Our project, C.A.R.E.: Connection and Awareness through Refugees’ Experiences, was developed by students from the Faculty of Letters, History, Philosophy and Theology, with guidance from two members of the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (CISG), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irina Diana Mădroane and Assist. Prof. Dr. Loredana Bercuci. C.A.R.E. has two major components through which we want to combat fake news and narratives about Ukrainian refugees in local communities in Timisoara, as well as to encourage social cohesion. One of our main goals is to amplify the voices of Ukrainian refugees settled in Timisoara and in Romania through a campaign that does not speak for them but with them, combining elements of media literacy and genuine life experience, generating a change in public opinion. C.A.R.E is a project which encourages empathy, integrity and unity.
Between 30 September 2024 and 24 January 2025, this project was initiated in partnership with American Councils for International Education and EdVenture Partners, and it then continued within the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies and the Faculty of Letters of the West University of Timișoara.