Programme of Social Promotion for Gypsy People
Origin of the Programme of Social Promotion for
Gypsy People
In the very beginning of the eighties of the last century the
Santa Casa da Misercórdia of Lisbon felt the necessity of
creating a specific answer for the gypsy community of
Lisbon, seeing that her members looked regularly for our
services, nonetheless we did not have a profound
knowledge of the specificities of this ethnic group.
The answer we found was the Programme of Social
Promotion for Gypsy People (PPSC) that has developped,
during its existence, different work approaches in order to
attend the expectations of this specific group.
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Activities developped by PPSC
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
SCHOOL
SOCIAL INTERVENTION
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT
SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROJECT “SOLIDARY CLIC”
PROFESSIONAL ACCESS
PROJECT ROMI
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SCHOOL
PIEF T1: Certification of the 2nd cycle with Professional Training of Level 1
PIEF T2 :Certification of the 3rd cycle with Professional Training of Level 1
Education – Training: Certification of the 3rd cycle with Professional Training
of Level 2
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Carpentry
Level I and Level II
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Dressmaking / Modiste
Level I
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Cooking
Level II
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Pastry
Level I
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Pre-Professionalization
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SOCIAL INTERVENTION
Recruiting (Diagnostic of the social, economical and family situation)
Social Service
Home Visits
Accompaniment of young people and families
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PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE
Selection Tests
Psychological Support
Project of Psycho-pedagogical Relations
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SOCIO – EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Project
of development of personal and social competencies
Pedagogical Support
Partnership with www.saúde.jovem (Health Service of the Santa Casa da
Misericórdia of Lisbon for adolescents)
Extra-Scholastic Activities
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PROJECT “SOLIDARY CLIC”
 Development of basic competencies of Information and
Communication Technologies
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PROFESSIONAL ACCESS
 Professional stage within the Education Training courses
 Professional access for the fields covered by the training course
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PROJECT “ ROMI ”
 Target group: Married gypsy women
 Training themes developped by the Project:
Health
Citizenship
School, Training and Employment
Development of the child and the adolescent
Initiation to Informatics
Cutting and making
Arraiolos Tapestry
Painting and Decoration
Domestic Management
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PARTNERSHIPS
 Ministry of Education
 Schools
 IEFP – Institute of Employment and Professional Training
 PETI – Programme for the Elimination of the Exploitation of Child work
 WWW. Saúde. Jovem
 IRS – Institute of Social Reinsertion
 CPCJ – Commission for the Protection of Children and Young People
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Results of 2004
In 2004, 161 young people were registered, 75 of them continued their studies
within the Programme, 21 joint enterprises, 8 received a certificate but did not
find a job and 57 were offered new opportunities.
New Opportunities
35%
47%
Professional
Access
Certification, no
Em ploym ent
5%
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Continuation of
Studies
2005
Results of 2004
Number of Services to Families
600
400
200
0
Office
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Neibourghood
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Characterization of the Population in the School year
2005 - 2006
Distribution of the Trainees by Sex
60
40
20
0
Women
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Men
2005
Characterization of the Population in the School year
2005 – 2006
Distribution of the Trainees by Training Course
Carpentry
14
34
10
Pastry
Cooking
12
15
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Dressmaking Modiste
PreProfessionalization
2005
Characterization of the Population in the School year
2005 - 2006
Distribution of the Trainees by Age
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
13
years
14
15
16
years years years
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18
years years
19
years
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 The
Professional Training followed by PPSC occurs in the Multicultural
Training Centre where the trainees have access to modern machinery and
very advanced techniques for the development of their training sessions.
 The Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon continues to believe that it is
necessary to invest in those that live in feeble socio-economical conditions
and due to that have more possibilities to be excluded. The Programme
PPSC exists for them, in an intercultural perspective of valorization of the
knowledges of all the involved and that of each person, recognizing the rigt
of difference.
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