{"id":1157,"date":"2026-03-13T20:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.artesa.ong\/blog\/mos-craciun-a-venit-mai-devreme-pentru-copiii-inscrisi-in-programul-ruralbots-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:45:47","slug":"mos-craciun-a-venit-mai-devreme-pentru-copiii-inscrisi-in-programul-ruralbots-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/blog\/mos-craciun-a-venit-mai-devreme-pentru-copiii-inscrisi-in-programul-ruralbots-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus came early for children enrolled in the RuralBots Initiative program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1157\" class=\"elementor elementor-1157\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d0a897d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d0a897d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4039cd67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4039cd67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-533bc88e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"533bc88e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9537c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3e9537c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"artesa-article-hero__categories artesa-hero-category-badges\"><a class=\"artesa-article-hero__category artesa-hero-category-badge\" href=\"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/blog\/category\/egalitate-de-sanse\/\"><span class=\"artesa-hero-category-label\">Equity and Inclusion<\/span><\/a><a class=\"artesa-article-hero__category artesa-hero-category-badge\" href=\"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/blog\/category\/egalitate-de-sanse\/ruralbots-initiative\/\"><span class=\"artesa-hero-category-label\">RuralBots Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e15c970 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e15c970\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc2e609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2dc2e609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><h1 class=\"artesa-shortcode-hero-title\">Santa Claus came early for children enrolled in the RuralBots Initiative program<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d0a867 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74d0a867\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15239e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"15239e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"artesa-hero-post-date\">March 13, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b360057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1b360057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span class=\"artesa-hero-author\"><img alt='Theodor Gorovei' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1a4b0449cc7af2942ae515b0f4d3dede13a8c9ea35b66ecb395d19d3b96c5e3?s=40&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1a4b0449cc7af2942ae515b0f4d3dede13a8c9ea35b66ecb395d19d3b96c5e3?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-40 photo artesa-hero-author-avatar' height='40' width='40' \/><span class=\"artesa-hero-author-name\">Theodor Gorovei<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56366b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e56366b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b5c34cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5b5c34cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO.jpeg\" class=\"artesa-hero-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c84404a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c84404a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div 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https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artesa.ong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dona\u021bie-LEGO-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eaca79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6eaca79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab83a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ab83a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sometimes good things come when you need them the most.<\/p><p>For children enrolled in the RuralBots Initiative, Santa Claus came early this year, in the form of a substantial donation of LEGO pieces, which will arrive in the robotics labs in Vasila\u021bi and Mitreni.<\/p><p>For educational robotics, parts are not just building blocks. They are the raw material from which ideas, experiments, prototypes, and sometimes surprising solutions to technical challenges come to life. The more material you have to work with, the further children&#039;s imagination can go.<\/p><p>This donation will mean more built projects, more freedom to experiment, and robots that can take shape without the limitations of having the right parts. From models developed for FIRST LEGO League Explore to children&#039;s own ideas, they will now have more space to transform from sketches and discussions into real mechanisms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5502ddf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5502ddf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d45b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74d45b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The donation was made by <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberknowledgeclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Economic Informatics Club \u2013 CyberKnowledgeClub (CKC)<\/a>, a non-profit organization that functions as a bridge between universities, IT companies, public institutions and non-governmental organizations, and is even the organizer of the FIRST LEGO League Romania competition.<\/p><p>An essential role in this donation was played by Mihai Chiroiu, organizer and MC of the national competition, who concretely facilitated the transfer of these materials to the RuralBots Initiative laboratories.<\/p><p>We thank them for choosing to support children in rural communities, where every educational resource matters more than it seems at first glance.<\/p><p>Together, we build a better world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uneori, lucrurile bune vin atunci c\u00e2nd ai cea mai mare nevoie de ele. Pentru copiii \u00eenscri\u0219i \u00een RuralBots Initiative, Mo\u0219 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,30],"tags":[],"artesa_project":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-egalitate-de-sanse","category-ruralbots-initiative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5661,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/5661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"artesa_project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artesa.ong\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artesa_project?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}