Theme: Roma rights

#‎SolidarityRomaUkraine‬ The war and the reconfiguration of borders has increased the vulnerability of Roma children, who were already in a precarious situation. Oleg, who lives in Toretsk, has not been able to receive a government benefit for his preschooler Angelina…

Before the war, Yekaterina lived in Horlivka, but when the fighting broke out she and her family escaped to Dzerzhynsk (now Toretsk), where they managed to rent a house. In December, 2015, she gave birth to Yegor, who required specialized…

The Roma families that have fled the fighting have had to overcome innumerable obstacles to keep their children in school. Irina and her daughter Natasha, who lived in Luhansk Oblast’s Lutuhyne District before the war, have been forced to move…

The wartorn house of a big Roma family in Slavyansk hasn’t yet restored. To repair the destroyed roof, building materials are needed but it’s difficult for Roma to procure them. In 2014, this house was occupied by separatists, later fights…