Xarxa Romnia

CORONAVIRUS AID TO THE THIRD SOCIAL SECTOR

Food Bank
The Food Bank of Barcelona is also launching new programs to facilitate access to food for the most vulnerable people, since the beginning of the confinement has already distributed almost 900 thousand kgs.
The organization works every day to implement new initiatives since the requests for food aid from social organizations are constantly growing.

How to receive food aid? Click here

Càritas catalunya
The organization remains active during the year to continue supporting the most fragile individuals and families, mainly through and families, mainly essential services.
Càrites adapts its social action to the new exceptional measures generated by the *Covid-19.
The organization has set up a single telephone number to attend to all emergencies (especially basic needs such as food and shelter).

(especially basic needs such as food or housing): 900 921 810. Click here

Housing
Is there any help to pay for housing rent?
Is there any affectation for the payment of mortgages?
How does the current situation affect the eviction procedure of the rental housing where I live?
All the information on these questions, and many more, in this link: Click here

Work
Are you self-employed?
Are you unable to go out to work due to the current health crisis?
Has your income been drastically reduced?
Tutorial guide on how to apply for assistance for self-employed people economically affected by the coronavirus. Click here

You will also find more information about workers and companies in this link: Click here

General information
What is the Coronavirus? What are the reasons to stay at home? How to disinfect the house? How to deal with the children? What can I do if I feel sick?….
It is very important to have knowledge about Covid-19 and the current situation. In the following link you will find all the necessary information updated by the Generalitat.
Click here

In this document you can find all the telephones and webs of interest. COVID19_TelèfonsiWebs_PIPG_CATALUNYA

You can also watch this video of questions and answers with professionals and gypsy students from the health field about Covid-19. Click here

Mental health
During confinement it is easy to generate negative thoughts and emotions, and taking care of mental health is very important. This web application, created by the Generalitat, can help you to support you during this difficult period.

Click this link to access

Prevention of gender-based violence during confinement

In the context of confinement we ask to be attentive to the situation of women who may be suffering #MachistaViolence.
Are you suffering from gender-based violence?

The situation experienced by women who suffer male violence is exacerbated during the state of alarm. For this reason, l’Institut Català de les dones and entities reinforce the resources of attention to the victims. Check the services offered by the departments of the Generalitat, local authorities and organizations.

Posters PrevencionViolenciaGenero – link

In 2019, exceptionally, two courses of monitors have been held, one in Trinitat Nova and the other in Terrassa.

The women participants are already at the end of the course, completing their internship memories to send them in the next months.

This course offers a formal qualification, which allows participants to enter the labor market in non-formal education areas. One of the main objectives of the course is to make Romani women visible in these spaces, where they have not traditionally been represented, as role models for children and their families.

Within the course, three sessions have been organized on prevention of gender violence, preventive socialization, and 0 violence from 0 years old.

Thanks to the collaborators and specialists in the field who have voluntarily carried out these sessions.

In Drom Kotar Mestipen we carry out different types of activities. On the one hand, we have specific activities that can be considered as structural of the association, which are organized regularly and have emerged as the core of the association. On the other hand, we have activities developed through the participation in projects at local, national and European level that allow us to continue with our lines of work, especially the promotion of the education of Roma adult women and the accreditation of the non-formal competences of Roma women with the aim of promoting their inclusion in the labor market.

The main activities organized by our association:

1. Roma Women Students Gatherings of Catalonia.
We have held 17 editions of this Gathering, with more than 205-300 women participating in the last editions. This is a space for dialogue; an annual or biannual meeting where Roma students and women meet to discuss and reflect on their education as a way to overcome the inequalities suffered by Roma women.

2. Course ofmonitors of leisure activities for children and young people.
This course is accredited by the General Directorate of Youth of the Generalitat de Catalunya and is carried out for Roma women. It is free of charge and aims at the labor inclusion of Roma women without academic qualifications. In addition, it allows Roma students to have them as role models within their own schools.

3. International Congresses of Roma Women
In its first edition, grassroots Roma women from more than 15 countries discussed how to overcoming the triple exclusion they suffer and laid the foundations for the implementation of international actions and projects to overcoming it. At the same time, we are working hand in hand with a network of European entities, in the celebration next in 2018 of the II International Congress.; in which grassroots Roma women will return to debate and decide on the issues that most interest and concern them today.