Romanian Andrei Rosu, who aims to run seven marathons on seven continents, will be representing Hospice Casa Sperantei Charity at the Pacific Coast Marathon in Chile, on December 5. This is Rosu's fourth marathon on the list, after the North Pole one, the Australian one and the one in Istanbul in October.

The CliniClowns Romania charity and the Netherlands Embassy to Bucharest organize the CliniClowns Charity Dinner Gala, a fund raising event which will take place on November 24, at Casa Vernescu (133 Calea Victoriei), starting 18,00 hours.

HR Specialists has received approval for two EU-funded projects worth a total of EUR 3 million which aim at creating facilities to help disabled people find jobs in Romania, Romania-Insider.com has learned. The first such project started in June and the second one in November and both should be active until 2013. For the first project, HR Specialists partners association Reninco, while for the second it partners NGO Apel.

The charitable association Ovidiu Rom has achieved its target of raising money to support 1,200 children in kindergarden at the Halloween Charity Ball organized on Saturday, October 30, at the Palace of the Parliament. The association raised money both from corporate sponsors and from individuals, which varied between EUR 50 and EUR 11,000.

Oil and gas company Rompetrol has invested over USD 300,000 in corporate social responsibility programs in Romania, mostly focusing on health care and environment protection in 2010, according to the company.

The charity Light into Europe will organize The Highland Dinner and the Bucharest Caledonian Ball on November 20 at the InterContinental Hotel and at the Cercul Militar in the capital city. The ticket price is of EUR 99 (or RON 430) for the evening.

A vertical garden under the shape of an arch is being built near the Unirii area in Bucharest, in front of the future National Library. It will be 6.5 meters tall and covers 200 sqm. The vertical garden will stay green throughout the entire year.

Two Romanians and a British have embarked on a five-day memorial walk from Bucharest to Brasov, hoping to raise funds and increase awareness for injured Romanian rugby players. Istvan Balint, the general manager of the Gyopar Club Hotel in Hungary, Alexandru Benga, a former martial arts practitioner and Martin Dixon, the editor of The Expat Life magazine started the 170-kilometers walk this morning and expect to arrive in Brasov on Saturday. Other walkers are expected to join on the last section of the track, between Sacele and Brasov, on Saturday.

The move towards sustainability and green systems in buildings has become more obvious in the recent period in Romania, since energy efficient, green projects help owners cut a great chunk of the running costs. This has been among the major reasons for tight-budget developers and building owners to search for green solutions. Hotel owners, investment funds, office developers and even high-end residential owners have started to invest in turning their buildings greener.

More than 100 local communities from Romania have applied for the competition organized by Ovidiu Rom and the Education Ministry this summer and 14 of them have won USD 150,000 in financing to help them get every poor child in pre-school. The financing came from The Alex Fund, a New York based NGO, which includes actor Ethan Hawke as a member of the board.

Romanian Andrei Rosu, who aims to run seven marathons on seven continents, will be representing Hospice Casa Sperantei Charity at the Pacific Coast Marathon in Chile, on December 5. This is Rosu's fourth marathon on the list, after the North Pole one, the Australian one and the one in Istanbul in October.

The CliniClowns Romania charity and the Netherlands Embassy to Bucharest organize the CliniClowns Charity Dinner Gala, a fund raising event which will take place on November 24, at Casa Vernescu (133 Calea Victoriei), starting 18,00 hours.

HR Specialists has received approval for two EU-funded projects worth a total of EUR 3 million which aim at creating facilities to help disabled people find jobs in Romania, Romania-Insider.com has learned. The first such project started in June and the second one in November and both should be active until 2013. For the first project, HR Specialists partners association Reninco, while for the second it partners NGO Apel.

The charitable association Ovidiu Rom has achieved its target of raising money to support 1,200 children in kindergarden at the Halloween Charity Ball organized on Saturday, October 30, at the Palace of the Parliament. The association raised money both from corporate sponsors and from individuals, which varied between EUR 50 and EUR 11,000.

Oil and gas company Rompetrol has invested over USD 300,000 in corporate social responsibility programs in Romania, mostly focusing on health care and environment protection in 2010, according to the company.

The charity Light into Europe will organize The Highland Dinner and the Bucharest Caledonian Ball on November 20 at the InterContinental Hotel and at the Cercul Militar in the capital city. The ticket price is of EUR 99 (or RON 430) for the evening.

A vertical garden under the shape of an arch is being built near the Unirii area in Bucharest, in front of the future National Library. It will be 6.5 meters tall and covers 200 sqm. The vertical garden will stay green throughout the entire year.

Two Romanians and a British have embarked on a five-day memorial walk from Bucharest to Brasov, hoping to raise funds and increase awareness for injured Romanian rugby players. Istvan Balint, the general manager of the Gyopar Club Hotel in Hungary, Alexandru Benga, a former martial arts practitioner and Martin Dixon, the editor of The Expat Life magazine started the 170-kilometers walk this morning and expect to arrive in Brasov on Saturday. Other walkers are expected to join on the last section of the track, between Sacele and Brasov, on Saturday.

The move towards sustainability and green systems in buildings has become more obvious in the recent period in Romania, since energy efficient, green projects help owners cut a great chunk of the running costs. This has been among the major reasons for tight-budget developers and building owners to search for green solutions. Hotel owners, investment funds, office developers and even high-end residential owners have started to invest in turning their buildings greener.

More than 100 local communities from Romania have applied for the competition organized by Ovidiu Rom and the Education Ministry this summer and 14 of them have won USD 150,000 in financing to help them get every poor child in pre-school. The financing came from The Alex Fund, a New York based NGO, which includes actor Ethan Hawke as a member of the board.