The project “Youth in the support of Rroma community” is a group EVS project which will be held in five rural rroma communities from Valcea County.
The themes of the project are: information and communication and rroma communities.
The specific objectives of the project are:
– Realizing an innovative EVS stage by direct involvement of 12 volunteers from India, Nepal, Argentina, Turkey, Portugal and France in solving social problems facing Roma communities.
– Acquisition of basic knowledge on active participation to the community’s life by EVS volunteers.
– Developing feelings of tolerance, solidarity, preventing racism and xenophobia among young volunteers.
– Making friendship relations between the five EVS volunteers and young people from Rroma communities.
– Promoting volunteering in general, and European voluntary service in Romani communities.
– Establishing an online portal aiming the share of best practices for projects addressing Roma communities.
The duration of the EVS stage is of 12 months and will be held in the period October1st 2014 – October 1st 2015.
The main activities will be:
– Co-organization of educational programs as “summer kindergarden”, “second chance”, “parents` school”.
– Organization of regional seminars and of an annual conference.
– Making a media campaign in Rroma communities;
– Promoting volunteering.
The above activities will be implemented using a variety of methods of non-formal education as: workshops, debates, structured dialogue, labyrinth theatre, socio-educational animation, life-coaching, photo-voice, film voice, flash mob, living library, street animation.
SELECTED VOLUNTEERS:
1.Gustavo Botelho-Portugal.
2.Isabel Afonso-Portugal.
3.Mafalda da Silva Ferreira-Portugal.
4.Marta Hornos-Portugal.
5.Serap Turhan-Turkey.
6.Tugba Gursoy-Turkey.
7.Roshan Basnet-Nepal
8.Pawan Prasad Upadhyaya-Nepal.
9.Oraveen Kumar Singh-India
10.Sanjaya Biswal-India
11.Facundo Ezequiel Bonboni-Argentina
12.Maria Crucella la Paz-Argentina.
Vladesti, 410
Valcea, 247740
Romania
Phone: 0040 758 989 926