Will you help us build the twelfth? Join us on Saturday 5 October from 11am to 7pm at the Children’s Comedy Opera. Instead of paying admission we encourage you to donate a book! Theeleventh Give A Fairytale WorldLibrary was made possible by donations from parents, children and generous companies. The campaign started in December 2018 at the initiative of EMOVERE Association, Butterfly Kindergartens and Kineto Bebe Association, with the support of Itsy Bitsy FM.At a time when public libraries across the country are running out of funds and many are closing, the community of parents and children in Bucharest is choosing to get involved and support the real need for books among children from all social backgrounds.Children from one of the largest rural schools, the Slobozia Bradului Primary and Secondary Public School (Vrancea), received a library as a gift through the Give a fairytale world campaign. More than 1600 children, mostly Roma, looked with emotion at the bags of books from other children who chose to be generous and help build a world of magic for the less fortunate.
Local authorities say the school is a phenomenon because of the large number of children who attend and are supported by the community. Such gestures of recognition encourage the youngsters to want a better future.
To make other social libraries possible, campaign organisers have created a charity eventwith the Comic Opera for Children, Giving a fairytale world in the fairytale setting of the opera’s courtyard. On Saturday 5 October, from 11:00 to 19:00, all children are welcome to a magical world where they will find their favourite books, story workshops, sports activities, meet the Apple Lady and the Fairy Fairy, create teddy bears or take part in puppet theatre. Access to the event is free for those who bring books in good condition to donate them to the Give a fairytale world campaign.Those who want to participate in the building of other Give a fairytale world social libraries can choose books in good condition, which are no longer of use to them to bring to one of the addresses below:1. Kindergarten Butterfly Aviatiei7 Intrarea Gliei St,Kindergarten Butterfly BaneasaStr. Drumul Potcoavei nr.59, Voluntari Ilfov (Zoo)3. Kindergarten Butterfly CosmopolisStr. Lacului, villa 8F, Stefanestii de Jos, Ilfov4. Centro KinetoBebebe MosilorCalea Mosilor nr. 158, Sector 25. Centre KinetoBebebe NordIntrarea Catedrei nr.2, Sector 16. KinetoBebe Sud CentreȘoseaua Oltenitei nr. 87-99, Sector 4Opera Comica pentru Copii is a public cultural institution subordinated to Bucharest City Hall and the General Council of Bucharest, directed since 2014 by soprano Felicia Filip. Unique in the world by the segment of the public it addresses, Opera Comica pentru Copii tries to bring the young ones closer to art and culture, both through quality performances and various related projects.
Exclusively from book donations from the public, from the charity shop SocialXChange in sector 6, Bucharest and 4Colours in less than a year in the campaign Give a fairytale world have already been built 11 libraries for children or adults at: School in Ștefăneștii de Jos, the paediatric ward of Curtea de Argeș Hospital, the Basarab I Secondary School and the only Reading Club in this city, the Focus Centre in Constanța, the Generations Centre coordinated by the Royal Margareta of Romania Foundation, the Hero After School Clinceni and now the School in Slobozia Bradului.
Come join us and help us give less fortunate children access to culture!
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