Valeriu Nicolae has many years experience working in the ghettoes. He has visited a number of prisons in Romania and illegal Roma camps all over Europe. Three years ago he started a project in one of the worst ghettoes in Romania that received the 2012 UNICEF award for best Sports and Education project. His organization also received the 2012 award for the Development of Romanian Civil Society. Valeriu Nicolae is a Romanian Roma.
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