165 Years since the end of Roma slavery

Today marks 165 years since, as the text of the Legislation for the Emancipation of All Gypsies in the Principality of Wallachia said, the Romanian people parted ways with "the inhumanity and shame of holding slaves."

It was one of those moments of a very special relevance for the course towards the renewal and westernization of the Romanian society in the middle of the 19th century. Like the short-lived Union of Principalities or the reforms that followed, the liberation of the Roma played a major role in changing the profile and values ​​of society at that time, preparing our country for the encounter with its European modernity.

The liberation from 1856 was a great challenge for the Romanian society as a whole. For the Roma, hundreds of years of deprivation of liberty have left deep scars that are difficult to heal. The law that disobeyed them did not solve the enormous gap, economically and socially, to which the Roma were victims, and in the decades that followed many expressions of discrimination, hatred and racism tragically marked their existence.

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Strategic Planning in the fight against Human Trafficking

The strategic planning meeting of the ProTECT platform (www.traficdepersoane.ro) which brings together 20 organizations with experience and expertise in the field of the fight against human trafficking in Romania.

The People to People Foundation is a member of the Board of Directors of the Platform represented by colleagues with recognized expertise in working directly with the victims of this phenomenon. Together with our colleagues, we set out (in addition to the prevention and specialized assistance activities we have been carrying out for over 10 years) to be much more active and visible at the community level and especially in front of decision-makers, who, through the their politics, can bring significant improvements in the fight against trafficking!

• Abolishion RO
• Adpare
• AIDRom
• Asociatia Alternative Sociale
• Armata Salvării România Betania Oradea
• CSD (Centrul pentru Studiul Democratiei)
• Dorcas
• eLiberare
• @Free
• Generație Tânără România
• Organizatia Institutul Bucovina
• International Justice Mission
• Justice and Care
• @liberatED
• LOGS Grup de Inițiative Sociale
• Fundatia Micu Bogdan
• Fundația Missio Link International
• Open Door Foundation
• People2People Foundation
• Radiant Hope

#united  #platformaprotect  #humantrafficking  #Restore

What could stop us from bringing joy to children?

On the last day of the holidays, 16 children from the ProRoma Tinca School embarked on a new adventure with Scooby Doo and his friends, together with the children from the Caritas Foundation St. Stefan Saniob Social Center and the #AsociatiaMereuImpreuna (#AlwaysTogetherAssociation).

For some of them it was their first experience at the cinema. The children had fun with Mister Nicu, with whom they danced and sang tirelessly at the office of #AsociatiaMereuImpreuna, they jumped on the trampoline, played football, ate delicious food, served cake and ice cream, took pictures with Minnie and Mickey Mouse.

We remain friends and plan future activities.

Thank you #CatunulVerde for being close to us.

More photos can be viewed on facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/people2people.ro/posts/3937331586317295