The activities of the “Romania Initiative Group Bautzen e.V.” have been focused on setting up projects in the district of Harghit for 14 years, above all in the place called Cristuru Secuiese (Szekelykeresztur).

This place is located in the Hungarian – speaking area of Siebenbürgen (also called Transylvania). Siebenbürgen is a European area which has been settled by various ethnic groups for centuries. However, German and Hungarian farmers and craftsmen have been the predominant groups in the country since the 12th century. It had been ruled by Hungary and respectively Austria until 1918. After 1918 and 1945 it became part of Romania. This resulted in the formation of new borders, which are considered unnatural by a lot of native inhabitants in Siebenbürgen and thus only partly accepted.

The disastrous policy carried out by the following dictator Nicolae Ceaucescue did not get the various ethnic groups together , but widened the gap between the Hungarians, Germans, Romanians and the smaller minorities. Among those are the “Roma”, a minority that can be seen everywhere. This minority appears as the lowest social class.