{"id":57422,"date":"2022-02-21T22:14:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activecitizensfund.ro\/?p=57422"},"modified":"2022-03-03T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:40:20","slug":"florin-nasture-imi-doresc-ca-membrii-comunitatii-sa-aiba-o-mentalitate-in-care-violenta-domestica-si-abuzul-sunt-considerate-de-neacceptat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activecitizensfund.ro\/en\/florin-nasture-imi-doresc-ca-membrii-comunitatii-sa-aiba-o-mentalitate-in-care-violenta-domestica-si-abuzul-sunt-considerate-de-neacceptat\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Florin Nasture: I want community members to have a mindset where domestic violence and abuse are considered unacceptable."},"content":{"rendered":"

A warm conversation about Roma inclusion and empowerment with Florin Nasture, President of the Roma Cultural Center O Del Amen\u00e7a<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span>What is the story of the \u201eEmpowerment, Zuralipe, Abilitare\u201d project?<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our organization has been working in several Roma communities for many years and we have noticed that the usual approach, based only on services in which Roma people are considered a \u201etarget group\", clients of social measures, without taking into account the role the social and cultural capital plays in empowering these communities, can lead to the development of the victim mentality and social dependence. I have also noticed that politicians keep these people, intentionally or unintentionally, in a state of vulnerability because the poor are easier to handle, especially politically. Seeing all of this, we updated the mission of our organization and focused on this empowerment part, empowering members of Roma communities to hold local authorities accountable for their responsibilities. Thus, we made sure that in all our projects we included, where possible, a component of community empowerment and organization. At first, it was difficult to approach communities in this way because funding, especially from European funds, was not aimed at such an approach. We were glad to see that ACF programme was launched because we could approach communities loyal to our mission with the belief that we could change something in the long run.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span>What does it mean for you an #impactful project? Is this project one with #Impact? Why?<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

An impactful project is one that produces a long-term change in mentality, behavior, society. It is very unlikely that the impact can be measured during the implementation of the project, but some signs can suggest that the project may or may not have an impact. We believe that once the members of the community are empowered with knowledge, skills and abilities for self-organization, the impact will be ensured. In addition, the approach of these communities is not a \u201ehit and run\" in which we move on after meeting our goals and indicators. We have included these communities in our organization's strategy, which has a 10-year implementation period (2020-2030). So we are particularly interested in the impact we produce and we will be there to enjoy the success of the intervention, not just the achievement of indicators over a period of 2 years, for example.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>