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SUMMARY WHAT IS Foreword
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Gri y Runners Own The World
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What is GROW?
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The GROW Impact
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The incredible GROW people are everywhere
GROW Summer Camp
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Results from 2016
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The inspired Inspirer
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GROW is the nationwide youth development program that represents a long-term, non-formal educational project organized by Şcoala de Valori in pa nership with AIESEC România. The GROW project is designed to improve the quality of education in România. It addresses high school students (age 14-18) and offers a professionally designed educational curriculum that complements the formal education system. But this year, the defition of the program will come from the pa icipants, the international trainers, the organizers, the people that make GROW exist.
THE INCREDIBLE GROW PEOPLE
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When I think of GROW, I like to see it as the space that lies beyond your comfort zone. It is everything but commodity and laziness. Just like the name, this project/family/journey/lifestyle provides for each participant at the project the space to work on their weaknesses and improve their strengths. But I would mostly like to share some personal thoughts on this experience. I have been privileged to experience GROW from almost all perspectives: I have been a participant three times, then I have been part of the organizing committee twice and I even got the chance to be a local coordinator in the Spring edition of 2015. Besides this, I have also been part of the GROW Summer Camp experience, as, in the first edition, I was a participant and this year
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By RALUCA IOANA MOIŞANU
GROW IS A FAMILY Where teenagers from all around the country share the same values, feelings, dreams and personal stories; despite the fact that they come from di�ferent schools, cities, areas with di�ferent dialects and backgrounds, they share their passions, dreams and future plans; collaborate with each other and strive for more
GROW is challenge. GROW is multiculturalism. GROW is learning from others and letting people learn from you. GROW is sharing and opening yourself in front of others.
CRISTINA COJOCARU PROGRAM MANAGER GROW
GROW is opening doors without a key. GROW is saying “see you later” instead of “good bye”.
GROW is travelling without even moving your feet. GROW is seeing the world from di�ferent perspectives and with di�ferent eyes. GROW is laughing till you can't breathe. GROW is improving yourself but keeping in mind that you are already great. GROW is changing the community. GROW is pure love and emotions. GROW is future.
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2010-2016 THE INCRED16LE RESULTS 17.278 GRADUATES
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GROW is strength and new opportunities. GROW is getting rid of your misconceptions and opening your mind. GROW is coming as a group of strangers and leaving as a family. GROW is having fun in any situation.
GROW is getting to know yourself better. GROW is the start of your new path in life.
GROW is a helping hand holding yours. GROW is dancing on music you compose for yourself. GROW is empathy. GROW is helping others. GROW is showing people your true self. GROW is caring. GROW is meeting amazing people from all over the world.
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The learning model followed by GROW is called “Practice, Learn, Step Up” and it incorporates efficient learning techniques with innovative ideas and skillful trainers.
LEARN PRACTICE Practice is a method of learning and acquiring experience, with the purpose of improving or mastering a behaviour, as in the phrase “practice makes pe ect“. GROW programs are built along with the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Spo s and offer quality practice for high school students through a professionally designed educational curriculum that complements the formal education system.
Learning is acquiring new, or modifying existing, knowledge, behaviours, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesising different types of information. Human learning may occur as pa of education, personal development, schooling, or training. GROW learning experiences are designed to strengthen the connection between pa icipants and trainers, to deepen the impact curriculum, all of these based on unconventional education.
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LONG-TERM VISION
With five tremendous ingredients mixed together, GROW has gained the remarkable position of the biggest national education program for high school students with workshops delivered in English:
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The EXPERTISE associated with previous projects developed by the members of Şcoala de Valori and AIESEC România.
2. Being a NATIONWIDE PROGRAM brings a high accessibility for teenagers to the educational centers.
3. Having a PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM DESIGN based on training expe ise, psychology of the STEP UP Step Up and be creative regarding your future, you will discover that knowing, by learning and practicing, gives you the chance to find the right path to the change you want to make. Step up for the future while you have the oppo unity to mix internationalism, cultural sensitivity, creativity, and team work with having fun and practicing some of the skills gained during the project!
teenager, professional consulting and an education process audited by an Educational Council.
