All children are first and foremost children. But in practice there is a prejudice against Roma children Svitlana Yakimelina, Head of the Children’s Service of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration, spoke about the difficulties in educating children due to ethnicity during a round table. “In our work, we do not divide children on any grounds,
Through education – to socialization There are many aspects of Roma socialization. However, one of the key factors is getting an education. And this is not about the higher education – at least the secondary. After all, according to opinion polls, a quarter of Roma do not know how to read and write. Roma teenagers
On September 16, a solemn signing of agreements on charitable assistance within the framework of the Early Childhood Development Program took place. Five organizations received grants in amount of € 10,000 to implement their own micro-projects related to various aspects of early childhood development, namely: working with primary care physicians, responsible parenting, preschool and school education,
On September 16, the Carpathian Foundation conducted a training for participants of the EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. The event was dedicated to the study of the Slovak experience in implementing micro-projects aimed at various aspects of early childhood development. Slovak colleagues, Laura Dittel, Maria Haz, Tomasz Torok, described the general situation with children in the
The pandemic and related quarantine restrictions have affected all areas of our lives. The Project of the Early Childhood Development Program was no exception. We had to divide the two-day seminar on the Slovak and Hungarian experiences of implementing such programs into two parts and conduct them online. On September 4, 2020, the Hungarian partners
ROUND TABLE – DISCUSSION OF CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM On August 31, 2020, a round table of Project partners and other stakeholders was held at the Emigrand Hotel. It was attended by representatives of organizations and institutions that provide services to children of the Roma community in the field of
The Carpathian Foundation is holding a round table in order to involve stakeholders in discussing the problems of early childhood development of Roma children, identifying the main challenges in this area and possible ways to overcome them. At this event, the partner organizations will present a project and their own approaches to early childhood
Traditionally, once per two months, regular meetings of the Early Childhood Development Program partners take place. On August 10 at the Carpathian Foundation’s office, we discussed changes in the Project activities due to quarantine restrictions, as well as presented necessary documents for mini-grants designing. Partners also discussed potential participants of round tables, events that are
On June 11, 2020 Carpathian Foundation hosted a first meeting of the Early Childhood Developemnt Program partners. The main actors of the project include those civil society and educational organizations being active and experienced in work with Roma kids and community. In particular we talk about Transcarpathia Charitable Foundation „Blago“, acting since 2003 and presented
Carpathian Foundation launches a Project that works towards ensuring social inclusion of Roma people by developing, testing and replicating operating models of early childhood development in Zakarpattia oblast. The intention is to support development of new and improvement of existing holistic approaches for improving life in Roma communities that successfully combine the creation of real opportunities, connecting
