Förderverein Roma e.V.

Founded in 1992, Förderverein Roma e.V. is a non-profit association based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany working on human rights, children & youth, education +4 more.

Förderverein Roma e.V. is a non-profit association based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1992 out of a Roma working group formed in 1989. It is recognised as charitable for youth welfare, education and international understanding, and is an approved provider of free youth welfare services. The association offers social counselling for Roma and Roma refugees, mainly from Romania and other Eastern European countries, covering residence, livelihood, housing, health, education and employment issues. It runs the Kindertagesstätte Schaworalle, a day-care centre with an integrated school programme, a vocational training and qualification project for young Roma, family support and adult education. It also advocates against antiziganism and discrimination, organises commemorations of the Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti, and supports the Philharmonic Society of Sinti and Roma. The association works to establish a Roma community centre in Frankfurt.