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  • From language lessons to rap: a day centre fights to keep Lithuania's Roma kids in school

    Giedrius Vitkauskas

    January 30, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    A nonprofit in Lithuania is providing resources for children from the Roma community in order to decrease the rate of students who drop out of school early. The historically-marginalized group faces social stigmas and economic challenges. A day center offers a space to participate in extracurricular activities and volunteers also visit children who skip school with offers of homework help. Their efforts have resulted in a gradual increase of Roma children who stay in school.

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  • How will Lithuania's contact-tracing app work?

    Giedrius Vitkauskas

    October 13, 2020 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania

    Lithuanian officials are launching a contact-tracing app to better trace the path of coronavirus cases and alert people when they have potentially been exposed. Although there have been delays in the roll-out of the app, other countries have already released the technology and have seen success in people downloading the app as well as quarantining when alerted that they've been in contact with the virus.

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