Without literacy and English language it's hard to imagine the Roma getting work in the UK. Schools tell us the Roma children are often keen to learn, but remain years behind their peers in literacy levels. Teachers beg us to help in any way we can.
Luton Roma Church is seeking Volunteers! Following three training sessions given by the ESOL experts and Luton Adult Learning, our Volunteers will be allocated to individual Roma family homes by our Volunteer Coordinator who has just been appointed. email Martin
Through trial and error one of our team found that the best way to do the teaching is to make friends with a Roma family and they turn up every week at the same time and teach whoever is there in a fun, creative and engaging way. Of course, levels vary hugely, but we heard so often from the Roma that they wanted help with this, that we had to act. It's been especially the Roma mothers who persistently ask to be taught to speak English.
We need to discover ways to excite the Roma about all things English so that they begin to want to integrate more widely. I listen to RadioRomano, broadcast by Swedish Radio live from Stockholm every day. An inspirational way to help an minority ethnic group to integrate in their host country. We need this in the UK! BBC come to our aid! RadioRomano
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