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UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS & The Issues of Roma Children
UNICEF RO carried out a series of studies and researches in order to document and monitor the situation of Roma children
http://www.unicef.org/r omania/RECIOverview.pdf
http://www.unicef.org/romania/On e_school_for_all_pt_WEB.pdf
http://www.unicef.org/romania/ Roma_school.pdf
The main dropout determinants are financial lacks (44%), poor academic results (16%), and only to a small extent Roma parents lack of interest in childrens education (9%) or the early marriage phenomenon (4% of answers from parent questionnaires); Most of the schools lack coherent and efficient dropout prevention strategies and they take action when it is already too late or they resort to inappropriate means; 64% of Roma children from Romani-speaking families learn in segregated classes as compared to 48.3% of children from Romanian-speaking households.
At community level:
Early School Leaving: possible ways of prevention (2009 , UNICEF and Centrul Educaia 2000+) http://www.unicef.ro/publicatii/educatie /renuntarea-timpurie-la-educatie.html
Lack of individual security in the area; The custom of discontinuing education after the eighth grade; Early marriage custom & having a child;
Family School
Community
School Mediators
The school
School Attendance Initiative
School Directors
Community Leaders
Local authorities
Parents
60% of the children at drop-out risk have improved their school attendance In 50% of the schools the drop-out rate has decreased by 15-40% compared with the rates recorded in the last two years School directors increased capacity to prevent and reduce the causes of drop-out and absenteeism Enhanced ability of teachers to adapt teaching methods to the needs of the children at risk Better prepared school mediators in applying methods to reduce and prevent drop-out Increased awareness on the importance of education among the parents A deeper understanding among the local authorities on the educations value for community development
2011 - 2012
141 communities at national level Over 50.000 children part of the campaign
Objectives: Increase capacity at local level; Invest in Roma human resources; Develop Roma role models at local level.
Tools
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Identification of over 20 successful adult Roma role models from various professions (including layer, policeman, priest, actor, social worker, etc.) Development of a set of materials to convey the message: a 20 minutes documentary movie about the professional success of these Roma role models that succeeded in life using the educational path and a book comprising the life stories of the role models Valorisation of educational process among Roma youth in 30 schools from Romania with a large number of Roma pupils. Using a caravan, each school was visited with the presence of one of the role models. Children were exposed to the movie, after which discussions were held between the children and the role model Raise of awareness of issue among communities and stakeholders
Launching Events Teaser for the documentary; Photo Exposition Two public figures endorsed the campaign: a Roma singer, very popular among youth, Connect-R and a young Romanian actress Adela Popescu Facebook Campaign on UNICEF Facebook page (over 70.000 fans) Roma Role Models promoted through Roma Week at the French Cultural Institute Debate on the Invisible Roma Subject participants from Roma NGOs, press, key opinion leaders, Roma & Romanian Students Round table on the subject of Roma social inclusion Launching Success Stories Book
http://www.unicef.ro/wpcontent/uploads/unicef_desp re-noi.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHXfoTE4Vc http://youtu.be/YRA4qDASLG0
MOVIE_QU'EST-CE QUE TU VEUX FAIRE QUAND TU SERAS GRAND?_FR Movie_"What do you want to be when you grow up?"_EN Movie_Ce vrei sa te faci cand vei fi mare?_RO
Teaser Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire quand tu seras grand? Teaser "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Teaser campanie "Ce vrei sa te faci cand vei fi mare"
Thank You!
Luminia Costache
Social Policy Specialist UNICEF Romania lcostache@unicef.org