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Interview with Zsuzsa Laszlo: the ISSA Network’s Persona Doll learning community
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As war continues in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis continues to evolve, the Romani Early Years Network (REYN) shines a light on the adversity young Roma children and their families face.
Today, International Roma Day, REYN urges you to remember vulnerable Roma families who are facing additional hardships due to the war in Ukraine.
Read their statement, and stories from the REYN network.
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Based on an interview with Hana Zylfiu-Haziri, Program Manager Kosovo Education Center
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Based on innovative global practice, Intergenerational Learning in Practice presents a unique contribution to the field of intergenerational learning. Drawing on the Together Old and Young (TOY) programme, this book provides a comprehensive background to intergenerational learning, along with tools and resources to help develop and improve your own intergenerational practice.
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A row concerning the basic 'right to settlement' emerges in the Netherlands. Several Traveller groups, including Roma and Sinti, have occupied vacant trailer lots that were once appointed to their community. So far, 34 former Traveler locations have been occupied with moveable caravans.
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The Know How Centre has worked with Roma communities for the past 6 years. This year's program however was their most successful until now: they managed to motivate and support Roma parents of 29 children to apply for kindergarten. A huge milestone and a great motivation to endure their support and empowerment of parents in their pursuit of better futures for their little ones. As a result, the Know How Centre widened their program scope and offered new services.
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‘The birth of a child mobilizes all the people in his or her community. The family, but also all people in its surrounding social environment. It is during these first years that a child develops its tastes, understands social codes, and feels a sense of belonging. It is a key moment to encourage positive integration of both child and family into their community. Because the child's well-being will determine its position in the world and its understanding of his or her existence.’
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‘At REYN, we aim to break through the negative cycle’
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Any child, wherever he or she is from, deserves quality education starting at birth. The Romani Early Years Network (REYN), which is coordinated by ISSA, is launching a new website to keep echoing this message.Today 80% of Roma are at risk of poverty and every third Romani person lives in a household without tap water. Segregation in schools with Roma-only classes is striking and there is growing concern about a Roma public health emergency which puts the most vulnerable children at risk.
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Step by Step Foundation for Educational and Cultural Initiatives of Macedonia is organizing an online initiative under a nationwide campaign raising awareness about the importance of equal access to education for Roma children and parents. This campaign is part of the activities of the Roma Empowerment and Awareness for Democracy through Education Project that the foundation is implementing with the financial support of the European Commission and Open Society Foundations.
