Description
Whoever can, moves away from the area, the district is slowly becoming uninhabitable, nobody accumulates the willingness and the strength of these women. The improvement of the conditions in two segregations of Miskolc by working together with local civil organisations and institutions; enabling the local community to stop drifting to the periphery, to grow in strength and to be able to take action. Increase the self-esteem and self-confidence of local women participating in the programme and facilitate community collaboration so that they can find mutual issues/problems and to implement solutions. By developing their skills and equipment through group meetings; preparing them to take community action. Parents - mainly women - of the young people attending the youth club operated by the organisation.
Summary of project results
The project was capable to help a community living in deep poverty to struggle with reproduction of social problems. The members of the community participated in the program and the organization are both open to cooperate in further social actions. On the one hand, the project aimed to develop competences of social assertiveness in a Roma women group, on the other hand, it made them motivated to improve and organize their own community. The program empowered the participants to leave behind a so called incompetent state. On a personal level they became involved in other trainings, some of them found a job. On a social level they found the meaning and benefits of social actions. The originally planned outcomes of the project were to train 12 women and realize 2 social actions but finally 17 women and 8 men participated, who realized 6 social actions.
Summary of bilateral results