Today, in Ferentari, started the Summer School 2022, part of Non Formal Educational Program of “Avdives, Khetaes” project (translation “Today, together”). Monday to Friday, for four weeks, children from Ferentari neighborhood can participate in a variety of practical sessions. They can chose the activity that suits them better – creative, sport, personal development, civic education and debates, science and experiments.
other than the formal framework of school and history textbooks. An innate curiosity only tempered by a neighborhood that did not spare her childhood from contact with various forms of discrimination.
Vlad Roșianu is a talented teenager from Ferentari, passionate about photography and performing arts. His first solo photo exhibition, titled #INSIGNIFICANT and hosted by the Ferentari Studios in April 2021, proves his keen eye for social reality. He nevertheless tends to “poetize” this reality and filter it with aspirational eyes. Vlad also loves acting, a passion he discovered at PlayHood’s creative workshops. For him, art projects, in general, are a way to cultivate beauty and stay out of trouble.
Fundația Amfiteatru in partnership with City Hall of Sector 5 and Belin Community Development Association presented the intermediate results after the first year of activity of the project “Avdives, Khetanes” (translation “Today, together”). Increasing quality of life of roma communities contributing to increasing inclusion and abilitating roma people from two marginalized areas of Romania – Belin commune, Covasna county and Ferentari neighborhood, Bucharest – represents the main objective of the project. The conference was organizes online and the recording is available here
“For me, high school was and will remain the most beautiful experience, one that continues through PlayHood”—A self-portrait by Miki, sound master at Ferentari Studios.…
Eugen Raportoru has reached a point where his work speaks for itself. Invited to this year’s Venice Biennale to represent the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture, Eugen Raportoru confirms his status as an artistic symbol of this ethnic group. However, his life was not always easy, and he experienced a late consecration. Still, despite all adversity, the fact that he succeeded demonstrates his potential to become a role model for aspiring young Roma. Just as artist Ion Brodeală had been an influence for young Eugen, at a time when today’s brilliant career could not even be glimpsed…
For centuries, music has been the only way Roma people could carry on with their culture, traditions, language, and even myths. However, after the collapse…
Interview with Nicoleta Vișan, the woman who changed the face of anti-eviction activism in Ferentari
own house. Yet, she never hesitates to help people in her community or people facing eviction.
Creative teenagers and young adults who grew up in Ferentari neighborhood in Bucharest write articles about Roma culture, with editorial guidance, as part of “Avdives,…
Second week of non-formal education summer program convinced more children from Belin to participate in the activities. They discovered together: Health as civil right and…