Welcome to
Kerry Traveller Project
Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project have the vision of being a Traveller – led organisation, where Traveller ethnicity is championed, and where Travellers are proud of their identity and are actively engaged in community life.
Our mission is to work towards developing a clear and pro-active position in relation to Traveller issues
and rights so as to improve the quality of life of the Traveller Community in Kerry
- We will always do our best to work from an understanding that Travellers are an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and that this should be taken into account in the provision of services.
- We will always strive to be guided by Community Development Principles in our work practice.
- We will always aspire to have a collective more than an individual focus to our work, working with and supporting groups of people to identify (if it is not already evident) a common need; developing the Community’s capacity and confidence to address the identified needs, all the time ensuring that the Community takes ownership of the solution or process to effectively address its needs.
We at Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project believe:
- Every person and community can play an active role in creating conditions for a just and equal society where human rights are promoted and all forms of discrimination are challenged.
- Our work is about the empowerment of individuals and communities, working with people to enable them to become active participants in taking more control of the direction of their lives.
- We view participation as a range of activity from information sharing through capacity building and empowerment to active engagement and meaningful participation in democratic processes.
