The educational mediators of the Amalipe Center and the Roma Integration Network in Action!
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 the neighborhoods, visiting children and monitoring their online learning.
In implementation of the Operational Program for Food and / or Basic Material Assistance to the Most Deprived Persons, co-financed by the Fund for European Assistance to the Most Deprived Persons, the Bulgarian Red Cross begins the gradual provision of food packages to over 287,000 households, which include about 543,000 Bulgarian citizens.
Together with its activists, field workers and educational mediators, the Roma Integration Network, which is at the forefront of daily efforts to maintain quarantine and prevent infection in Roma neighborhoods in dozens of municipalities across the country, from 19- In May 2020, the distribution of food banks provided by the Bulgarian Red Cross began.
Following the submission of the lists by the Amalipe Center, the Managing Authority of the Operational Program for Food, European Assistance Fund for the Most Deprived, carried out an inspection for duplicates in the lists of persons identified during the first stage of distribution, which ended. on 16.04.2020 and in those set for the second stage of distribution, which starts from 19.05. 2020
The approved municipalities are: Shumen, Hayredin, Novo Selo, Krivodol, Pavlikeni and Kaspichan, and the food packages consist of:
Oil – 2l./2pcs x1l .;
Lentils – 2 kg / 2 pcs. х1кг .;
Green beans – 1, 600 kg / 2 pcs. x 0.800;
Flour – 6 kg / 6 pcs. x 1 kg;
Casserole – 1,600 kg. /2 pcs. x o, 800;
Spaghetti – 1,500 / 3 pcs. x 0.500;
Sterile tomatoes – 1pc, x 0.800;
Beef meatballs – 1 pc. x 0.300;
Chicken fricassee – 0.600 kg / 2 pcs. x 0.300;
Jam – 1pc. x 0.500;
Lutenitsa – 1 pc. x 0.500.
Or total amount: 17,400 kg.
Educational mediators, activists and field workers provide full assistance to the Bulgarian Red Cross in distributing food to people’s homes. For this purpose, they established a connection with the regional structures of the Bulgarian Red Cross, as well as assistance for all other measures aimed at prevention of the infection and compliance with the conditions of the state of emergency. The same was done by the colleagues from the Integra Association and the municipalities from the RomAct program.
We are convinced that together we will succeed! We believe that this is the only prospect for every Bulgarian citizen to ensure a dignified existence for his family and to benefit the whole society.
We are grateful to the Food Operational Program for the cooperative attitude and the inclusion of a third target group not covered in principle by the program! At the same time, bureaucratic requirements for organizations to provide personal identification numbers to citizens have made it impossible to receive food packages from many families in dire need. It is not logical for mediators and civil society activists to collect personal data, as this can easily be done by the ASA governing body. We call on the Food Operational Program to make a new delivery to eliminate this bureaucratic requirement.
The Roma Integration Network is a union of Amalipe Center, World Without Borders, Association “New Way” – Hayredin, SF “Indy Roma – 97” – Kuklen, RF “Iskra” – Shumen, Community Center “Romano Drom” – Dobrich, Association ” Diverse and equal “- Sofia