Ukrainian curriculum for grades V-XI and 2 Romanian teachers who will teach the children the Romanian language. At the moment, 98 children are enrolled, but enrolment is still on-going.

Eugene Vovk, coordinator of refugee integration programs from SUS INIMA says: “The process has been challenging. And now I’m glad to see all these children, who can still be just children. Some of them came yesterday with their parents, I saw the look in their eyes. At this age, normal life for them means going to school every day. Real school, with real teachers, using a language they understand. And it’s wonderful for me to see nowadays how many people have the same vision and share these values.”

Due to the fact that this unique initiative is an expensive one, we also asked for the involvement of the students’ parents, who agreed to contribute by paying a modest fee of 200 lei to complete the necessary budget.

“The fact that we are able to open this school for Ukrainian children in grades V-XI is a great joy, and I am personally immensely grateful to those who support this important project.” adds Carmen Chindris, president of SUS INIMA.

The school in this form will run for one year, being an 8-month project (October – June). During this year the children will have the opportunity to learn the Romanian language and in the following year they will be able to continue school, either in the Romanian educational system as a student, not as a visitor as it was until now, or to return to Ukraine and re-enter the educational system there.

“I believe very clearly that access to education and culture are bridges on which to build societal integration, especially in a city like our Sibiu, which is still young since 1191. We have already developed the following initiatives involving active culture through active citizenship components but also a lot of play and joy. You will see, we will keep you informed. It’s going to be something beautiful” says Lu Knobloch, from SUS INIMA, the promoting organisation of this initiative.

The Ukrainian Primary School in Sibiu is a project co-financed by SUS INIMA, SOS Children’s Villages and SC ifm prover srl, SC ifm efector srl, SC TRADINTCO SRL. The project partners are ALEG and Diakoniewerk, whom we thank for their involvement.

If you want to support our activities, you can contact the SUS INIMA team: office@susinima.eu, comunicare@susinima.eu, susinimasibiu@gmail.com