20 of the roma and non-roma in the seventh and EIGHTH grade, who teaches at a Middle School in the village of Costesti, they played their first public debate in Costesti village, Buzau county, romania. On April 8, at the community centre in the village of Costesti, the students have to be debated on the topic of the special places for roma in high schools and subject to the access of the student to facebook, bringing the various arguments in relation to these issues, often controversial, too.

The event marked the end of the project, “the Most powerful to be Covered”, a project of the education and activation of the civic dedicated to the village of Costesti, hunedoara county. To do there? The project was carried out by the Centre for civil society and Human Rights, in partnership with the centre for the Development of a Community of Buzău, the Secondary School in the village of Costesti, and the Prefecture of the Buzău, in the period from April 2015 to April 2016.

As early as August 2015, the Center for Advocacy and Human Rights, with the support of teachers from the Costești Secondary School, laid the foundations for the first debate group in the Costești community.

Public speaking and debate skills useful for any citizen who wants to stand out. The development of these skills at a young age, it is less common in the educational system of the Usa. That didn't stop us from developing the pilot group, aiming to promote the model and the other communities.

The debating group from Costești was initiated in oratory and debating techniques during the Debating Camp organized in August 2015. The trainer was Ioana Covei, the coordinator of the Shukar Club debating group. The students from Costești and their teachers will continue the debate training even after the completion of the project.