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 […]
Organizations working in the field of social inclusion and integration of marginalized groups did not support the first working version of the Operational Science and Education program, because they did not include two of their main demands. In a letter to the European Commission, they called for assistance to be integrated into the program. At […]
More than 100 students received the first electronic devices sent to us by many ‘’ambassadors of good’’, who supported the campaign of Amalipe Center and the Teach for Bulgaria Foundation. In the last one week, our office has become a small computer warehouse – all colleagues have joined in to review the disinfection and distribute […]
Roma help Roma Or how educational mediators support the community with personal finances. Today’s article is dedicated to educational mediators who not only mentally and physically help families and children, but also financially. We will tell you about how Roma helping Roma. Since the announcement of the state of emergency in the Republic of […]
A meeting of Roma teachers with the Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev on the occasion of International Roma Day was held on April 8th. It was organized by the Amalipe Center and was held online. It was attended by over 60 Roma pedagogical professionals working in schools and kindergartens across the country. They were interviewed […]