A very productive collaboration has been established with the local Roma organization "Amaro Kher" and the city of Pavlograd, as a part of intercultural strategy implementation of the latter. "Amaro Kher" was established in 2012 and is the first Roma organization in the city. In 2017, the "Lessons of Tolerance" initiative was launched in the schools of Pavlograd, when members of Roma community offered a series of lessons for school kids of different age groups in order to get them with Roma culture and overcome existing stereotypes.
The year 2017 was particularly remarkable for Pavlograd’s Roma community, as "Amaro Kher’s" project "Romas’ Square" won the competition for funding under the Pavlograd City Council and DTEK “Pavlohradvugillya Company’s” initiative "Community with our own hands".
Given the fact that "Amaro Kher" is very active participant in social, charitable, and volunteer initiatives in Pavlograf, in 2017, by the decision of the City Council a free loan for communal property was offered to the organization.
Evaluation: Some results of the “Lessons of Tolerance” are already visible: the visible interest to the Roma culture, cuisine, music and traditions has been noticed among school kids. The city administration plans to evaluate the impact of this and Roma’s Square projects at the same time upon their completion in 18 months.
Partnership: The action was implemented thanks to a partnership between the city of Pavlograd, city schools, private business companies and Roma civil society organization.
