We are very happy to share the latest results of the MIȘTO AVILEAN project implemented by the Terre des hommes Romania Foundation, in which the ProRoma Tinca School was a partner with other schools from 12 different counties.

You can see our school at minute 1:35 in the video below.

One of the last distributions of this year’s shoebox campaign took place at our Private Christian School for the Roma kids in Tinca. First the children enjoyed a fabulous puppets show so kindly offered by our new friends from Teatrul de papusi OAC then they received their marvellous gifts from our generous donors in Cumbria, UK.

Thank you Boxes of Hope, Cumbria for the boxes and your continuous support throughout the year for this miracle in progress!

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Looking forward to this year’s #BoxesOfHope campaign starting soon!

Many thanks to our special friends & partners from Boxes of Hope, Cumbria for their love & generosity this year again!

VICTORY! Together with colleagues from the www.traficdepersoane.ro platform, we've had a great victory: We managed to rectify the error in the criminal code, which modified the prescription terms for the crimes of child trafficking and child pornography.

Some photos from our kindergarten learning activities in Tinca, Romania.

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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest! - Benjamin Franklin

ProRoma Private Primary School, Tinca, Romania!

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Attending the Meetings of the EU Network of National Rapporteurs and Equivalent Mechanisms and the EU Civil Society Platform against Trafficking in Human Beings 20/10/2020 - 21/10/2020 as a member of civil society working directly in the anti-trafficking and after care programs for victims of human trafficking

The European Commission published its Third report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings. This Report identifies key patterns and challenges in addressing trafficking in human beings, provides an analysis of statistics and outlines the results of anti-trafficking actions. It is complemented by a staff working document providing detailed, comprehensive and substantiated information.

https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/eu-policy/third-report-progress-made-fight-against-trafficking-human-beings_en

The figures say very little about the real situation regarding the phenomenom of human trafficking. We extracted some data related to the first semester of 2020. Even in a situation of pandemic, emergency, isolation, etc. the figures increased compared to the same period of 2019, with requests for assistance from our organization increasing, requests from both Romania and abroad.

Statistics for Q1 of 2020 (an increase of 16% compared to Q1 in 2019)

302 victims identified
- 211 sexual exploitation, 62 work, 18 begging, 11 tentative.

128 minors
- 94 girls and 34 boys

215 women
- 56 exploited in Romania and 246 in other countries

183 have professional school, 87 high school, 20 without studies

42 child pornography, 12 internet pornography

Source: anitp.mai.gov.ro/studii

“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” – Author Unknown

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison

Kindergarten fun and activities at ProRoma, Tinca!

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