(May 16) The social rehabilitation and socio-educational integration of children from Panciu, a town of 8000 inhabitants of the Southeast region of Vrancea, Romania. This is the objective of the project funded by the Italian Cooperation and implemented by the NGO COMI (Cooperation for the Developing World) in collaboration with “Rom pentru Rom”, a local partner. An 8% of the population of Panciu – explains the Italian Cooperation in a statement – is composed by Gypsies plus disabled children, orphans, children with immigrant parents, for a total of about 200 disadvantaged children. The funding (amounting to 345,240 euros) allowed, in particular, to complete the restoration of the “Pinocchio Center” and train local operators on maintaining activities and funding research by collecting sponsorship and presenting new projects. (Roc/Red)
