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For three days teachers teaching Roma folklore discussed problems of Roma children droping out of school. The meeting is part of the project "Reducing the dropping out of Roma children”, funded by America for Bulgaria Foundation. Based on their long experience, the teachers thought of possible situations and provoked one another to reach creative solutions that can help schools who have a serious problem with the dropping out of Roma pupils in preventing this problem. During the meeting the group consisting of teachers from 13 schools across the country tried to systematize the experience that each participant has brought, to systematize the problems that each has experienced and how they had overcome the latter. We have discussed possible ways to exchange information among all the schools involved in the program as pilot schools. All agreed that this is an ongoing interactive process in which everyone learns from everyone and it will help us together as one big team to deal with the problems we face. It was definitely the view of all participants that we, teachers, have to start first by changing ourselves, to find the correct cause of threats to each child.
In that regard, and the next meeting with the teachers in each of the pilot schools to be held in April and May. And then ... is our new meeting at the Seventh Festival Roma children in Veliko Tarnovo

The America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) assists in the development and growth of a vibrant private sector for the benefit of a free and democratic Bulgaria.  Founded in 2008, the ABF is a successor to the Bulgarian American Enterprise Fund, an investment fund created by the U.S. government acting through the U.S. Agency for International Development.  The grants provided by ABF will build on the legacy of goodwill and friendship that exists between the American people and the citizens of Bulgaria.