Job vacancy in Budapest: Managing director of Phiren Amenca Phiren Amenca – RGDTS Nonprofit Kft. is looking for a managing director for its coordination office in Budapest. Phiren Amenca is an international network of Roma and non-Roma voluntary service organizations
Armenian, Jewish and Roma Diasporas Join Efforts to Popularise Their European Heritage Public Conference at Central European University on October 16, left to right Zsuzsa Fritz, Nathan Peres, Yervant Zorian, Iulius Rostas 23 October, 2015, Brussels – A seminar entitled “Diasporas’ Heritage and
2nd of August – Roma Holocaust Commemoration in Komárom, Hungary Phiren Amenca commemorated the Roma Holocaust on August 2, 2015 in the Csillagerőd (Star Fortress) in Komárom, Hungary. This year we organised this commemoration in the fortress where in 1944
Romani Resistance Day in Budapest Several hundred people attended the event, organized on the Mátyás square in the centre of the 8th district of Budapest – a district known for its high percentage of Roma population. The people were curious.
Report on the X-Chavalem youth exchange by Irina Spataru Have you ever heard about Roma Superheroes? No? Well, I’m sure you‘ve heard about the Marvel characters Magneto or Nightcrawler. If you did, then you already know some Roma Heroes. Besides
The Roma solidarity march „City for the people, not for profit”, dedicated to victims of forced evictions, will take place in Cluj-Napoca on 17 July 2015 as a cultural-civic action, part of the “So Keres, Europa?! – Changemakers’ week in
April 15, 2015 marked a historical moment. The European Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority to finally adopt a resolution which recognizes “the historical fact of the genocide of Roma that took place during World War II” and concludes “that
„Ally is a person who wants to support a marginalized group of persons, but is not part of this group.“ (chescaleigh). How can this ally-concept change the way we work in the Phiren Amenca network? My task as intern in
Volunteering abroad is a fascinating experience, where one can learn new skills and knowledge by being in an unfamiliar environment, meet people from different cultures and see new places of the world. However, there are those sides of international volunteering
„New Wave in Roma Public Life” was a 20 months long youth democracy project supported by the Youth in Action Program, coordinated by Digonál Hungary and Phiren Amenca. Our goal was to overcome geographical distances and get information about the Roma