An educational trip to Bratislava, Slovakia, will be held by the Ladies’ Union of Drama-H.O.H.F. on 20-22 May 2024. The trip is implemented in the framework of the program “TIME TO LEARN” and aims to exchange know-how and good practices. The mission will visit the Way Out organisation in order to be trained in their programme for Roma children called OMAMA.
Otherwise, twice a week interventions in the Roma camps of Filippou & Ampelokipi continue, aiming at the training of 30 Roma women in human rights. The project staff visit the camps twice a week and talk to the women about issues that concern them such as early marriage, pregnancy, equality, education, housing, health etc. Training materials will soon be produced through which the trainings will be conducted.
The project “TIME TO LEARN” started in March 2024 and has a duration of 12 months. It concerns the protection and promotion of the rights and values of the European Union / BUILD. It aims to train 30 Roma women living in the areas of Filippou and Ampelokipi of Drama, in human rights, the fight against anti-gayism, the empowerment of the implementing body, the exchange of know-how and good practices with institutions in Greece and abroad. The implementing body Union of Ladies of Drama-H.O.H. carries out weekly interventions in the two camps in order to inform the women, will prepare a report on possible human rights violations which will be delivered to the Ombudsman in Athens and to the corresponding body in Norway. The partner “Alysos Alert” will transfer to the implementing body its experience and know-how in the prevention and combating of domestic violence against Roma women.
The project “TIME TO LEARN” is implemented in the framework of the BUILD project, with the “Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality ” and “Alysos Alert” as a partner. The project “Building a robust and democratic civic space” (BUILD) aims to protect, promote and widely recognise the fundamental rights and values of the EU, by supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) in Greece and Cyprus and strengthening their capacities and sustainability. BUILD is co-funded by the European Union, through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, the Bodossaki Foundation and the NGO Support Centre of Cyprus with a total grant amount of €2.9 million.BUILD is coordinated by the Bodossaki Foundation (Greece) in partnership with the NGO Support Centre of Cyprus.

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