Bulgaria s Roma Cambridge village pushes education
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23/04/2021 - 11:32 Printsessa Ivanova wants to follow in the steps of other Roma from her village who have university degrees Nikolay DOYCHINOV AFP 4 min
Dolni Tsibar (Bulgaria) (AFP)
Roma student Printsessa Ivanova is cramming hard at her village in Bulgaria s poor northwest, preparing for college entrance exams.
The teenager, whose name means princess , wants to become a psychologist, following in the steps of many other Roma from the village of Dolni Tsibar who have university degrees unlike most of their community members across the country. My father always said that he will give the last shirt off his back to send me and my twin brother to school and give us better chances in life, the 18-year-old with shiny black hair and carefully manicured nails tells AFP.