Meet Anna Thornhill
Anna is a community worker for Cutteslowe Community Association, serving a small housing estate in North Oxford where there are many...
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The Journey Begins...
We arrive late on Saturday 2nd July 2011, and are brought to a modern hotel by our Romanian friends. It’s...
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Alternative Education Club
Discussion in one of the classrooms at the club
The Policy Centre for Roma and Minorities works with the school,...
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Ferentari
Ferentari, the poorest neighborhood in Bucharest, is home to an estimated 100,000 people, 80% of whom are Roma. After visiting...
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Laurentiu's Drug Clinic
In the small drug clinic in Ferentari
We walk to the end of one of the more salubrious streets in...
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Second Chance Programme
Back in School No. 136 we heard about the Second Chance Programme, also created and run by the Policy...
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Secondary School Visit
On Tuesday, we are taken to Dimitrie Gusti Vocational High School where they teach adults as well as young people. We...
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National Council for Combating Discrimination
Questions and answers with Istvan Haller, the head of the Council
After lunch we are taken to visit the 'Consiliul...
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British Council
Alina from the British Council Bucharest and Liviu, a volunteer from Ferentari
Wednesday morning we go to the British Council...
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A Semi-rural Community
On Thursday afternoon, we visit Sintesti, a semi-rural community, a few miles from Bucharest, on the edge of fields. We...
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British Embassy
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