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The project "Equity for health, equity for a better life!" aims to increase the social inclusion and empowerment of 1400 Roma from rural and urban marginalized areas of Bacau County. Within the project, a package of medical services and health education will be provided, while organizing joint actions to encourage the active participation of Roma in the decision-making process and to promote the fight against discrimination. The target group is located in the villages of Buda-cătun Şipote and Poiana Negustorului from Blăgești commune and Şupan district from Comănești town, Bacău County and consists of 1230 Roma who will have increased access to quality health services and health education; 40 young Roma who will become Volunteers of the Red Cross, contributing innovatively to the achievement of the project objective, 124 Roma who will participate in information sessions and social-supportive and legal counseling, acquiring new skills to act to solve the problems faced by the entire community, 6 Roma people who will become "community saviours" (first aid trained community members) who will solve minor emergencies or prevent major emergencies and 200 non-Roma people who will be sensitized about the culture and history of the Roma. The partnership includes the NGO environment (The Bacau Red Cross - a traditional humanitarian organization and the European Roma Association for Progress and Intercultural Promotion AFJ - a representative Roma organization) and local public authorities (Comănești Municipality and Blăgești Comune) formed for the successful implementation of the project, the parties being actively involved in these communities also during the sustainability period.