Svidník Community Center, a place for the development and education of a Marginalized Roma Community.

Project facts

Project promoter:
The city of Svidník (SVK)(SK)
Project Number:
SK-LOCALDEV-0025
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€589,660
Other Project Partners
Minority Civic Association(SK)

Description

The main goal of the Svidník Community Center, a place for the development and education of a Marginalized Roma Community" project is to reduce the differences between Roma and non-Roma through defined activities. These activities will be covered by the newly built Community Center, with the aim of integrating Roma and non-Roma in joint activities and premises and offering a number of services to this group. It is necessary to pay more attention to children and young people. The lack of meaningful use of leisure time without a vision of another perspective forces them to establish families and gain at least some life certainty in the form of a social benefit. Recently, schools have been creating various activities within the framework of projects, more Roma assistants in schools, education is a chance and the key to changing the social situation. The project “Svidník Community Center, the place for the development and education of the marginalized Roma community” therefore reflects on these needs and wants to offer a systemic measure for a long -term solution of acute needs. The main idea of the project is to point out the special cultural specifics of the Roma community at the target group of Roma and non -Roma, thus gradually building the self -confidence and natural pride of this ethnic group. Gradually reduce the differences between the majority group of non -Roma and the minority group of Roma. One of the main activities to achieve this is a series of educational activities in key areas such as computer skills, but also skills such as sewing and cooking. Another important activity is a series of discussions focused on social and current topics (reproduction, health, but also trafficking in human beings). The last of the activities is the education of children and youth as well as teachers in areas such as traditions, culture, pride and ethnicity, the Roma language.

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