Lunik IX is a district in Košice, the biggest city of eastern Slovakia, almost entirely inhabited by Roma people. Among few thousand (3,500 - 6,000) inhabitants live more than 1,000 children.
They live in unworthy conditions, sometimes with a dozen or so family members, nestling in twenty square meters, among dirt, insects and rats, living in piles of rubbish around buildings. 
Although there are no walls around the housing estate on the outskirts of Košice, almost no one from the outside visits this place mainly from the fear and stereotypes that are in the minds about the Roma people. And although perhaps some of these stereotypes coincide with the truth, children deserve attention, interest and help, because they are not guilty of anything and should have equal chances in the start in adulthood.
Although there is a school where children attend, it has a low level and is a difficult training ground for teachers who often do not stay there long. More able children try to move to schools in the city, but some of them can not deal with a certain type of stigmatization and the rules prevailing there. They are seated separately, teachers do not have time to alignment their level, which they have taken from school on Lunik with the level prevailing there, and they do not cope with the pressure of the foreign environment. That is why a large part returns to Lunik with some relief - they return to their own people, where they are not considered misfits and where they feel at ease, because they know the principles of this world, or actually their lack. However, there are also Roma youth who manage to finish school outside of Lunik, and then also study. And it seems to me that these children should at least have the opportunity to leave this place and see if they want another life. 
Children living in Lunik IX live like in the ghetto, but often do not see it like that, playing with joy and smiling.