Roma - full Polish citizens

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Country/partner countries
Poland

Project lead partner/organization and contact person (e-mail, links) project website
District Branch of the Polish Red Cross in Wloclawek
ul. Zduńska 14, 87-800 Włocławek,
KOORDYNATOR PROJEKTU: Karina Galińska
phone: 54 231 46 56
http://www.pckwloclawek.org.pl/

Project information – start and end date (if available)
1.04.2012 - 31.03.2014

Summary (goals and purposes of the project)
The project aimed at the Roma community living in the Kujawsko - Pomorskie and Mazowieckie.

Available forms of support, offered by the project:
- Healthcare: specialist medical care, vaccinations, first aid.
- The promotion of Roma culture: regular TV broadcasts, newspaper articles, cyclical emissions, Roma concert in Wloclawek.
- Supporting the functioning of the commons for Roma children.
- Workshops on Roma culture with the representatives of public administration.
- Education: training and vocational courses, individual career counseling and psychological support, training scholarships, child care during classes.
- Individual counselling: legal, social, psychological.


Results of the project
Activities within the project:

- Specialist medical care, vaccinations, first aid.
- Regular TV broadcasts, newspaper articles, cyclical emissions, Roma concert in Wloclawek.
- Supporting the functioning of the commons for Roma children.
- Workshops on Roma culture.
- Training and vocational courses, individual career counseling and psychological support, training scholarships, child care during classes.
- Individual counselling: legal, social, psychological.


Who will benefit from this project (target group)
The beneficiaries of the project were the members of the Roma community living in the Kujawsko - Pomorskie and Mazowieckie.
237 people from the Roma community benefited from free medical services, 167 people benefited from the training, 260 people received help in dealing with their affairs.

Sources of funding
The project is co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund, Sub-1.3.1 "Projects for the Roma community," Human Capital Operational Programme.

Link
Website of the Polish Red Cross:
http://pckwloclawek.org.pl/index.php/projekty/75-romowie-pelnoprawni-obywatele-polscy