David Mallows
At the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) we are working with colleagues in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia to develop and evaluate family literacy schemes with the Roma community as part of a project called Literacy Cubed.
The data on the Roma in Europe are poor, but the EU estimates that 6m Roma live within its borders, the majority in Eastern Europe. Often described as Europe’s biggest ethnic minority, the Roma, of course, are not one people. Instead, Roma is a commonly used term, encompassing diverse groups.
Recent years have seen migration of many Roma to Western Europe as they flee discrimination  (more…)