Educational mediators from the network of Amalipe Center “Every student will be an excellent student” organized initiatives related to the celebration of Vasilitsa – Roma New Year! For another year, Amalipe Center celebrated the holiday Vasilitsa. And although this year the conditions are different and we cannot make large-scale events in person, we from the […]
Over 130 students from 106 schools joined a discussion with Education Minister Krassimir Valchev on the future of education, distance learning, segregated schools and how education can change young people and their communities. The discussion was organized online by the Amalipe Center as part of the events on the occasion of the Vasilitsa cultural holiday, […]
Dear colleagues and friends, January 14 is Vasilyovden – a holiday known as the Roma New Year and which for years we celebrate as the Day of Roma Culture. The celebration of Vasilyovden is associated with an old legend that the Devil destroyed the bridge on which the Roma walked, but St. Vasil rebuilt it […]
Vasilyovden (Vasilitsa): Vasilyovden or Vasilitsa (sometimes called in the media Bango Vasili ) is celebrated by all Roma groups in Bulgaria. It is widely known as the “Roma New Year”. For the Kaldaras and the miners the holiday is celebrated more modestly, while for the Yerli and especially for the Burgudji and musicians it is a major holiday, comparable only to St. George’s Day. […]
In recent years, Vasilitsa (also known in the media as Bango Vasili) has gained popularity as the Roma New Year. In fact, this is St. Basil’s Day, celebrated by the so-called “Old style” (ie the Julian calendar) and only until 3-4 generations ago this was the day on which ethnic Bulgarians and other groups also […]
At the beginning of the New 2021 we restart the Old device for a new beginning campaign on the site of Platforma.bg in order to be able to reach even more like-minded people. The second Covid 19 wave has already faced 40% of students in Bulgaria with the challenge of Distance Learning in the Electronic […]
The winners of the “Causes in Focus” amateur video contest are already clear. The aim of the competition was to encourage civil society organizations, informal groups or individuals to use the power of the short video to talk about their cause – who it matters to, what it changes – and to appeal to supporters, […]
A webinar was held on December 14 at 11:00 am, part of the project “Prevention of Domestic Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices in the Roma Community”, funded by the public board of TELUS INTERNATIONAL in Bulgaria and implemented by Center “Amalipe”. The special guests of the meeting were Teodora Krumova – Program Director of Center […]
Amalipe Center and 7 other organizations from the Roma Integration Network prepared proposals for the Strategic Framework for the Development of Education, Training and Learning in the Republic of Bulgaria (2021 – 2030) announced for public discussion. The organizations propose specific texts aimed at advocating for the educational integration of children and students from ethnic […]
At its meeting on December 9, the Council of Ministers allocated nearly BGN 17 million in additional funds for general support of schools and CSOs. They will support the budget of educational institutions to deal with the consequences of the pandemic and to provide distance learning in an electronic environment for all children. When will […]