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Roma Legacy is an Archive and a Learning tool that delivers world-class learning experiences for the representatives of the new generation, youths and adults interested in Roma activism, culture, and history. Acting as a collector of stories and using different methods of storytelling, we are publishing here profound and awe-inspiring testimonies of the Roma leaders who laid the foundations for the Roma movement in their countries of origin.
The website puts at your disposal documents, documentaries, and interviews about Roma characters that sparked the Roma (R)evolution. The project is developed by Roma Education Fund (REF), an international foundation that, for almost two decades, supported Roma citizens across Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, and Turkey. REF provides grants, scholarships, and educational programs to entities and individuals who share REF’s belief în quality, inclusive education and desegregated schools and classrooms.
Roma Faces of Change
Meet some of the most important Roma leaders in Europe! Learn about their contribution to the development of the Roma movements in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Great Britain, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Serbia.
Oy, Why are You a Gypsy?
23 noiembrie 2022
In Romania, there is no greater legacy than the work and the writings of the founder of the Roma movement in this country. Get to know Nicolae Gheorghe, one of the characters that developed the Contact Point for Roma and Sinti from Organization for Security and Co-operation în Europe(OSCE).
50 Years of Roma Nation
The founding member of The Gypsy Council, a prolific activist and campaigner for the rights of the Roma and Traveller community for more than half of century, Grattan Puxon is one of the most important sources of knowledge in the world. His contribution to the formation of the Roma Nation is undisputable.
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The project is developed by Roma Education Fund (REF), an international foundation that, for almost two decades, supported Roma citizens across Central, Eastern, South Eastern Europe and Turkey. REF provides grants, scholarships, educational programs to entities and individuals who share REF’s belief în quality, inclusive education and desegregated schools and classrooms.
Roma Legacy is a project created and owned by Roma Education Fund.
The Roma Education Fund (REF) is an international foundation established in 2005 and dedicated to closing the gap in educational outcomes between Roma and non-Roma. With an active and growing network of representative offices across Central, Eastern, South Eastern Europe and Turkey, REF provides grants and scholarships to entities and individuals who share its belief in quality, inclusive education and desegregated schools and classrooms.
