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Description
The project aims to increase the degree of social inclusion and improve access to integrated services for a number of 1190 people belonging to vulnerable groups (of which 884 Roma) from disadvantaged areas in Iana commune, Vaslui county (Iana, Siliștea and Recea) for a period for 20 months.
The main activities of the project are:
- Increasing access to and participation in quality education services by organizing a school-after-school program, providing support packages, organizing an information campaign on combating early school drop-out, organizing a school camp with an educational component and providing parental education services;
- Providing support for access to the labor market by providing information, counseling and professional mediation services, organizing qualification programs for 80 people and organizing an event job fair type;
- Preventing and combating social exclusion by providing quality dental services to people belonging to vulnerable groups and hygiene packages to raise awareness on and increase compliance with basic hygiene rules for children in vulnerable groups;
- Development of the individual capacities of Roma by organizing personal development workshops and informative seminars on asserting rights and carring out actions on inclusion and participation of Roma people in decision-making at the community level and by organizing training sessions on empowering Roma women. Main topics: women''s entrepreneurship, family budget management, communication and negotiation, ICT skills, awareness-raising campaigns;
- Preventing any form of discrimination against Roma belonging to vulnerable groups by running a staff and volunteer training program for 10 people, developing anti-discrimination tools such as a local action plan; organizing public events with the active participation of the Roma and the majority population; presentation of examples of good practice in combating discrimination and the promotion of rights.