Nusfalau Community Development and Housing Gelu Duminica Executive
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Nusfalau – Community Development and Housing Gelu Duminica Executive director “Impreuna” Agency for Community Development Prague 2011, February 2 -3
Nusfalau – General Description • Nusfalau village is situated 110 km away from Cluj • 4200 inhabitants (510 Romanians, 3300 Hungarians , 426 Roma) • Roma are living in very poor conditions • The Roma Community - village border, in 3 areas: Brazilia, Bacos si Gara (Railway Station). • Brazilia Roma area – formal Colony for people infested with Plague • Roma community member - brick makers
Impreuna Agency intervention Time frame (1997 -2004) • Preparing the community (1997 -1998) • Building local partnerships, empowering the Roma voice (1998 -1999) • Support the activities propose by the Local Initiative Group created among partners (till 2004) • Housing project (1999 -2000) • Other projects (2000 -2004) • Exit strategy (2002) • Impreuna Agency exit (2004)
Main Problem HOUSING
Local Partnership - Key for success. LEI NLG Euro (aprox 2 NLG = 1 euro) Roma Family contribution 10. 929. 650 1, 518 759 Local Authorities contribution/per family 3. 000 416. 66 208 Salaj Prefectura contributoion / per family 1. 200. 000 166. 66 83 Impreuna Agency contribution 50. 000 6, 994. 44 3500 Total costs for one family 65. 129. 650 9, 095. 75 4500
Project results • 10 Roma families (30 children) improve their living conditions; • 18 new jobs were created. • other 4 houses were build and 2 renovated using the same method • The working method became a tool used by other communities also. • The community was empowered and new projects (political participation, heath mediator, electricity, IGA, education for children, community centre, ID papers, football team etc) were implemented.
Propriety rights were transferred to the local Roma NGO
Conclusions Recommendations • The integrated approach is required: housing as the main factor of social inclusion • Poor housing = poor health, poor participation on the labor market, low levels of education, low levels of public participation and self-esteem etc. Essential ingredients: - Participation and implication of Roma communities - Local Partnerships - Data from Roma communities
For more information: Agenţia de Dezvoltare Comunitară “Împreună” www. agentiaimpreuna. ro office@agentiaimpreuna. ro
