Our biggest problem is unemployment
According to Béla Babos, chairman of the Phralipe Independent Gypsy Organization, the new Communal Work Programme, which came into practice on January 1, 2011, creates further problems with the employment of uneducated Gypsies. In his opinion, the creation of jobs shouldn’t be a local government task, but the task of the national government. Support needs to be given to those living in deep poverty so that they can work.
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Most people hardly hear or know anything about the living conditions and everyday concerns of the Roma population living in extreme poverty, often in segregated settlements.
During their visits in North-Eastern Hungary, our colleagues interview locals about the issues they are currently most concerned with. The aim of our new series entitled “Make Your Voice Seen” is to deliver the messages of these people to a broader public.
