Description
The aim is the organizational development, the expansion and the capacity development of Uccu foundation with the help of local Roma volunteers, experts and partner organizations and also to enhance community development. The trained volunteer team hold educational activities in primary and secondary schools in Pécs and in the area, using informal educational methods that are used by Uccu for many years now. As a result of the activities the students gain more knowledge and understanding about the Roma society, they have personal experiences after the dialogues with young Roma people, this way they have less prejudices and preconceptions. Our target groups are young Roma people, students aged 10-18 years and their acquaintances in and around Pécs as potential Uccu volunteers. Indirectly their family, friends, and the wider Roma society will also be affected. A long term partnership and cooperation with educational institutions, local civil organizations and experts, as well as establishing other branches in other areas, i a long term goal with this project.
Summary of project results
The alarming signs of anti-Gypsyism in Hungary has brought UCCU Foundation to existence to combat intolerance, reduce prejudices, and to engage young Roma and non-Roma in an educated cultural dialogue. The current project was aiming at extending the activities of UCCU to the rural areas of Hungary. In the 19 months of the project their goals were twofold: (1) to build and empower a local community of young Roma volunteers in the city of Pécs, equipped with skills and competencies to deliver informal educational sessions for students; (2) to deliver these sessions at local primary and secondary schools in the target city and its surroundings. Over the project period we involved 15 young Roma volunteers, who reached over 1000 students. As the group remains active in the present days, and they are continuously receiving invitations from schools, our hope is to acquire enough funding in the future to be able to continue our presence in the region.
Summary of bilateral results