“THE MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” PROJECT OF THE LADIES’ UNION OF DRAMA – HOUSE OF OPEN HOSPITALITY PROVIDES SOCIAL TUTORING FOR THE ROMA CHILDREN OF PHILIPPOU

22 Nov “THE MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” PROJECT OF THE LADIES’ UNION OF DRAMA – HOUSE OF OPEN HOSPITALITY PROVIDES SOCIAL TUTORING FOR THE ROMA CHILDREN OF PHILIPPOU

The “Mobile School Travels” project group of the Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality (HOH), continues with three weekly interventions the actions of the Social Tutoring Center for the children who go to school from the settlement on Philippou Street in Drama. Interventions include school lessons for the next day, as also extra language and math exercises to strengthen children’s knowledge. In order to relieve their stress, gymnastic exercises and free games with the mobile school educational tool follow immediately afterwards. So far the results are positive as four additional children started attending the 15th Primary School of Drama.
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