Upre Roma, Italy – situation is worse than anywhere else

Date 5 April 2020 Author Gabriela Hrabanova Category Community needs, Pandemic RE-ACTIONS

In Northern Italy, where the situation is worse than anywhere else in the world, our member Upre Roma is putting all efforts into activating political contacts and lobbying all administrative and political levels to provide basic necessities for poor communities.  40,000 poor people, many of them Roma, are left without food.

No NGO would have the means or would even be allowed to support all these people, so political action is needed. Upre Roma has also started a petition to demand access to clean water for Roma camps. At the same time, the activists are constantly on the phone, informing people about how to access their rights, how to get support etc.

Source: ERGO Network