15.02.2012Center Amalipe donates computers to schools, NGOs and Centers for community development
102 computers will be distributed by Center Amalipe to schools, centers for community development, local groups and Roma NGOs in support of their activities to raise the educational levels of Roma youth and empowerment of the Roma community. Computers are part of the donation of second hand computers through which Municipality of Lausanne and the Swiss Embassy support the development of NGO’s in the framework of the “Restart” Program. Besides Amalipe support by the Swiss Embassy received also the National Children’s Network and the Regional Association of
Hospitals ‘Stara Planina’. The contract about the computers’ grant was signed on February 14th at the Embassy of Switzerland in Sofia.
Amalipe will use the donation to support the activities of the partner schools and organizations as well as the centers for community development aimed at modernization and empowerment of local Roma communities in rural areas. The donation will stimulate student’s and parent’s clubs in 37 schools operating under “Reduction of Roma children dropping out of school” in 2010. Assisted are going to be the activities of the Centers fro community development in Kameno, Peshtera, Etropole, Byala Slatina, Pavlikeni and Novi Pazar and local groups for community development aimed at preventing school failure, prevention of early marriages, increasing self-organization and modernization of local Roma communities. Supported are going to be also other Roma partner-NGOs as “World without borders” – Stara Zagora and “New Road” – Hayredin.
