Budapest
Gyöngyház utca 8. 2/1
1132
Hungary
- Democracy and community development
- Youth and education
Board: 8 members, Chief Executive Director: 1member Program Director: 1 member Financial Assistant: 1 member Regional Coordinator: 4 members
Educational Team: 25 members(volunteers) Budgetary resources available: national and international sources Modalities of action: concrete projects Main partner: ELTE University Department of Social Psychology Budapest, Hungary
UCCU Foundation believes that real learning can only happen through dialogue, experience and active participation. Our goal is to spread the message on the importance of mutual respect of people and the dialogue between cultures, to reduce the existing misconceptions and prejudices regarding Roma in our society. Our goal is to live in a more open and accepting world. Lack of acceptance often derives from the lack of information. In Hungary most anti-Roma people do not really know those they reject. To stop this notion, UCCU provides an opportunity for primary and secondary school children to meet and engage in discussion with Roma youth. Along with sensitization in primary and secondary schools, UCCU Foundation serves an important role in community building and training of young Roma leaders. The organization places a big emphasis on training young Roma, developing their skills and knowledge, not only those necessary to carry out the educational activities, and activities in connection with the moderator role. The Foundation is operating in the entire country. Alongside the Budapest team, we have volunteer hubs is Pecs, Miskolc and Ózd.
The main activity of UCCU foundation is delivering tolerance education sessions in public schools lead by our young Roma volunteers. The impacts of our educational activities (strengthening of debate culture, critical thinking, more tolerant attitudes and behavior, a more open and tolerant way of thinking) have been researched and found to be effective by school teachers and students. We offer these well-established informal education modules mostly in primary and secondary schools, but are open to invitations to other all kinds of events with a similar theme.