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The Alex Fund primarily supports the efforts of the Romanian NGO Asociatia OvidiuRo to make quality early education available to every severely disadvantaged child so they have a chance to become active contributing members of Romanian society. OvidiuRos methodology encompasses close collaboration with local leaders teacher training and parent involvement. Turning kindergartens into seedbeds of literacy OvidiuRo trains teachers creates Hubs for Literacy Quality Early Education and provides pedagogically effective childrens books and other high quality learning materials to gradinite preschools and kindergartens in disadvantaged areas. The work is now also reaching children and teachers in the Republic of Moldova.