Thirty Roma children were prepared for school in Uzhgorod this year

Thirty Roma children were prepared this year for the first grade at the social center established by the Transcarpathian Charity Foundation "Blaho" in Uzhgorod. The Social Center, which teaches basic knowledge to children aged 6-7 years old from low-income Roma families, started its work in 2014 and since then several dozens of Roma children have been prepared for school every year. Today, a symbolic graduation ceremony was held in the courtyard of the "Blaho" foundation, and the children showed their parents and guests what they had learned. 
The head of the Transcarpathian Charitable Foundation "Blaho" Eleonora Kulchar believes that preparing the Roma children for school and thus raising the level of literacy among the Roma community is very important, so today she thanked everyone for their support and assistance – both the Uzhgorod city council and patrons. She also thanked the parents for understanding the importance of education and bringing their children to the center every day for 6.5 months and asked them to continue to support the children in the future. 
 This year, 24 students will go to the first grade at Uzhgorod schools №7, 10, 11, 13, three children went abroad with their parents, three more will become first graders the next school year. 
Today, the ceremony was attended by Uzhgorod Deputy Mayor Oleksandr Bilak, the Director of Uzhgorod City Center for Social Services for Family, Children and Youth Ivan Flenko, city council deputies Yuriy Mandich and Yevheniy Prozor. 
On behalf of the Mayor of Uzhgorod Bohdan Andriyiv, Oleksandr Bilak congratulated children and parents, wished the future first-graders to study hard, listen to teachers and parents, never stop on their way to their goal.  
Together with Ivan Flenko, Oleksandr Bilak gave the future first-graders presents from the Uzhgorod City Center for Social Services for Family, Children and Youth. 

Uzhgorod City Council. Official page