HOPE FOR ROMA

Hope for Roma is led by a group of people living near the Roma village. We are as a team committed to trying to help the Roma find a better quality of life. Five members make up the board listed below…... With the Women: The primary work right now is a handcraft business called Roma Rebrik (ladder). The women are trained in sewing by machine and other handcraft skills in order to create marketable products. They work at the Hope for Roma workshop though they may work on small products at home... We are also beginning to train capable women in further ways in order for them to be leaders and also train other Roma women. Generally Roma women do not have driver's licenses. This is partly due to the cost of driving school (ca. $500) which legally is required. Hope for Roma has already paid for one Roma women to get her license which then gives her flexibility to drive to the city to take courses, taking other women with her. We will be supporting another couple of women in this next year..