A young family in Frumuşani. Last year Cristian Buceanu, the only Roma representative on the council, introduced a proposal to allocate approximately 10,000 euro to expand the electicity network to houses in Frumuşani. The other councilors voted against the proposal, alleging that the Roma townspeople do not contribute to the local budget and therefore should not benefit from public funds.
In Frumuşani, the Roma Education Fund, supported by the World Bank and Open Society Foundations, is working to break through barriers local Roma children face when it comes to completing their primary school education.
The Hungarian civil society organization UCCU Roma Informal Education Foundation recently launched a campaign film designed to raise awareness and encourage discussion on the issue of inclusive education in Hungary.
La Familia Ayara is a grantee of the Open Society Youth Initiative's Global Debate program. Their groundbreaking work integrating debate and hip-hop is highlighted in this post and in the accompanying video.
The Open Society Foundations are committed to empowering young people by supporting efforts to increase access to quality education. From early childhood to higher education, we work to ensure young people from different backgrounds have equal access to education and to promote critical thinking, respect for diverse opinions, and free and open intellectual inquiry.
What does inclusive education look like in Kyrgyzstan? At Obereg Rehabilitation Center, some students are finding out.
The director of IDENTOBA, an Open Society grantee working in Georgia, speaks frankly about the barriers faced there by the LGBTQI community.
The practice of putting children on sex offender registries is one glaring example of how we have failed to provide true justice for kids.
