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Author: Antony Mahony, a visitor from London
" ... Robert Bu is EHO’s Roma Programme Manager. “At the moment we [Ecumenical Humanitarian Organisation (EHO)] are the only grassroots organisation in Voivodina with the capacity to run a social inclusion and housing project. It’s a challenge and a great responsibility, but we are achieving something very important here”. Robert sees the participation of the Roma people in all phases of the project as the main difference between this project and other regional programmes. The people build on their own capacities and resources and thus contribute to the development of the local community. “This model does not impose ready-made solutions. Individual planning increases the feeling of ownership of the process and allows the target group to take its own decisions”. ..." To further read Anthony Mahony's analytical full article , please click on the link >HERE< (PDF, 55KB), published with author's kind permission. Click on "Read More..." below to wiev pictures from a few real life examples in the participatory process >>>
Please click on images to ENLARGE them: Houses of Sitas Sandor and Sitas Dragan in 2004:
Houses of Sitas Sandor and Sitas Dragan in 2009:
A Roma On-the-Job trainee executing the plumbing works inside the Sitas Dragan's bathroom.
Functional bathroom inside the house of Sitas Sandor (bathroom equipement is benefitiary's own investment).
Sitas family in front of their "new" house:
Ljilja Ličanin example:
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