Viziru
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Viziru is a municipality in county Brăila, comprised of two villages: Viziru and Lanurile. According to the national census 2011, Viziru has 1064 Roma inhabitants, a total of 397 families. Most of them are part of Ursari Roma group and the majority (60%) is living in Lanurile, in the outskirts of the municipality.
The main issues for the community are related to lack of jobs as well as access to health services, social housing and obtention of property documents.
The ROMACT Process
ROMACT process started in November 2015 in Viziru.
ROMACT team supported the local authorities in drafting the Joint Action Plan in cooperation with the Community Action Group.The Joint Action Plan was adopted by the Local Council on 31 March 2016.
The Municipality was presented different funding opportunities and coached in project writing. It also received support in applying to a project funded by the National Agency for the Roma " Focus on health and education".
From the Joint Action Plan, only a few activities were implemented, including a census of houses without legal documentation, due to the election of a new mayor in June 2016.
The latter decided not to extend the participation of the municipality to ROMACT programme.