We help reduce school segregation by linking parents, schools, and municipalities.
We help reduce school segregation by linking parents, schools, and municipalities.
Data • Collaboration • Measurable progress
What we do
Our main activities
We empower parents
With information and training, we empower Roma parents and lead them towards independence from social services.
We lead the campaign of enrolments of Romani children to mainstream schools and kindergartens
We support Parents to enrol Roma children in quality mainstream primary schools and kindergartens, and advocate for their equal access to quality education.
Advocacy for equal access to education
We lead the litigation in discrimination against Romani children in education and assist parents in law enforcement.
We build a healthy and strong community
We support and encourage active parents to become a volunteer member in our campaigns and eventually coach them to become an organizer of Roma communities and a leader in their community.
Our story
Awen Amenca is a non-profit helping municipalities and schools reduce segregation. We organise parents, support headteachers and founders of the schools, adjust catchment and placement practices, and track class-level change over time. We also empower Romani parents to become good parents for their children.
"Leadership, organizing and Action" to bring the change
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ENROLLED ROMANI KIDS INTO QUALITY MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS
We enrolled 985 kids into quality mainstream schools over four years of our campaigns
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CITIES WHERE WE HELP WITH DESEGREGATION PROCESS
Together with Association of Roma Parents, we operate in eight localities in Ostrava, Brno, Havířov and Česka Třebova.
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NEW YOUNG PEOPLE TRAINED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Over two hundred and sixty two volunteers have actively participated in our campaigns in four years.
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
We have approached four thousand two hundred and thirty people in the localities who support our work. More than 2,000 people have also supported us last year by attending our events in Ostrava.