June 1 came, as in previous years, with maximum fun. This time, the International Children’s Day Celebration moved from the streets indoors, where Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and Terre des hommes organized sports activities and games for 220 children. Schools no. 73, 136 and 148 from Ferentari hosted children who competed in team activities, came up with strategies to defeat their adversaries
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The Policy Center for Roma and Minorities team took the stage twice during the 2012 Civil Society Gala, which took place on May 28 at the National Opera. The tenth edition of the Gala rewarded our efforts to promote social inclusion through alternative education, as well as the progress made by children from Ferentari, through two distinctions: the Dan Manoleli Excellence Award for the
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Twenty eight years exactly since the first resolution on Roma was passed by the European Parliament, the EU is finally publishing its Framework Strategy on Roma. But is there any progress to report? On 24 May 1984 the European Parliament passed resolution C172/153, which acknowledged that “gypsies still suffer discrimination in law and practice,” and called on the governments of European member states to
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To celebrate the accomplishments of a fruitful 2011, the Policy Center’s Alternative Education Club street dance and theater groups showed off their talent through two public performances at the end of December. With family members, friends, but also established artists, and high-ranking diplomats in attendance, the shows rewarded the children’s hard work while promoting a sense of solidarity that transcends race and ethnicity among
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