Changemaker: Luciana Ioan - A Brave Mind - Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

Project Title: A Brave Mind

Changemaker: Luciana Ioan

Message for the world: Support children to realize their dreams!

1. Previous experience

It is my first project.

2. The Problem

My passion has always been to sing on a stage, but I knew I could not do it without going to school and getting my diploma. I moved from Italy to Romania at a age where it was hard to be transferred from a school to another in different countries that is why, I had to quit school at the age of 9. Nowadays, at 15 years old, I tried to enroll but I couldn't get any support. One of the schools I went told me I am too old and other girls from Roma community, at my age, have children.

Instead of focusing on the bad side, I fought to make my dream come true, to be able to dance and sing on a real stage. After being so close to my dream, I realized that many kids in my town, Târgu Frumos, can`t go to school and I want to help them discover their passions, find out what they`re good at, encourage and support them, because in the end they can make their dreams come true, and I am ready to help.

3. The Solution

My plan is to create an awareness campaign about the children that don't go to school. I will create a video, asking for solutions from the public related to the children that as me, even they want, they can't go to school because they missed some school years. I want also to organize a workshop in which I will encourage the children I know, that also don't go to school, about their possibilities, about how they can find their passions, and most of all, about how they can build a beautiful life for themselves even they can't go to school.

4. Beneficiaries:

10 children 7 to 15 years old, from Târgu Frumos town.

5. Team:

One of my friends will help me organize the activities.

6. Objective:

I want to inform 10 children who dropped out of school in my community about their options for a better life and a brave mind, organizing an awareness campaign and a workshop.

7. Project duration:

3 months (January-March 2021)