ACREF DOXAMUS

The NGO was founded in 2009 and has mainly carried out training activities for children, young people, and adolescents, as well as for professionals in the socio-educational field. One of the major activities was the development of non-formal education activities for children aged between 7 and 12 years in the form of after-school programs. In this context, a large part of the activity was focused on providing family advice in terms of children's education and efficiency. The non-formal education activities were structured in the form of various clubs such as: the sciences club, the lecture club, the theater club, piano, the English club, the reactions in emergency situations club, the healthy lifestyle club, the IT and robotics club. Also, there were organized camps and holiday programs carried out most of the times in the middle of nature, facilitating the practice of outdoor sports such as: archery, orienteering, climbing, mountain biking, applicative courses, swimming, etc. The organization has carried out individualized learning programs, either of a recovery type or of the type of high performance for various groups of beneficiaries. Also, the Doxamus Center organized various workshops for teachers or professionals in the field (psychotherapists, educators, social workers, psychologists) on various topics related to the school-family relationship, to streamline the teaching-learning methods. In recent years, the major activity has aimed at promoting brain training programs that involve the development of fundamental mental abilities (memory, attention, thinking, willpower) in order to achieve school and professional performance or to specifically recover certain types of disorders (ADHD, autistic spectrum disorders) or to prevent the onset of neurodegenerative disorders. During this period, the Association has carried out two projects supported by European funds. The first was financed through the Joint Operational Program Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova with the title "Joining the nature and culture through outdoor activities in the border area" with the identification number MIS-ETC 917. The second project is currently underway and is funded through the Joint Operational Program Romania-Republic of Moldova with the title "Increasing the quality and access to education in the cross-border area through innovative perspectives of accelerated learning", reference number 2SOFT/1.1/17. She is also a partner in a KA2 project, 2021-1-RO01-KA220-ADU-, named "Shaping Life: Innovative pathways for a healthy lifestyle in adult education" Within the institution, courses for youth (individual/couples/families) of education for family life are organized and non-formal modules of adult education with general competences have been practiced complementing vocational training. Also we coordinated modules of parenting education, personal development or brain training for adults. Also, group modules of brain training for children and adolescents were organized by different age categories. An educational and practice-sharing group was set up for children and adolescents with high abilities in which people with the same concerns between the ages of 12 and 18 were put in connection. The Doxamus Center is present in public life through articles and interviews in the written press and television on topics related to the field of education of children and adults, challenges of family life, performance and human talent. Lately, the Doxamus Center has had an increased addressability to young adults through support groups, discussion and intervention on topics such as the consumption of substances that can produce addiction, healthy sexuality, psychological training for exams, applied seminars of accelerated learning for students.