Description
This project aims at working on the promotion and development of the Raval neighbourhood whose characteristics of social vulnerability require intervention at Community level and a more active involvement both of the public authorities and associations and of the neighbourhood itself. The goal is to encourage active participation of the stakeholders in order to shape the Raval neighbourhood. The project will develop actions for the most vulnerable groups: women, children and youth, considering that, in the neighborhood, most part of the population is Roma and immigrant from the Maghreb, groups at risk of social exclusion. An open and dynamic centre will be developed together with a social cooperative that promotes the working inclusion of the neighbours. The main objective of the project is creating a strong and dynamic associative network in the neighborhood of Raval of Algemesí allowing the active participation of the residents in political and social decisions of the town council.
Summary of project results
The community Project “Sharing diversity we make community” responded to the core of the NGO mission which is to work with under aged population and women in abandonment situations. Implementing this Project improved the prevention as a main tool for any community to be well developed. The neighborhood where the project took place Raval de Algemesí, a marginal and vulnerable zone, has longstanding been unheard by the public authorities; though this project the community raised their voice and break some barriers that had to do with racism and discrimination. A citizen participation center was opened, where activities and workshops took place, and it is a reference for the whole area. With this empowerment of the neighbourhood, the new local government has approved budget for a library in the area and some cross-sectors work is being done with NGOs in order to have a comprehensive community plan. A better environment for the neighbours has been created so everybody feels more confident in their future and the image of the neighbourhood in the rest of the town has also improved.
Summary of bilateral results