News Photo: Ethnic Roma Marian Costea watches as his sons…
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In Dilga, Rural Roma Struggle For A Better Life
Caption: DILGA, ROMANIA - MARCH 11: Ethnic Roma Marian Costea watches as his sons and a relative dig out iron columns that were part of a shed to make way for a vegetable garden on his property on March 11, 2013 in Dilga, Romania. Marian worked for years in Italy as a construction worker, though had to give that up and return to Dilga, where he is building a house for him and his family, following an injury to his spine. Dilga is a settlement of 2,500 people with dirt roads and no running water, and unemployment is at 70%. Most of the working-age men and women have at some point worked abroad, mostly in Italy or Great Britain, as many say they are unable to find adequate work in Romania. Romania's Roma belong to a myriad of different tribes defined by their craft, and Dilga's belong to a group called the Rudari, who until the 1930s specialised in woodcrafts. During the communist years most worked in nearby state-run factories and agricultural cooperatives, though the majority of these went bankrupt after 1989 and the local Roma lost their jobs. Since then they have struggled to make ends meet and find a better future for their children, though projects initiated by the European Union and NGOs are helping some to launch small-scale enterprises and improve their children's education. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Date created: 11 Mar 2013
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