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Please note that in the period from 21 JUly to 23 July, the offices of SIMI are CLOSED!

Please come back to us from 26 July.

Thank you for understanding.

Your team SIMI

We cordially invite you on Wednesday 16 June 2010 to the Ska Paradise – musical evening taking place from 4 pm in the park Na Parukářce in the framework of the cultural festival Žižkov sobě.

This 3rd year of the festival is organised by ART FRAME Palác Akropolis s. r. o., with the support of Municipal district Praha 3.

SIMI will have there its presentation stand, come to see us!!!

Further information is available at:

www.zizkovsobe.cz

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123894957624802&index=1

We invite you to the Roundtable on interpretation for migrants and refugees organised on 3 June 2010 by the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic, which will take place in the European house at Jungmannova 24, Prague 1 from 12.30 pm to 16.30 pm.

Director of SIMI, Magda Faltová, will present there her speech on SIMI´s experience with the access of clients to the interpretors and on the quality of interpretation in the asylum procedure.

For more information, please see the attachment.

We are happy to invite you to the NGO Market 2010 taking place on Friday 16 April 2010 at the National Technical Library (www.techlib.cz), Technická 6, Prague 6 – Dejvice.

At this one-day event organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation you will have the opportunity to learn about the work of nearly 150 non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic and abroad from a personal perspective to find out what it is they do and what services they offer their clients. You will also learn how you can get involved.

The Market also includes an abundant accompanying program of lectures and workshops. The program offers the latest topics from the world of NGOs, professional lectures, discussions with renowned personas led by the patron of the NGO Market 2010 Helena Houdová, a demonstration of assistance dogs training and much more.

Please note that the offices of the Association for Integration and Migration will be CLOSED from 5 April to 9 April 2010 for technical reasons.

We kindly ask all clients and partners to contact us after this period. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding,

your team SIMI

The SIMI team wishes alle the best in 2010 to all coworkers, partners, donors and clients!

The World March for Peace and Non-Violence began from New Zealand on 2^nd October. This unique initiative, connecting people of all continents, passes though 100 countries and arrives in the Czech Republic at the beginning of November. Come join in!

On 3^rd November a PEACEPARTY will take place on Wencelas Square in Prague. Wenceslas Square will be filled by the song Imagine and we will join in our voices to the appeal for the end to violence and wars. Together we’ll carry out the largest karaoke for peace, with an attempt at getting Prague recorded in the Guinness Book of Records!

The multicultural march with its diversity, colors, ideas and even dance will come by the center of Prague- invite your friends, your organization, your school....join in your instruments and ideas and become a part of the first peace carnival in Prague!

From 16:00, you can look forward to:

- Performances by the music groups: Marimba Marimba, BENGAS, Ekvator

- Peace Karaoke- Imagine by J. Lennon- attempt at the largest peace karaoke under the direction of 8 SuperStar finalists, the American Harlem Gospel Choir and other artists.

- Multicultural march with floats- the Czech steps of the World March escorted by TiDiTaDe, Capoeira Mandela and many others.

- Release of Thai lantern wishes

Moderated by Lucie Váchová and Jan Budař. Other participants: Zbyněk Drda, Ondřej Brzobohatý, Martin Altrichter, Klára Kolomazníková, Jitka Čvančarová and Miluše Bittnerová.

More information about the entire event can be found here.

Magomed received asylum in the Czech Republic along with his mother. He comes from Chechnya and is disabled. After injury in the maternity ward (due to staff error) he was operated on in Moscow with considerable delay. He has also been operated on several times in Prague and he has been diagnosed with microcephalia and other serious diseases. Magomed is quite retarded and often suffers epileptic seizures, with each seizure worsening his status. Magomed is sweet and cuddly, he know how to show affection. His mother, who has twice been widowed, is a nurse by profession, but she is unable to work, as Magomed is often ill. The family how has decent housing (an integration apartment), but otherwise they live in very difficult financial circumstances.

With the aid of the Olga Havlová Foundation- Committee of Good Will and the Charter 77 Foundation- Barriers Account and members of our Family we were able to provide Magomed with a wheelchair. For this we thank all of our donors for their help and we wish Magomed the best of luck!

On 16^th September an interactive lecture took place as a part of the Days of Prague 11 on the theme “WE LIVE HERE TOGETHER.” The lecture was given by co-workers of the Association for Integration and Migration- Daniela Jasovská and Radka Hájková. The lecture was centered on questions of racism, xenophobia, refugees and all foreigners who live in the Czech Republic. The audience consisted of fourth and seventh year grammar school students in Prague 11.

On UN Day, 24th October a protest assembly was held on Náměstí Míru in Prague by Women Against Racism, who want the protest campaign to point out the danger of accumulative racism and extremism in Czech society. Through the protest the women want to contribute to the fight against all forms of racist and extremist expression. Around 150 women and men from several cities in the Czech Republic participated in this assembly. Also present were representatives of non-governmental organizations, members of the Roma women's group Manushe and female public figures.