Description
The project addresses education-related challenges faced by Roma children such as school attendance, performance, discrimination and hate speech targeted at them. The project aims at bringing all the stakeholders together in an attempt to solve the challenges of the Roma community in the town of Lom. First, meetings with parents from the Roma community will be organized to involve them in joint effort. Second, Roma parents will be invited to take part in parents’ evenings at school. Third, round tables will be organized to involve the general public in solving the problem. Next, anti-hate speech campaigns will be held at schools. Finally, meetings of Roma parents with parents of children from other schools will be held to share experience. The project will benefit the children from the two Roma neighbourhoods in Lom, their parents, teachers as well as local authorities and the public in general. The 3 partners will support the project by working with the children and their parents.
Summary of project results
The project addressed education-related challenges faced by Roma children such as school attendance, performance, discrimination and hate speech targeted at them. Its goal was to build permanent connection and dialogue between parents, teachers, NGOs and Lom Municipality in order to try with joint efforts to overcome the education problems of the Roma community in Lom. As a result of the project, an initiative group was set up to protect the community interests. The Roma children improved their performance and their presence at school during the two halves of the school year. The meetings organized contributed for better relations between the Roma community, the municipality and the schools. For more information about the project, please, visit
https://riclomroma.wordpress.com/ or
https://www.facebook.com/riclom/
Summary of bilateral results