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The day of Roma pride and culture gives publicity to what remains hidden to the public. This day celebrates the unknown face of the Roma community which is colorful, diverse, and festive. Most of the successful Roma people are unknown to the mass audience where only the negative prejudices are shown and discussed. Roma Pride is the time for Roma people to raise their voices for change and equality.  Teachers, parents, students and representatives of Center Amalipe from all regions of Bulgaria are organizing various initiatives showing the diversity of the Roma culture...

On 28th and 29th of September 2017, representatives of Amalipe Center participated in a good practice visit in Bucharest, Romania, organized by „Impreuna“ Romanian Community Development Agency, within the project “RARE - Changing discourses, changing practices: the Roma as Human resource”. The first day of the visit was held at the Roma Cultural Museum in Bucharest, the only one of its kind in Romania. Mr. Negoi Ioan Valentine, PhD fellow of Romani History, took a walk with all the participants around the museum and presented the exhibits.  Ciprian...

Representatives of active NGOs to be involved in the teams responsible for achieving full scope of students in the educational system was discussed by representatives of organizations from the Roma Integration Network at a meeting with the Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev. The meeting was also attended by Deputy minister Denitsa Sacheva and the Directors of Directorates Sonya Krastanova and Natalia Mihalevska, as well as experts from the Ministry of Education and Science. The Roma Integration Network was represented by Deyan Kolev, Raycho Chaprazov, Ivan Todorov...

Deputy Minister of Regional Development Valentin Yovev held a meeting with organizations from the Roma Integration Network, discussing the problems related to improving the housing conditions of marginalized population, including the neighborhoods with predominantly Roma population. The meeting was also attendend by Gergana Blagieva( Director of Housing Policy Directorate), experts from Housing Policy, Public works and Geo-protection, Territorial Planning and National expertize Directorateс to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Directorate for National Construction...

Ministers, deputy ministers, ambassadors, heads of Regional departmens of education, and mayors greeted students, teachers and parents during the celebrations for the beginning of the new academic year in the schools, participating in "Every student will be a winner" Project, and wished for a quality education for every child. Recognition of activities, implemented by the organization and the schools for keeping Roma children in classrooms is not a novelty: the Ministry of education and science and the Diplomatic Corps have been visiting us for 15 of September and in other...