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Working together towards a better future

Working together towards a better future. Aims of Romano Lav :. To improve living standards To share information To raise cultural awareness. Demands from both sides:. Roma people. Service providers.

jolene-williamson
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Working together towards a better future

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  1. Working together towards a better future

  2. Aims of Romano Lav: • To improve living standards • To share information • To raise cultural awareness

  3. Demands from both sides: Roma people Service providers

  4. .In 2004 Slovakian, Czech Roma arriving to Scotland, later on in 2007 Romanian and Bulgarian Roma

  5. Network of service providers involved in Roma work • CHP • Oxfam • Glasgow Life • GYP • Govanhill Law Centre • Crossroads • Education services • WESREC • Positive Action in Housing

  6. Gaps in services Sustainability of work Finances community development Access to training and employment Romanian Roma

  7. Roma people living in Glasgow are usually coming from villages, towns and cities in the east part of Slovakia

  8. Employment issues of the Roma community in Glasgow • low paid, irregular and temporary jobs • exploitation by employment agencies People waiting for a van to take them to the potato factory

  9. Govanhill Back-court InitiativeTraining and employment opportunities for Roma Now after

  10. Housing issues of the Roma community • substandard and expensive accommodation • flats mostly owned by private landlords • Overcrowding • No tenancy agreements • Illegal evictions

  11. Self- perpetuating system No fear of contradiction: • "Roma are uneducated" • "Roma don't care about education" • "Roma are happy to send their children to Special schools" • "Roma are unemployed, they don't work" • "Roma live off welfare, they are a drain on society". The Roma population in Central and Eastern Europe was humiliated in all spheres of live for so long that they appear not to be able to understand what it represents in terms of a horrendous assault on common humanity...

  12. What can be done for us? • Roma people have to be consulted about the projects focused on the Roma community • Roma need to be given voice • Public recognition of the Roma ethnicity • Trainings and cultural awareness raising activities • Empowerment of the Roma women

  13. “Being Roma is not any disadvantage and that is where the integration starts”

  14. Palikerav tenge sukaresThank you very much

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