"Tell me and I forget.Teach me and I remember.Involve me and I learn." Confucius
The Love for Life Association was founded in 2017 by Raluca Ciulei with the aim to support the education of children in Romania. Over time, she was joined by several practitioners in the fields of sports, psychology, computer science, mathematics, etc. The Love for Life Association offers creatively designed courses and educational activities in tennis and sports, computational thinking and programming, mathematics, AI and robotics; nature-based learning experiences, volunteering opportunities, etc., to children and youth from rural and urban Romania. In addition to learning new skills, the educational experiences, offered over a minimum 3 year spam, aim to develop children's motor, social, emotional and cognitive skills, equip them with adaptive attitudes and virtues, all of which ultimately contribute to character formation (e.g. integrity, respect, self-control, determination, perseverance, willingness to work hard, honesty, inner strength/resilience, courage, responsibility, compassion, loyalty, a proactive attitude, an attitude of doing what they do well, an attitude of observing and reflecting on what they have observed, etc.).
No child left behind.
The project "Building Character through Sports" consists of offering tennis lessons to a selected group of children for a minimum of 3 years and aims to teach them the sport, improve their motor, social, emotional and cognitive skills, in particular their executive functions (working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, analytical reasoning, organizational skills, planning, decision-making, self-regulation); acquire adaptive/functional attitudes and virtues, all these contributing to polishing the athlete's character (ie. self-control, determination, perseverance, desire to put in effort, honesty, fair play, respect, integrity, inner strength/resilience, courage, responsibility, compassion, fairness, etc.). "Ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." (Wooden & Jamison, 1997)
Results (December 2023): at the end of three years, assessments from DESSA and Yellow-Red indicated a significant correlation between involvement in the tennis project 'Character Development through Sports' and the socio-emotional development, as well as executive functioning (cognitive development) in children. View Results >
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Romanian Bank Account > Bank: Banca Transilvania Beneficiary: Asociatia LOVE FOR LIFE Account number in RON: RO65BTRLRONCRT0378838001 Account number in CHF: RO91BTRLCHFCRT0378838001 Account number in EUR: RO15BTRLEURCRT0378838001 Account number in GBP: RO70BTRLGBPCRT0378838001 Account number in USD: RO19BTRLUSDCRT0378838001 SWIFT/BIC: BTRLRO22
Swiss Bank Account > Bank: UBS Beneficiary: Love for Life Account number in CHF: CH0400273273147571M1V
E-mail: LoveForLifeProiecte@gmail.com