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- «FreeEx – Responsibility. Freedom of expression»
- ,,Adaptation of newly recognized refugees and refugee children’’
- Xenophobia
- Exchange in Norway
- E-bulletin of good practices
- Information event „Xenophobia versus multiculturalism after Charlie Hebdo“
- Closing information event
- Vision of the program
- Seminar for journalists
- Pedagogical staff trainings
- Campaign for the community and city fest of cultures
- Seminaries for youngsters and preparation for young leaders
- Exhibitions “We want peace”
- Creation of a movie for the project
- Icelandic Model
- Correlation study on the drug addiction among children and youth and juvenile criminology
- Work meetings for introduction with the Icelandic model for prevention and exchange of practices
- Adaptation of the Icelandic model
- Conducting a joint conference on topic: „The Icelandic model in Bulgaria: Prevention of the crime-inducing behavior among children and youth with severe psychoactive addiction”
- Joint seminar training
- Workshop for parents on topic “Prevention of the psychoactive addiction”
- Visualization and publicity
- Project management
- Information and promotional activities for strengthening the bilateral relations
- Children’s grief project
- Enhancing the organizational and financial sustainability of SPOC
- Survey on topic: “How do we understand the grief, how to consult?”
- Increasing the capacity of SPOC by creating a support system for children, experiencing grief.
- Conduct of training seminars for the developed system
- Round table for discussing and popularizing the psychosocial system
- Project management
- “We understand and support you”
- Youth in Europe report (Substance use and social factors)
- “Three approaches to equal opportunities for people with mental illnesses”EU, ESF, Operational Programme “Human resources development”
- Aims of the project
- Innovations
- Partners
- Activities
- Research of employment methods for people with mental illnesses
- Creation of an employment model for people with mental illnesses
- Approbation and implantation of the innovative employment model for people with mental illnesses
- Research of a support model for children at risk with mentally ill parents
- Approbation and development of a system for consulting a child of a mentally ill person
- Launch and application of the innovative system for children with mentally ill parent
- Research of methods against depression and suicides amongst employed people
- Adaptation and developing an innovative system against depression and suicide among employers and employees.
- Implementing a system against depression and suicide among employed people.
- Evaluation of the results
- Distribution of the established innovations and the results
,,Adaptation of newly recognized refugees and refugee children’’
“Adaptation of newly recognized refugees and refugee children by collectivist and family-oriented methods and additional training”
War and armed conflicts affect millions of people around the world every year, chasing them far away from their homes in other countries with the hope of getting away from chaos and violence. Among those refugees there are thousands of children. Most of those children and youths under 18 years, who have experienced devastating and deeply stressing events need support services. About 15 percent of those who run away from war conflicts in their mother country are children. The number of children only in the refugee centre in Ovcha kupel is 400.
The defined needs of the youths are linked with help concerning their everyday life, and also their educational problems, physical and psychological health. The range of problems, concerning psychological health of children as a result of the armed conflicts is wide -heightened symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, somatic complaints, sleep and behavioral problems. Youths, who suffer psychological problems or emotional instability have more serious straits as a result of the traumas they have experienced. Girls are more vulnerable to traumas and direct violence. Race and ethnicity create psychological conflicts in refugees children, especially when they face the additional stress facts of the host country such as discrimination and cultural differences. They are in the same life situation – with no motherland, home, property, often without relatives and friends.
The project meets those needs of adaptation of refugee group, by offering them various activities and support.
Aims of the project:
The main aim of the project is to strengthen the areas of freedom, security and justice by giving the opportunity of additional teaching for refugee children, including unattended juveniles and minors and support of social orientation and cultural adaptation of children refugees and newly recognized refugees.
The specific goals of the project are: to be conducted additional training aiming at better assimilation of Bulgarian language, maths and other nature sciences for children refugees, including unattended juveniles and minors; to be created a supportive family environment for children refugees by introducing the aims and the opportunities provided from Bulgarian educational system not only for refugees children, but also for their parents; to be created conditions for cultural adaptation and integration in the Bulgarian host society; to help social orientation of children refugees and newly recognized refugees.
Beneficiaries:
Direct beneficiaries of the project are: refugee children, including unattended juveniles and minors, newly recognized refugees, Bulgarian children and adults taking part in the activities.
Indirect beneficiaries of the project are: interested parties and institutions, Bulgarian community, community of refugees in the country.
Activities, conducted within the project: