Union Romani

Union Romani is a large NGO in Spain that has all kinds of programs in Spain and across Europe. I was able to speak to four different representatives about the different types of work they do for the organization, as well as recieve materials used in their programs along with their final notes with statistics and recaps of all they did in 2010. I really enjoyed meeting with them and learning about all they're doing. They focus on the "gitano" population or gypsies who have immigrated to Spain. They help immigrants of all ages and specialize on those who have been descrimiated against because they are immigrants. Anti-discrimination classes are help to inform the people of Sevilla, especially the youth, about how wrong it is to descriminate. I was able to learn about four different programs that the NGO offers, working with children, teens, and adults from all different countries over Europe.

CHARM stands for Civic Help for Anti-Racist Measures and is a program for youth groups that expresses several ways and ideas to help other youth learn about anti-racist measures. The project is taking place in 6 different countries and is part of an online campaign to spread the word about anti-discrimination among youth and youth groups across the world.

Red de Centros de Asistencia a Victimas de Discriminacion is a service that provides help to those who have been racially descrimiated against at work, through education, or living arrangement and provides them with the legal help they need to overcome the descrimation.

The rest of the programs focus more on the issue of immigration within the city. The majority of the immigrants are Romanos or Gitanos and the organization helps get them ID's to work, helps with the job search, and provides basic classes with information that can help get them started down the right path. There are also camps provided in the neighborhoods that these immigrants living in that usually have no running water and poor conditions. The camps provide children with basic classes along with medical assistance and activities like soccer to do during their free time.

The supplies given to me along with the past statistics and the information that I recieved from the interview will be very useful when writing more about NGO's in Spain, especially when talking about immigration.