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R. North Macedonia: The homeless in a race for life with the harsh winter and poverty

Homelessness is a profound attack on dignity, social exclusion and the right to life. It is (prima facie) a violation of the right to housing and violates a number of human rights. People experiencing homelessness, even when housed in the Centers, need food, work, health care and support for mental health and the trauma they have experienced.

The last time a global survey was done – by the United Nations in 2005 – it was estimated that over 100 million people were homeless worldwide. As many as 1.6 billion people lack adequate housing (Habitat, 2015). In 2021, the World Economic Forum reported that there are 150 million homeless people worldwide.

North Macedonia is not excluded from this phenomenon either, where the Red Cross and institutions within the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provide shelter.

The Homeless Center in Skopje's Momin Potok says that until now, since the center was opened 15 years ago, there have been no cases of death in the stationary part during the winter period. They point out that the research carried out by their professional team that works dedicatedly in the homeless center shows that the following reasons for a person to become homeless are: The addictive nature of the homeless to alcohol, narcotic substances, gambling, psychiatric diseases, poverty and social exclusion, unemployment and property-legal unresolved issues.

The male population is the most represented group. Homeless women are not excluded, but their number is much smaller compared to homeless men, where the percentage ratio is 80:20, according to the Point for the Homeless.

Most of the time, the homeless are individuals, with an average age of 55, who have weak, undeveloped family relationships, and in most cases, they don't have those relationships at all. Homeless families who use the services at the homeless center are less represented.

 

A dark demographic future for Macedonia, 12,000 people move out every year

The projections of the State Statistics Office for the population in Macedonia until 2070 are very negative. Statisticians with this projection try to appeal to the authorities and carry out strategies based on data. Emigration is key to the demographic future.

If this continues, by 2070 Macedonia will have a population of 1.25 million.

"The results of the analyzed data from the population projections indicate that in the foreseeable future it is difficult to expect an improvement in the demographic situation if we do not intervene with appropriate solutions", say the State Statistics Office, whose data show that an average of 12 thousand people are emigrate from the country. Apart from emigration, Macedonia also has a problem with a low birth rate.

Statisticians believe that Macedonia will have to import labor, and the

In the kindergartens in Prilep, 25 children from social risk are exempted from participation

With the decision of the Prilep council, 25 Roma children at social risk are provided with a stay in kindergartens in Prilep without participation. This is a project of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, and "Our Future" kindergartens in Prilep say that there is an excellent reflection on the daily life in the community.

- The project "Inclusion of Roma children in kindergartens" has been operating in the country since 2006. Children from the Roma population are included. At the beginning of this pilot project, only 10 were covered, and today the project is implemented in 21 municipalities. Prilep has been in the project since the beginning. The number of children involved in the project started from 12, so that today 25 children from the Roma population are included who are integrated into the groups in our institution. The project has an excellent reflection on everyday life in our community so that Roma children from social risk can feel the benefits of being cared for in kindergartens, said Hristina Trpcheska, director of Prilep kindergartens "Our Future".

Everyday that we see and hear, but do not pay attention to - Discrimination against the Roma

The Republic of North Macedonia in the Constitution guarantees us basic human rights and freedoms and treats all citizens equally, regardless of gender, race, skin color, ethnicity, religious belief, etc. But still, it is only in the Constitution, written on a piece of paper. In real life, we encounter discrimination on various grounds every day,

But one of the communities that live here is a "light motive" for a bunch of offensive and discriminatory vocabulary. You guessed it, didn't you: - The Roma!!!

If we take into account a ton of jokes, jokes on the subject of "Roma", let's start from the speech, more precisely "caricature" in the Macedonian language with a Romani dialect.

Then from pranks and pranks on the topic of "Gypsies", "Roma" of the type: "I'm bored like soap in a gypsy bathroom" or in the style of "I'll fuck you so that the gypsies will seem foreign to you"

The same vocabulary established for decades to frighten small children: "If you are not calm, the gypsy will steal you" or "you will be picked up by an old shop".

Also, a regular dose of misunderstanding or misunderstanding is again the responsibility of the Roma in the style: "Let's haggle like gypsies" or "Let's not do the gypsy...."

There is another bunch of such "low blows" that we see and hear in our everyday life, but we don't pay attention, even sometimes those who say them sound funny and funny.

And have they wondered what the other side feels like? On those skins that are "generalized"?

Do they know that it also psychologically affects the future generations of young Roma who "hide" that they are Roma from those aspects. No, they are not ashamed of their identity or roots, but they are ashamed of being exposed to ridicule, generalization, and discrimination, which further in their lives can only bring them unfair access to society and all the benefits it offers because they are already marked in advance: that the Roma lie (and the state and politicians who make false promises to the citizens are nothing), that the Roma steal (and the biggest criminals who stole millions are at large), that the Roma are dirty (and they are "dirty " they just clean you of trash, garbage, collect your dirty waste and keep your companies, offices, houses impeccably clean), and another small million examples of exactly the opposite belief.

 

 

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