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Roma youth, beneficiaries of social services are often not aware of their rights and are not involved in the society. Due to their growing up in institutions and their low education they cannot make sense of social processes and can be manipulated and discriminated. The project aims at supporting Roma youth living in residential care in order to protect their rights and stimulate their active participation in the processes that concern them through education in rights and involvement of young people with different experience. 25 volunteers with different expertise in human rights will be trained to support vlnerable youth. They will study the problems of Roma youth and look for solutions, meet together with experts and organize campaigns across the general public to achieve change. The project will help 8 Roma youth become more aware of their rights and less vulnerable to discrimination, 25 volunteers understand and support solving the problems of the first, raise the awareness and engagement of the stakeholders with the opinion of vulnerable youth through holding meetings with representatives of institutions during which specialists will understand the difficulties faced by Roma youth in upholding their rights, consult them about finding a solution and understand better the need of involvement. The volunteers and young people will present possible solution to their peers, colleagues, institutions, etc. and to the general public through a public campaign for change. The project is targeted at the Roma, the general public and public institutions.