OZ Cesta von is active in the area of empowerment of Roma mothers in care and education of their children in early age. While working in families, Omama is regularly facing the unsuitable living conditions in Roma communities. That is why we decided to connect the housing program with the early intervention one.
The role of Practical school is to educate Roma students coming from
Kecerovce-Olšava region in masonry. Useful cooperation between the applicant
and the school was established already in the pilot phase in 2014. Within the practical training,
students will help families in the process of self-help
construction of their houses. While helping, the students
willlearn and train masonry skills. The practice will be
done under the supervision of school masters.
Important
partner involved to implementation is Slovenská sporiteľňa, a. s. – bank that provides micro-loansfor building material. Micro-loans are for clients who qualified during
the saving period.
Very
important partners are municipalities. They prepare land for construction of
houses, technical infrastructure – roads, water supply, sewerage.
Municipalities are field social work providers. This service is very important
for effective self-help construction program implementation.
Municipality Kecerovce
Contact: Kecerovce č. 92, 044 47 Kecerovce; web: www.obeckecerovce.sk; e-mail: ou@obeckecerovce.sk; contact person: Miroslav Gala-Zaufal