Transcript Social exclusion of homeless people in Romania

Table of contents
Introduction
 Level and structure of homeless people exclusion
 Causes and consequences of homeless people exclusion
 Government role
 Institutions and their actions
 Other activities against homeless people exclusion
 SAMUsocial Romania
Conclusions
According to the Law Concerning The National Social Assistance System,
homeless people represent a social category made of persons who:
 live on the streets
 live temporarily with their friends or acquaintances’ place
 cannot afford to rent a place
 are in danger of being evicted
 those who are in penitentiaries or institutions
Other categories of persons who are at risk of
becoming homeless or who live in inappropriate
conditions:
 people who live in shelters or institutions
 those who have insecure tenancy arrangements or who face
eviction
 persons who live in caravans, campsites or in overpopulated
improvised dwellings
Current typologies of
Gender distribution of homeless
people according to Samusocial
Romania (run on a sample of 82 persons)
homeless people from
Romania take into
consideration criteria such
as:
 Gender and age
 Medical or social problems
Men 88, 4%
Women
11,6%
5000
in Bucharest
The typology of
The categorization based on a
homeless people according
classification of medical or
to Samusocial Romania:
social problems:
 Families with many members
 Young people
 alcoholism
 drug addiction
 mental disorders
 The elderly
 poverty and urban vagrancy
Causes :
The two types of causes which determine homeless people exclusion
endogenous and exogenous. Under this heading one can subsume:
 Family conflicts
 The economic crisis
 People with mental disorders
 Physical illnesses
 Frauds
 The forced retrocession of nationalized houses
 Evictions
 Exclusion from economic, public, social life
Consequences
 Alcoholism
 Deviant behaviour: drug addiction, self destructive attitude
 Homeless people can fall prey to robbery and sexual violence
 Mental illnesses: anxiety and depression
 Other health issues: skin conditions, tuberculosis
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The state provides vulnerable individuals with access to fundamental rights such
as:
a dwelling,
to medical and social care,
to education,
a job
The local public administration authorities are responsible for:
 social services for homeless persons
 emergency shelters in winter time for the persons living on the street*
The Law Concerning The National Social Assistance System, Ch. IV, section 1
*
The National Action Plan in the Area of Social
Inclusion
 The National Programme for the employment of socially excluded
people
 The “Social sector development project” financed by the World Bank
with USD 3 million in the field of social services development and
diversity
 The ‘Homeless children initiative’ project, financed by the Council of
Europe Development Bank with EUR 5 million
The national interest program Eradication of the
social exclusion of homeless people by creating
emergency social centres.*
Objectives :
a) prevention of social exclusion of homeless people
b) creation of emergency social centers
c) identification and evaluation of the persons who live on the streets;
d) survey, on the basis of real data, the number of homeless persons,
as well as the percent of solving the existent cases.
*The Government Decision No. 1171 from 24 November 2010
The Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection
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increase inter-institutional cooperation in the field of social inclusion
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creates studies and researches in order to analyze the current situation
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organization of training sessions for the personnel of the local and
national administrations holding responsibilities related to the
promotion of social inclusion.
Local city halls
 one shelter dedicated to homeless people
 provide accommodation in hospitals in emergency situations
Bucharest City Hall
 almost 1000 places in 15 shelters
 the construction of a 600 places shelter (26th of January 2012)
Non profit organizations
 Concordia
 Casa Ioana
 SAMUsocial Romania
OTHER ACTIVITIES AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE
EXCLUSION
 Samusocial Romania:
* night and day mobile teams :
- provide medical care
- help homeless people to obtain the identity card
* a psychiatric mobile team offers:
- psychotropic medicine and treatment
- special counseling
* “ Socio-professional inset Workshops” :
offer the homeless people a job based on a contract concluded for a
determined period
the job consist in collecting and reconditioning computers and printers.
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* “ Gazeta străzii “ –
“The newspaper of the
street”
- the first publication
from Bucharest where readers can
find articles conceived by
homeless people. The newspaper
is distributed for free but has also
one reserved place on the website
of the organisation :
www.samusocial.ro.
“Ending Homelessness”
 a project run by Casa Ioana, a
non profit organization from
Bucharest
 exhibitions of statues having
the size of real human beings
 AIM : raising awareness
through art.
Apprenticeship schools
 a project managed by Concordia,
a humanitarian organisation from Romania
 teaching young people different kinds of
crafts
 AIMS :
providing young people with a
diploma recognized in the European Union
 help them find a job
‘Samusocial Romania’ is the main non profit organization that
has as an objective providing assistance to homeless people living in
Bucharest who are facing social exclusion.
Age distribution of Samusocial
beneficiaries
40-49 - 32, 98%
30-39 - 22,15%
20-29 - 17,07%
50-59 - 17%
Ranking of most
solicited services
provided by Samusocial
in 2010
Gender distribution of
Samusocial
beneficiaries
Women
psychological service
17,20 %
social service
social bath
medical care
11
29
Men
82,80 %
44
48
Samusocial
Romania :
100%
 flexible structure of
80%
volunteers
a total number of 20
60%
employees of different
professions:
40%
 doctors
 social assistants
 psychologist
 employment
counselor
 pharmacist
 drivers
Very satisfied
43%
20%
Satisfied 47%
0%
Satisfaction degree
of Samusocial
Romania
 Starting 2009 we can find the Romanian organization online
on: www.samusocial.ro
 The NGO also has a blog : http://www.samusocial.ro/blog/
 Samusocial Romania Facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/SamusocialRomania
2010
Conclusions
 A closer collaboration between the local and national authorities
 To tailor the current legislative framework
 More monitoring bodies which should survey the implementation of the
strategies aimed at reducing homeless people exclusion
 Raise awareness by means of campaigns
Thank you for your
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