Asociația pentru Susținerea Tinerilor din mediul Rural prin Integrare și Dezvoltare Personală - ASTRID

"ASTRID contributes to the personal and professional development of young people, mainly those living in rural areas and small communities. We focus mostly on education, but also sports, culture, and arts, and our goal is to increase youth development in rural areas. For this, we organise training courses, workshops, summer camps, and other activities dedicated to youth. These are designed to help fill out the gaps in the school curriculum, focusing on media literacy (including aspects of hate speech, fake news, and clickbait), soft skills, sustainability, mental health, first aid, and others. We help the youth we work with to become more aware of diversity, opportunities, and their own skills and competencies. Also, we want to increase their development opportunities by engaging them in European (mainly Erasmus+) projects and activities. As a long-term aim, we want these young people to become active change agents in their communities, getting involved in solving issues concerning them and their peers. Our main target group consists of young people in rural areas. The communities we focus mostly on are in Transylvania: Baciu village, near Cluj-Napoca (the second largest city in the country), and Oradea city with its adjacent villages. Our secondary target group consists of teachers and educators in rural areas, who we periodically provide trainings for, in order to help them deliver higher-quality teaching sessions in class.