4. The INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE brought by the foreign student trainers that come from all over the world through AIESEC exchange programs to deliver workshops in English.
5. With a LONG-TERM APPROACH, GROW is not just a weekend training or a one-day workshop, but a long unitary educational program.
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WINTER EDITION
January - February 2016
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SUMMER EDITION
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APPLICANTS - 4126
PARTICIPANTS - 1668
VOLUNTEERS - 58
APPLICANTS - 2405
PARTICIPANTS - 1572
VOLUNTEERS - 81
HIGH SCHOOLS - 78
COORDINATORS - 10
INTERNATIONAL TRAINERS - 25
HIGH SCHOOLS - 107
COORDINATORS - 10
INTERNATIONAL TRAINERS - 30
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MEXICO
BELGIUM
BUCUREŞTI
BRĂILA
RUSSIA
AZERBAIJAN
CLUJ-NAPOCA
CRAIOVA
MEXICO
GREECE
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BRĂILA
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CRAIOVA
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CHINA
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EGYPT
CAMEROON
PITEŞTI
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SINGAPORE
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Long before the GROW magic sta s, the incredible trainers and coordinators must prepare and sharpen their skills throughout two conferences designed to maximize their potential and create the optimum environment for a successful edition of the GROW program.
International Train The Trainers Conference is the preparation conference created for the GROW trainers, being the place where the members of Şcoala de Valori and AIESEC România meet the local project managers from all over the country and the international trainees. The conference has as main goals to discuss the curriculum, the steps that need to be followed in order to deliver a workshop according to the delivery standards of the project, and ways to implement the project. Train The Trainers is definitely more than a simple conference. It is a motivational conference, where a large number of
MEET OUR COORDINATORS
people from all over the country gather to create an unforge able learning experience for Romanian high school students.
THE COORDINATORS OF THE WINTER EDITION
The preparation conference for the local project managers is called Train The
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Carmen Petrovici
Romania - Cluj-Napoca
Cosmin Grigore
Romania - Bucureşti
Mirela Sălceanu Romania - Brăila
Teodora Cristina Spătaru Romania - Braşov
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Bogdan Iulian Ciucu Romania - Pitești
Andra Voinea Romania - Iași
The people whom are able to create a learning environment for others; Training skills and very good English; Vast experience in working with youth; Willing to develop themselves both personally and professionally; Ready to have a positive impact on society; The international trainers were selected with the suppo of AIESEC România through a Global Volunteering program for six weeks;
THE COORDINATORS OF THE SUMMER EDITION Alina Macare
Romania - Bucureşti
THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINERS OF THE WINTER EDITION Emanualea Dragnei Romania - Craiova
Anca Milea
Romania - Timişoara
Cezar Cotruţa
Romania - Suceava
Alex Frunză
Romania - Braşov
Cătălin Aldea
Romania - Tîrgu Mureş
Andrei Nistor
Teodora Bălţatu
Romania - Galaţi
Golda Meyer Ronsumbre Indonesia - Craiova
Horia Grigoraş
Romania - Cluj-Napoca
Romania - Iaşi
Stoyan Dimov
Bulgaria - Bucureşti
Priscila de Oliveira Brazil - Craiova
Muratcan Gümüşlü Turkey - Bucureşti
Juliane Arakaki Brazil - Pitești
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THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINERS OF THE SUMMER EDITION Adriana Tsoneva
