Beating a child is always a crime. Beating a child and making fun of him because of his ethnicity is racism and a crime against humanity. They cannot be described in any other way without complicity. We express our deep indignation at the racist beating and the mockery with 15-year-old Stefan Stefanov, which took place […]
One of the long-standing programs that the Amalipe Center implements is “Equal Chance – Access to Secondary Education”, funded by the Trust for Social Achievement. The program is long-term, it was started in 2011 and it provides aids and transportation costs for young people in high school. The students who take part in it come […]
UNICEF’s support in Bulgaria for the introduction of distance learning in a pandemic also includes a fund for the most vulnerable families, through which disinfectants, masks and gloves were purchased. It does not include the purchase of food. The packages were distributed through mediators from the Amalipe Center and partner NGOs working in the field […]
The educational mediators of the Amalipe Center and the Roma Integration Network in Action! They are at the forefront of the battle against Kovid 19 in Roma neighborhoods. So far, they have informed, guided and supported people in their neighborhoods and continue to do so. They are involved in distributing teaching materials to children in […]
Probably many of you have already guessed. Others may have hoped to have an autumn festival for the first time. Honestly, at some point we were hoping too. Unfortunately with great dissatisfaction we are obliged to announce that due to the extraordinary situation and changing circumstances around the pandemic COVID-19 festival “Open Heart” is postponed […]
The best holiday is the family holiday – when the whole family gathers. That is why it is the holidays – to remind us of something else, something that makes us a family, that brings us together, that unites us. St. George’s Day (Erdelez): St. George’s Day is the biggest Roma holiday in Bulgaria. It […]
Last week and this week, educational mediators and volunteers at Amalipe Center distributed a total of 150 food packages received from the Faithful Guardian Association in Burgas. The food products were distributed in the following settlements: the village of Borovan, the village of Bhutan, the town of Byala Slatina; Glozhene village, region Vratsa; town of […]
Due to the state of emergency and the changed situation in which we found ourselves in the last more than 2 months, the whole team of Amalipe Center had to change the direction of their activities. We focused our efforts on the Old Devices for a New Beginning Campaign, in supporting educational mediators and schools […]
Amalipe Center received a donation in the form of 1 ton of food products days before the bright holiday of St. George’s Day (Ederlezi) from the Association “The Supreme Guardian” – Burgas. The donation was made in order to help needy families in the country who are affected by the situation with COVID-19 in the […]
The COVID 19 crazies makes evident and sharpens the social inequalities in all the fields. Roma minority that is object of multiple discrimination and faces multiple inequalities is on the “First Line” in this regard throughout Europe. Four main challenges form everyday reality for Bulgarian Roma in the crisis: 1.Extreme poverty leads to hunger problem […]