Les is a small village of roughly 650 inhabitants, positioned at 15 km from Oradea. Only a small percentage of the population is employed, and for many the child benefit is the only stable income. There is no high school in the village, and the children who want to continue their studies have to commute to Oradea. However, often the parents do not have the financial means to pay for their children's studies and thus many youngsters don't even get the chance to acquire professional skills and access a well-paid job.

The Les Rural Community Development Project started in 1999 and it is carried out in the villages of Les, Pausa and Sauaieu. There are only primary schools in the last two villages and from the 5th grade children go to school in Les.

200 school children from the three villages are enrolled in this FRCCF project. They usually come from single-parent families which face huge financial problems.

The project focuses on education, socialisation, spare time and improved health care for the children of the three villages.

FRCCF and the YMCA Christian Youth Association of Romania from Oradea set up a computing lab in the school of Les, endowed with 16 computers, a printer and a scanner. FRCCF covered the travel costs for a volunteer from Oradea to go to Les and teach computing to school children of 5th - 8th grade and to a parents group.

FRCCF paid the travel costs for 25 children who go to vocational schools or high schools in Oradea throughout the entire school year and for another 20 children from Sauaieu and Pausa the transportation to the school from Les.

The children from the school of Les participated in an essay writing contest - What Children Know about Their Rights - and the best essays were awarded. Furthermore, FRCCF funded book purchase to award the best school children from the three schools. The primary school children had the chance to learn how to glass paint at the painting club, co-ordinated by a volunteering teacher.

A group of six youngsters who continue their studies at high schools or the University from Oradea, organised the summer school, held during the summer break. As part of this activity, 16 village children attended painting clubs, played games and went on day trips. The same group got involved in organising Christmas and Children's Day events at the schools from the villages.

Medicines were bought for three sick children, and glasses were made for a child.