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2004
The Romanian student group has been around for some time now. Three of the students have participated at the IPPNW European Student meeting in Berlin last summer, the rest have been involved for two years in the very successful project of blood donation and all have seen an IPPNW presentation. The current aim is to develop new projects and training new members, which happened last March, for example, in form of a fundraising and project management training.

Also, the students are involved with the creation of a small, Public health oriented organization that would allow a separation from SCORP and IFMSA and help lay the foundation for a stronger IPPNW Romanian affiliation in the future. Projects are currently developed in both organizations in a form of collaboration. However, since IFMSA is involved in university politics, there seem to be some problems concerning this partnership.

In September, the students attempted to develop an environment project for recycling of medical trash from hospitals and medical universities. However, there were some problems ensuring the continuation of the project.

In November, the Organization for Refugees and Immigrants was offered collaboration in a project concerned with education in prevention of sexual transmitted diseases for refugees and immigrants. The result was that the organization agreed to collaborate, once the project was launched, but could not offer enough security. The plan changed into being able to send medical students to work as volunteers to help the medical doctor that was taking care of refugees for this organization. Again, it was difficult to continue with this project as there were some problems finding people to do it. Apparently, most of the work and effort rests on the shoulder of just one student and that should be changed in the future.

In December, Ivona participated at the IFMSA Study Session on Refugees and Minorities, which concerned itself with the Peace Test and a Minority Festival, which will take place in 2005. Currently, these activities are being prepared, as is another blood donation campaign, which involves many people who are not actively participanting IPPNW students yet and could therefore be a great way to win some new students for the organization.

2005
Activity consists of several small initiatives, including the publication of a brochure on HIV prevention and cooperation with the Maritime Institute of Bucharest on an environmental project in the Danube Delta.