Dancing in the Roma community

Roma children in Slovakia usually do not have any extracurricular activities. They do not spend time meaningfully outside of school hours and do not have any possibilities for self-realization. The project will address these needs by engaging Roma children in Velka Ida municipality to regular, twice a week physical and dance trainings. Children involved in the project will be chosen by the partner of the project - Primary school in Velka Ida. These regular after-school activities will give Roma children opportunity to build stamina, learn responsibility and spend their time meaningfully. Moreover, by creating dance choreography and attending public performance at the end of the project, Roma children will present themselves in public. This will help increase the acceptance and reduce prejudice of majority towards Roma minority. The project is a continuation of a successful project carried out in the 1st and 2nd call, with previously handicappped children in wheelchairs being the target group.