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Making the Connection
By: advocacyproject
Posted: Nov 14 07
Witnessed: 1491 times
Regions: Hungary, Romania, Serbia
Issues: Minorities, Poverty, Racial discrimination
Tags: advocacy, discrimination, e-riders, Poverty, Roma, Roma advocacy, Support, technology
The pilot phase of the Roma Information Project (RIP) was launched in January 2002. The Advocacy Project trained six Roma "eRiders" who would be able to provide ICT support to over 100 Roma.
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