31.03.2011Teodora Krumova was one of the four Bulgarian Women recognized by the U.S. Embassy during Women’s History Month
On Wednesday, March 30th at a special ceremony, U.S. Ambassador James Warlick presented awards to four Bulgarian women to recognize their achievements in working for a brighter future for all Bulgarians at the American Corner in Sofia. The four women were Aksinia Gencheva, a dedicated proponent and defendant of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)rights in Bulgaria; Guilten Sabri Mustafa, Librarian at the National Chitalishte Ivan Vazov in the village of Vladimirovtsi; Teodora Krumova, Program Director Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance “Amalipe”...
30.03.2011Meeting of active Roma young people to discuss the problems of Roma children drop-out from school: "Pass it further ..."
The first meeting with active Roma young people from Veliko Turnovo, Dobrich and Burgas, supported by the Emergency fund for Roma young students in high schools was held on 26th and 27th March among the already blooming scenery and fresh air in the holiday village "Monastery" in Lyaskovets. The meeting is part of the three-year program of Center Amalipe "Reducing the drop-out rate among Roma children" funded by the Foundation "America for Bulgaria".
The aim of the meeting was to discuss possibilities to include these young people in the school life, and specifically...
30.03.2011"Promoting participatory field work": to foster the development from the inside
The first working meeting of the Steering Committee of the project "Promoting participatory field work at grass-root level in marginalized and traditional Roma Communities", funded by the European Commission under the Daphne III Program was held on April 1 and 2, 2011 in Veliko Turnovo. The meeting was attended by representatives of various institutions and NGOs from Bulgaria and Romania. Project partners are: Center Amalipe, "Liga pro Europa" from Romania, "ARSIS" from Greece (partner organizations). The meeting was attended by representatives of the National...
28.03.2011Meeting of local activists from Veliko Turnovo and Pavlikeni municipalities
Amalipe club's activists from Veliko Turnovo and Pavlikeni municipalities participated in a working meeting to plan their activities for 2011. The meeting was held on 26 and 27 March near the town of Lyaskovets and it was moderated by Lyubomir Lazarov and Dean Kolev.
Coordinator for the municipality of Veliko Turnovo is Tanya Andreeva and Coordinator for the municipality of Pavlikeni is Valentin Vassilev, both from the Amalipe team. They presented the process of building of local groups of activists in the villages from both municipalities, as they stressed...
24.03.2011Annual Meeting of Roma Health Scholarship Program partners was held in Budapest in March-Taking stock of achievements and looking ahead
Annual meeting of Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP) partners took place in Budapest on 17-18 of March, 2011. The main purpose of that annual event is taking stock of achievements and looking ahead to challenges and perspectives.
The Roma Health Scholarship Program conducted by the Roma Education Fund (REF) based in Hungary and Open Society Institute (OSI) has been expanding in the past few years. In the beginning it was only Romania working on the program, then Bulgaria joined and now Serbia and Macedonia are part of the program that supports students of Roma...
