Minority Rights Group 154d ago

Organisation: RIGHT ASSOCIATION | ASOCIAȚIA RIGHT- RIGHT EGYESÜLET The project empowers Roma children through swimming, building self-esteem and promoting community integration. Advanced swimmers will assist younger children and will learn how to handle bullying. The project also includes the activity “Photovoice”, where children use cameras to document their experiences, with the best photos showcased in an exhibition and sent to decision-makers to raise awareness about housing conditions. The activity is taking place alongside a “Forum Theatre” which will also encourage children to explore social issues through interactive performances, fostering problem-solving and community solidarity. The activity will boost confidence, resilience, and community involvement among Roma youth. ASOCIAȚIA RIGHT- RIGHT EGYESÜLET has been supported by a grant from MRG's MARIO programme. The MARIO programme works to build a supportive environment for grassroots Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engaged in the promotion and protection of EU values across Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia. We select, provide financial support, and build the capacity of grassroots CSOs representing minority communities with grants. We do it for both national and transnational values. We do it to increase the resilience of grassroots CSOs. We do it to advance the protection, promotion and awareness of EU fundamental rights and values in the EU. We understand the difficulties that come with functioning as a grassroots CSO. How it can be difficult to find the funds needed to develop your activities, how the space for civic and democratic action has shrunk, and how weaponized bureaucracy, harassment and growing nationalism have made your work more difficult. In particular, we understand how this has only been exacerbated with the onset of Covid-19. We want to address these limitations: the lack of relevant funding opportunities, the lack of access to EU structures and mechanisms that protect and promote human rights, the lack of institutional support and related partnership opportunities, and the limited capacity for awareness-raising and advocacy, and how all this limits the potential of so many promising organizations. Find out more - https://minorityrights.org/mario/