Romania

A significant proportion of Romani families live in unsafe and segregated neighborhoods. Given that adult Romani people have limited opportunities to enter the labor market, this affects children’s access to education and health care. In Romania, fewer Romani children start and complete school than non-Romani children.

This is what Erikshjälpen is focusing on in Romania

In Romania, Erikshjälpen works with a focus on Roma children's rights and inclusion in society, where the combination of education, health and safety and protection provides greater opportunities for a rewarding life.

This is what Erikshjälpen contributes to

• Ensuring that Roma children have the opportunity to start and complete their education.
• Mothers and babies receive medical care to reduce infant mortality.
• Children feel safe when dealing with local authorities.
• Adaptations are made in schools to enable an inclusive school environment for all children's right to education.

Facts about Romania

Area: 238 ,391 square kilometers (roughly half the size of Sweden)

Capital: Bucharest

Population: 19,069,340 (2024)

Official language: Romanian

Climate: Significant temperature fluctuations. A temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons.

Nature: A varied landscape featuring mountains, rolling hills, and plains. A coastline along the Black Sea. The Danube River flows into the Black Sea through the Danube Delta in Romania.