Welcome, everyone

It's not even been a busy day at the Domari Society Center, more an averate day but it gave me a good impression of what is done there for the community.
Until now I only saw children running to the arabic- and englishlessons, disappearing in the schoolroom or doing some paintings. From time to time some women dropped by, having a chat with Amoun in Arabic, appearently searching for her advice.
Today it was only me and her in the Center. No other Volunteer, no teachers. When I arrived a 10 year old girl asked me immediatly to help with her homework. She seemed to understand the text and was able to answer the asked questions immediatly but her pronounciation was plain guessing at some words. Since she didn't seem shy at all I assume that she just isn't involved in the oral part of her englishlessons at school so much. Perhaps a sign for discrimination, but we don't want to start searching until we find something, lets go back to describing:
After a delicious lunch a man, Amouns Neighbour J., dropped by to improve his computerskills. He cleans fish two days a week and paints houses on the other 3 days. When asked, why he wants to work with a computer and if those skills are needed for cleaning fish and painting houses he told me that just everyone knows how to use a computer and that he thinks it might be good for business. It became obvious that in his opinion the computer was not a tool for working at an office or a research instrument, but a modern-day statussymbol and that those who don't use it or even don't know how to missed an important ability which seems to be as common as being able to walk and to talk. Computerskills are just expected, it's not a question of "if" but "how good".
After this 10 year old girl and the 34 year old man who used the centers offers in such different ways for their own education someone dropped by to have a friendly chat with Amoun, which showed once again that the Domari Society Center is a point of socializing, too.
At the morning - too early for me - some gypsy women came by to drop of their newest beautiful embroidery which Amoun is supposed to sell in order to support those women. For them the Center indicates hope, financial support and a place were their abilities are valued.
And I suppose there are a lot of other reasons to visit the center apart from the mentioned examples and - of course - research!