642 CHILDREN PLAYED WITH THE “MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS”, 114 OF THEM WERE ROMA CHILDREN

15 Jan 642 CHILDREN PLAYED WITH THE “MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS”, 114 OF THEM WERE ROMA CHILDREN

642 children of which 114 were Roma approached and played with the “Mobile School Travels” within the framework of «Oniroupoli» 2023-2024.
Throughout the long Christmas holidays from December 2 to January 7, 2024, the project team with a large number of volunteers supported the institution’s little house every day from early morning until late at night. The central action was the project “The Mobile School Travels”, implemented by the Ladies Union. In addition, hundreds of visitors from all over Greece and the Balkans showed great interest in the project, while informative material and stickers were distributed to them. After three years of interventions only within Drama, the Mobile School from 2020 until today is taking place three times a week in areas of Drama, Kavala and Xanthi, in order to approach Roma children who either for social or family reasons are excluded from the school communities and cannot have a regular education. The project received a new nine-month extension until April 2024 starting in August 2023. One of the goals is to convince more Roma children in the Philippou camp to go to school and continue their education. For this reason, the project team carries out a “Social Tutoring” in the settlement of Philippou three times a week, helping the children to meet the demands of school lessons.
The project “The Mobile School Travels” is implemented within the framework of the Active citizensfund program, with the implementing body of the Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality (HOH). The Active citizens fund program, amounting to €15 million, is financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and is part of the financial mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA) for the period 2014 – 2021, known as EEA Grants. The program aims to strengthen and optimize the sustainability of civil society, as well to highlight its role in promoting democratic processes, strengthening citizens’ participation in society and defending human rights. The management of the grant of the Active citizens fund program for Greece has been undertaken jointly by the Bodosaki Foundation and the Solidarity Now. Read more here: www.activecitizensfund.gr