Adrian Angels Luna
Adnan Hashmi
Austria - Cluj-Napoca
Mexico - Cluj-Napoca
Pakistan - Bucureşti
Andrei Dollinger
Andi Yaumil Baso Amang Indonezia - Pitești
Ana Carolina Sanção
Brazil - Tîrgu Mureş
Mexico - Tîrgu Mureş
Abubakar Yuguda
Lorenz Dijckmans
Cameroon - Bucureşti
Belgium - Cluj-Napoca
Ahmed Tarek
Olivia Indira Sofyan
Egypt - Bucureşti
Ka Man Lau
Zakaria Houdjedje
Zozefina Bosmali
A hur Ma ins Brazil - Iaşi
Indonezia - Iaşi
Hong Kong - Braşov
Azzahra Namira Ginting Indonezia - Iaşi
Caio Augusto Vasconcelos Brazil- Iaşi
Kim Yamamura
Letícia Oliveira Batista
Isis Eshter Razgado
Algeria - Cluj-Napoca
Letícia Oliveira Batista Indonezia - Brăila
Greece - Braşov
Gabriela Staico Brazil - Bucureşti
Brazil - Braşov
Giovanna Orcioli de Maria Brazil - Galaţi
Atika Marwa
Indonesia - Iaşi
Indonezia - Iaşi
Mexico - Bucureşti
Sarah Chiu
Hong Kong - Tîrgu Mureş
Olesya Dovgalyuk
Me Tabanca
Kaan Yalcin
Lezly Lilian Davila
Russia - Tîrgu Mureş
Turkey - Bucureşti
Pablo Lecuona Mexico - Pitești
Turkey - Galaţi
Mexico - Iaşi
Pavol Hrina
Slovakia - Cluj-Napoca
Luisa Reyes Ibero Mexico - Craiova
Ling Luan
Singapore - Bucureşti
Rachit Jain
India - Braşov
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Victoria Lang
Zhanerke Meirhan
Ahmed Hesham
Alexander Vaniev
Alexis Alarcon
Babs Bautista
Caroline Chameh
Chang Tsz Yan Nata Hong Kong - Galaţi
USA - Tîrgu Mureş
Isabella Montes
Juan Carlos Anaya
Juan Carlos Anaya
Egypt - Bucureşti
Mexico - Tîrgu Mureş
Ghasira Mind
Thailand - Bucureşti
Russia - Pitești
Brazil - Tîrgu Mureş
Mexico - Cluj-Napoca
Kazakhstan - Galaţi
Mexico - Pitești
Mexico - Braşov
Ziyan Zuo
China - Timişoara
Ayhan Saitici
Azerbaijan - Suceava
Evan Vargo
Mexico - Braşov
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Module 1 – GRIT
Module 3 – OWNERS
Module 4 – WORLD
It’s scientifically proven (*Researcher: A. Duckwo h) that grit is the main ingredient of success. The workshops addresses self-awareness, self-confidence building, increasing emotional intelligence and improving teamwork skills. Recommended for 9th graders or those who have just found out about GROW.
Success is about decisiveness, not about owning stuff. This module teaches students about critical, creative and systemic thinking skills, business skills and career orientation. Recommended for 11th graders.
High school ends and the leap into the big world of adults is just ahead. This module prepares teens to face the world while staying true to themselves and gives them tools like goals se ing, planning skills, CV writing, personal branding and debate skills to rule the adult world. Recommended for 12th graders.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES: Module 2 – RUNNERS Runners train their muscles and mental strength to keep going when others give up. The module is about learning how to learn, outdoors fun spo s, time management, healthy habits and muscle memory. It’s also about how to make things happen and understanding what it really means to be competitive. Recommended for 10th graders.
Treasure Hunt City Hunt Board Games Quiz Night Movie Night Bowling Picnic Pizza meeting Dinner with GROW International Cafe Snowball Fight
Team Building Bye-Bye Pa y Globatic Free Hugs Friday is for Friends Karaoke Night Taste of friendship Barbeque Closing Pa y Pillow Fight
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VISITS AT COCA-COLA HBC ROMANIA BOTTLING FACTORY PLOIEŞTI The incredible GROW teenagers from all over the country had the chance to visit the Coca-Cola HBC Bo ling Romania Factory from Ploieşti, as a pa of a non-formal education workshop. They found out more information about the company, the technological processes, the production line and what are the secrets of a completely automatized warehouse, all these leading to a be er understanding of the systemic thinking.
