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The Street Child Project seeks to offer the street children of Bucharest a first step toward a life off the street.For the 2006-7 academic year, BAADE students from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, working with UK charity WithFeeling, were engaged in research and design for a ‘walk in centre' allowing Street Children a safe and healthy environment for the day.

This centre is not intended to be a home for these children but acts as a base from which to encourage and support re-integration into a broader social welfare system. The approach is not be forceful, but to work on the basis of personal relationship development, trust building and education. Building for the Future The Street Child Project also seeks to integrate this unique programme of collaboration between design and medical fields into the National Strategy for Community Action. This programme brings community action and community involvement into the Romanian high school and university curriculum. It is hoped that, as the Street Child Project moves forward, elements of the project will be opened up to include involvement of Romanian university and high school students. In this way, the Street Child Project can become a model for future projects across both Romania and Europe.The Street Child Project will make an important impact on the lives of young people. TINO is proud to help bring awareness to the Bucharest Street Child Project.

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