Some skills are too important to keep to ourselves – knowing how to save a life is one of them.
Through this project, our Polish and Romanian student volunteers, guided by one of the most experienced volunteers at the Romanian Red Cross – Gorj Branch, Grigore Richter, didn’t just learn first aid; they became a bridge between knowledge and community.
They trained to help children and adults in emergencies. They learned how to respond to drowning 🌊, how to recognize cardiac arrest ❤️, how to perform CPR 🫀, and which numbers to call 📞 when every second counts ⏱️.
And then they did something even more meaningful: they turned around and taught it to others. In a dedicated session with vulnerable elderly members of our community in Târgu Jiu, our volunteers shared this knowledge with warmth and patience, because prevention only works when it reaches the people who need it most.
This is what real impact looks like: young people stepping up, a community growing stronger, and a partnership with the Red Cross that turned training into action.
We are proud of what our volunteers achieved here and even prouder of what this means for Târgu Jiu going forward. A community that knows how to respond in an emergency is a community that protects its own.
Thank you to the Romanian Red Cross – Gorj Branch for making this possible 🙏, and to every volunteer who showed up ready to learn and ready to give back. 💙