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SWIMATHON Swimming and fundraising for a cause, that’s what Swimathon is all about. This year, in Bucureşti and Iaşi, incredible people made wave a er wave in order to cover all expenses in GROW Summer Camp for 11 youngsters.
BRAŞOV - 54 BUCUREŞTI - 37 CRAIOVA - 40 GALAŢI - 79 IAŞI - 106 PITEŞTI - 59 TÎRGU-MUREŞ - 62
Iaşi – 15 volunteers & 10 swimmers
Bucureşti – 2 volunteers & 10 swimmers
Swimmers: Dora Drăgulănescu, Horia Moisiu, Eduard Gorea, Lev Abramovici, George Enescu, Andreea Zaharescu
Swimmers: Bogdan Popescu, Tibi Borza, Andra Costache, Irina Botezatu, Raluca Gădiuţă, Patricia Druga, Cristina Cristea, Charis Stengos, George Enescu, Andreea Zaharescu
Armenia, Greece, Brazil, Bulgaria)
GROW SUMMER CAMP
GROW Summer Camp is
the incredible summer camp created for the pa icipants and ambassadors of the GROW project. This year, GROW Summer Camp was at its second edition and transformed, for 6 days, (between 26-31 August 2016) Şăulia Camp from Mureş into a playground where summer, endless fun and nature meet non-formal education and the great community of GROW teenagers ready to become Game Changers.
Romanian Trainers from Şcoala de Valori: 5 Pa icipants: 103 From 14 cities: Brăila, Bucureşti, Braşov, Craiova, Cluj-Napoca, Galaţi, Iaşi, Piteşti, Oradea, Sibiu, Suceava, Timişoara, Tîrgu-Mureş, Râmnicu Vâlcea
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HAVE A COLORFUL DAY! The Color Run is more than “the happiest 5k on the planet”. It is the place where all the GROWzav volunteers gather their forces and endless energy to take care of the well-being of thousands of colo ul runners. 2016 was the year of the tropical vacation for the pa icipants at the race, who have enjoyed the new concept, The Color Run Tropicolor. Being the social cause of the event, GROW was present at all 6 races during the year, inviting the runners to visit “GROW Island”, a tropical place where they could paint their faces, show their limbo moves, take a dose of pure happiness and suppo the nonformal education.
CRISTINA COJOCARU PROGRAM MANAGER GROW
The incredible GROW volunteers at The Color Run came from: București – 287 Cluj-Napoca – 138 Tîrgu-Mureș – 134 Timișoara – 63 Galați – 47
Since 2014, when I joined GROW project, I have been amazed by the young generations that are so full of energy, passionate, so talented, curious and willing to transform the nowadays society into something better, to bring more beauty and happiness in our/their lives. They simply INSPIRE ME. If there is a reason I am so passionate about this project it's that it creates the perfect environment for youngsters to bloom as a �lower in the desert, to grow as "magic beans" and share the wisdom gained by stepping up all together. And when I see all that happening, I know all the crazy work was totally worth it. It's hard to put in words what is GROW. I call it #GROWMagic - all the happiness spread from teenager to teenager, the sparkling eyes of the participants when a new edition comes to an end, the letters filled with gratitude received from the international trainers a�ter their GROW experience. It's hard to put in words the huge amount of work mixed with so much passion; passion for education, development and growth.
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WELCOME TO GROW ISLAND!
ORGANIZERS
Present in over 126 countries and territories, with 2,400 universities represented and with over 70,000 members, AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization. Focused on providing a pla orm for youth leadership development, with over 480,000 internship and volunteering experiences delivered to date. AIESEC keeps offering young people the oppo unity to pa icipate in a global learning environment. www.aiesec.ro
Č˜coala de Valori is a modern
non-profit organization that envisions developing a value-based society through innovative education. Our mission is to create a community of autonomous teenagers who will act collaborative, responsible and ethical in a society which generates trust, stability and courage. www. scoaladevalori.ro
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