Poverty Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/poverty/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:50:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Poverty Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/poverty/ 32 32 Education and Poverty https://rroma.org/education-and-poverty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=education-and-poverty Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:50:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29378 According to the article, due to poverty, migration or early marriages: Over 430 children from Plovdiv region have dropped out […]

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]]> According to the article, due to poverty, migration or early marriages: Over 430 children from Plovdiv region have dropped out of school.
Well a bit further, the article becomes a bit more differentiated: The largest number of children – 290 – dropped out of school due to going abroad. Prof. Hristina Yancheva – regional governor of Plovdiv: “The reasons for dropping out of the education system can be summarized briefly – lack of financial opportunities for inclusion in the education system, migration and of course – early marriages.”

The last point may occur, but there can’t be that many of those …

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]]> Roma Children in Institutions https://rroma.org/roma-children-in-institutions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-children-in-institutions Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:25:09 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29027 According to estimates, between 60 and 70% placed in institutions in Bulgaria are Roma, although Roma make up just over […]

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]]> According to estimates, between 60 and 70% placed in institutions in Bulgaria are Roma, although Roma make up just over 10% of the population. Sometimes they end up there with unconvincing arguments. The state does not collect data on any stage of the process, but a study by the Non-Profit Association “Equal Opportunities Initiative” shows that on the one hand, institutions are more likely to remove Roma children from their families, and on the other hand, one of the main risks leading to separation between children and parents – poverty – most often occurs among Roma. The researchers brought together community representatives and organizations working with families at risk in search of solutions.

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]]> Bulgaria: Child Poverty https://rroma.org/bulgaria-child-poverty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-child-poverty Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:44:01 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28525 Almost every third child in Bulgaria lives in material deprivation, according to data from the National Statistical Institute for last […]

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]]> Almost every third child in Bulgaria lives in material deprivation, according to data from the National Statistical Institute for last year. The most affected by the phenomenon are Roma children – over 2/3 of them, while for Bulgarians the indicator is below 1/5, and for children of Turkish origin – nearly 1/3.

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]]> Slovakia, Roma, and Poor Health https://rroma.org/slovakia-roma-and-poor-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-roma-and-poor-health Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:06:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25829 Anthropologist Andrej Belák from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) has published a scientific study in one of the most […]

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]]> Anthropologist Andrej Belák from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) has published a scientific study in one of the most prestigious social science journals in the world. It is focused on the causes of the poor health status of excluded Roma in Slovakia.

The published work is mainly based on a series of in-depth field research carried out between 2004 and 2015. “These mapped in detail the daily practice of the excluded Roma themselves and then various professionals of the health system who worked with the excluded Roma on a daily basis,” the SAV spokeswoman explained. According to her, the work brings to the fore and vividly summarizes deeper connections that have been little known in the international context until now.

Well, you do not really need a PhD to understand that exclusion and poverty are not good for one’s health…

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]]> Bulgaria, Roma, Beggars, and Switzerland https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-beggars-and-switzerland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-beggars-and-switzerland Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:00:17 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24334 Due to the presence of s few Roma beggars from Bulgaria in Bern, members of the police in charge of […]

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]]> Due to the presence of s few Roma beggars from Bulgaria in Bern, members of the police in charge of foreigners went to Burgas, Bulgaria, together with journalists from the Tages-Anzeiger.

They do report on the poverty, precarity, and dreadful living conditions, but also speak (rather lest someone speak) about Roma chiefs, who, when owed money that is not repaid, “forces” people to work, “for example as a beggar” in Switzerland. They also say that begging is an important source of income.

Not when the average income of a beggar is less than 20 francs. There are other means that are way more lucrative.

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]]> Slovakia and Poverty https://rroma.org/slovakia-and-poverty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-poverty Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:20:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24304 An article on the improvements in terms of work and poverty in the town of Rimavská Sobota, in South Central […]

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]]> An article on the improvements in terms of work and poverty in the town of Rimavská Sobota, in South Central Slovakia. There, the unemployment has been the highest in Slovakia for a long time, but it has fallen sharply over the last 10 years. In addition, a large investment is planned for the district, the German company Winkelmann will build a plant there, which will create 450 jobs.

At the exit meeting on Wednesday, the government distributed approximately two million euros to various projects in the districts of Rimavská Sobota and Poltár.

What benefit will come to Roma still needs to be seen.

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]]> Slovakia, Poverty and Hunger https://rroma.org/slovakia-poverty-and-hunger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-poverty-and-hunger Tue, 31 Jan 2023 07:11:02 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19294 A blog article in Slovakia that reflects many stereotypes. Young Roma groomed for begging for food. They are dirty, badly […]

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]]> A blog article in Slovakia that reflects many stereotypes. Young Roma groomed for begging for food. They are dirty, badly dressed. And among them, one exemplary young Rom who doesn’t want to turn out like his parents.

What the blog is mentions is that the shop in the village is 30 to 50% more expensive than the supermarket. The blogger misses the fact that these Roma cannot go to the supermarket, as they have no car…

In brief, a very bad article.

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]]> EU Report and the Czech Republic https://rroma.org/eu-report-and-the-czech-republic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-report-and-the-czech-republic Thu, 27 Oct 2022 06:24:52 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=18428 According to the EU Fundamental Right Agency (FRA) Report on Roma, Roma in the Czech Republic, poverty threatens 77 % […]

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]]> According to the EU Fundamental Right Agency (FRA) Report on Roma, Roma in the Czech Republic, poverty threatens 77 % of Romani people, a clear deterioration of the situation as compared to 2016, when poverty threatened 58 % of Roma.

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]]> Europe and Roma https://rroma.org/europe-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=europe-and-roma-3 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:51:01 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=18407 European countries with large Roma populations are making little progress towards equality for this minority. This is the result of […]

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]]> European countries with large Roma populations are making little progress towards equality for this minority. This is the result of a study published by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union in Vienna today.

In ten eastern and southern countries surveyed, 80 percent of Roma are at risk of poverty, the same number as in a 2016 survey. In the total EU population, 17 percent are currently at risk of poverty.

Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe with an estimated population of ten to twelve million. For its study last year, the FRA surveyed almost 8,500 of them and collected data on around 20,000 people in Greece, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The EU agency uses Roma as a collective term that also includes the Sinti group.

As usual, percentages about Roma are always suspect, as the true number of Roma is not known.

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]]> Water in Ukraine https://rroma.org/water-in-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-in-ukraine Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:20:07 +0000 http://rroma.org/?p=6419 Access to water in Ukraine’s Rroma settlement is often blighted by corruption, bad infrastructure, and a general lack of will. […]

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]]> Access to water in Ukraine’s Rroma settlement is often blighted by corruption, bad infrastructure, and a general lack of will.

Bad.

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