Working with Roma: Participation and empowerment of local communities  There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to local inclusion but four key elements can boost the chances of success, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report. “Roma are subject to persistent discrimination, marginalisation and are shunned by society,” says FRA Director Michael…

▶ States should step up their fight against sexism in all walks of life, according to a Recommendation just adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. ▶ In response to the #MeToo and other recent movements that have heightened awareness of persistent sexism in society, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted…

Objective : To help homeless persons and socially isolated persons with food aid. Location of the action : PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : December 2017 : one of the OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in PERPIGNAN to support homeless persons and socially isolated persons, with food aid, together with the very dynamic local Association « ATOME DE BIENFAISANCE ». Creation…

21st March 2019. World Down Syndrom Day. ✅ All different, all equal. ✅ For an inclusive and better world. Learn more : Resolution of the 19th December 2011  – United Nations Organisation [av_content_slider heading= » columns=’1′ animation=’slide’ navigation=’arrows’ autoplay=’false’ interval=’5′ font_color= » color= »] [av_content_slide title=’World Down Syndrome Day’ link= » linktarget= »] [/av_content_slide] [/av_content_slider]  

Objective : To help homeless persons and socially isolated persons with food aid. Location of the action : NANTES, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : From December 2017 to March 2018 : OENDDF Mobile Teams on patrol were in NANTES to support homeless persons and very socially isolated persons, with food aid.  Creation of social link and relationships…

Objective : To encourage the integration of homeless persons, through free distributions of meals, and to raise awareness about social exclusion.  Location of the action : DOWNTOWN OF LISBON, PORTUGAL. Means and resources deployed : May 2016 : The objectives of our Association were as following : to create contacts or partnerships with local Associations to implement a global approach of homeless persons (meals, housing,…

Homeless Veterans, in the United States – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. ➡ The US National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimates that on any given night, 200.000 veterans are homeless and 400.000 veterans will experience homeless during the course or a year. ➡ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD on the right picture – combined with a lack…

 in the worldAccording to the Annual Report of the United Nations Refugee Agency, wars, violence and persecution have pushed forced displacement around the world to a new record, with 68.5 million people uprooted in 2017, an all-out two seconds, about the population of Thailand. The term « refugee » refers to anyone who, « with a well-founded fear…

Who are the Refugees ?  The rights of third-country nationals entering or staying in the European Union are often not respected. This is sometimes because of : insufficient implementation of legislation ; poor knowledge of fundamental rights ;  inadequately trained civil servants ; and sometimes simply due to discrimination and xenophobia. Picture below : the…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as asylum-seeking refugees and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights moral and human support  detailed information on the best means to reach Sweden,  for those who requested it free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in German law and European law, for those who requested…

Objective : To encourage the integration of persons facing material and moral difficulties, through the free distribution of meals and a moral support. Location of the action : Market of  TALENSAC, NANTES (44), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : August-September 2015 : Sending out a Team of volunteers of our Association each Sunday to organize a free distribution operation of meals to persons facing material and moral…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as asylum-seeking refugees and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights moral and human support  detailed information on the best means to reach Sweden,  for those who requested it free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in German law and European law, for those who requested…

Objective: Encouraging the professional integration of people suffering physical, mental or psychological disability within society, and their social promotion.  Location of action : NANTES, Loire-Atlantique, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed: Personalised assistance and support for specific disabled persons with a view to facilitating their professional integration within society through employment in addition to their social promotion….

Objective :To support homeless persons in LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Location of the action : LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : July 2018 : A OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in LA ROCHELLE to meet homeless persons, to discuss with them, to help them with food aid and to support them. Creation of social link…

Objective : To help very isolated homeless persons, thanks to actions of relocations.  Location of the action : DOWNTOWN of NANTES , FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : December 2016 –  January 2017 : During the 2016 winter, one of our Teams of volunteers of our Association was among very isolated homeless persons, living in the streets for many years, in emergency cases because of a severe cold…

Figures of poor housing, in France, in 2017. In FRANCE, the number of reforms in progress must not hide the fact that 4 million people are deprived of housing or are poorly housed :  ➡ 143,000 homeless persons ;  ➡ 25,000 persons live temporarily in an hotel as their principal residence ;  ➡ 85,000 people…

Objective:  promoting and supporting the rights of the child in countries outside the European Union, including through the implementation of educational and development programmes for children forcibly conscripted or displaced during armed conflicts and civil wars, with a view to encouraging their future professional integration.  Means and resources deployed: working with the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) « Save…

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩. ✅ Bangladesh isolates stateless Rohingya Muslims on a “cyclone-swept” island in the Bay of Bengal. ✅ This submersible island in the Bay of Bengal emerged from the waters in 2012 because of the tides and changing currents. ✅ Victims for years of abuses by the Burmese army, these very poor Muslim refugees form…

Objective : to provide assistance to asylum seekers and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : free meals ; French classes ; detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights ; material support ;  emotional support. Location of the action : NANTES, FRANCE.  Means and resources deployed:  From December 2017 to March 2018 : OENDDF Mobile Teams on patrol…

BELGIUM, ALOST 🇧🇪 – CROATIA, RIJEKA 🇭🇷. ✅ Carnival has become a cultural pretext to display religious hatred and to violate Fundamental Rights. ✅ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights strongly denounces and strongly condemns : ⁣ 📍this scene from the Alost Carnival, in Belgium, where their is a parade with costume of…

Access to care for the poorest persons.  The Defender of Rights, Jacques Toubon, takes note with satisfaction of the Judgment of the Court of Cassation dated June 21, 2018 which states that the granting of a social benefit or a social right can not be subordinated to the production of a bank account statement (RIB)…

YAZDA – An International Yazidi Organization Yazda Organization is a US-based, 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, established to support the Yazidi ethno-religious minority group in the United States and the Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria. Yazda’s mission is to support the Yazidi community in the aftermath of the August 2014 genocide, committed by…

Objective : To help Iraqi refugees, asylees in FRANCE, suffering from significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, as well as moral and human support. Location of the action : Region of MIDI-PYRENEES, near TOULOUSE (31), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : May 22-23-24 2015 : Sending a Team of volunteers of the European…

▶ In France, faced with hatred against homosexual persons on the Web, the Gay-friendly Lawyers Network, Stop Homophobie Association and Mousse Association decided to join forces to stop impunity on social Networks, especially on Twitter. ▶  200 criminal complaints were filed on January 17, 2019 by 20 Lawyers in 12 French Courts. Learn more : Hate against…

Objective : To make a Street Work for homeless persons. Location of the action : MONTREAL, CANADA. Means and resources deployed : August 2017 : One of our Teams of volunteers has made a great Street Work, to meet homeless men and to face the challenges of their situation. The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (E.O.N.D.F.R.) has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in the field of understanding…

CAMBODIA.  ▶ Justice in this country fights against the proliferation of children trafficking since the Surrogacy-based reproductive industry has elected it as a host country. ▶ According to a Police Report, 32 women were hired by the leaders of this ring, who promised a sum of $10,000 / baby, to carry and to sell their…

2018 – Burial of the right of asylum in France. « Project of law for controlled immigration and an effective right of asylum » : lowering the deadline for applying for asylum ;  non-effective legal remedy to the National Court of Asylum : uncertain notifications of Court Judgments and uncertainties of so-called « safe Countries » ; videoconferencing without a…

▶️ In Rouen (FRANCE), yellow luggage lockers with a key are made available to homeless persons who can store their bags and papers. ▶️ These lockers are distributed in six locations in the city, which are subject to video surveillance. Each individual compartment will obviously be locked and will be allocated to one person for…