Housing Registration Completed for the Dom of Nablus Seventy Dom families living in Nablus are now registered for permanent housing. Pictured below is a housing development that is currently under construction. The Dom are now officially on the waiting list for similar housing. Organizations and individuals donors have given $21,000 over the past year through the Dom Research Center to pay the required $300 registration fee for each of these families. In addition to the housing registration effort, contributors through the DRC have provided access to medical care and medicines through a local clinic. Continue to watch this website for updates on this and other Dom communities in the Middle East and North Africa. We also invite you to be a part of other development efforts by giving to the Dom Research Center’s Relief & Development fund.

Employment Opportunities for Dom Men In April 2009 the Domari Society and the Dom Research Center teamed up to assist Dom men in the Jerusalem area with employment opportunities. While Dom men are often discriminated against in the job market simply because they are Gypsies, young men who have struggled with drug addition discover that they are doubly stigmatized. The DRC has provided $2,000 (two thousand USD) to purchase “shopping stands” and household products to be sold in the outdoor market in the old city. Domari Society board members secured the work permits from the municipal government, and the director of the society is giving oversight to the project. The first two shopping stands are now in operation, and the Domari Society reports that the men are earning enough money to help support their families.

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