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Project “Spreading of the best practices
on children protection in Bulgaria”
Funded by: Foundation
ОАК (Switzerland)
Duration: 3
years ( since 1st November, 2007 until 30th October,
2010)
Leadind organization: Association
“Gavrosh” – Varna
Partners: Association Center Maria- Gorna Oriahovitsa, Association “Chance and protection”- Haskovo, Association ”Demetra”- Burgas and Association “16+”
- Sofia.
Goals of the project:
To provide sustainability of the model for
working on prevention of the violence, especially the sexual violence over
children and youth in risk through multiplication and application.
To increase and strengthen the capacity of the
teams of the NGOs – partners for the project for prevention and
intervention in cases of violence and violation of the rights of the
children and their protection via provision of training programs and
accepting of methodologies for work in a changing environment and
characteristics of the target groups – crisis centers, sheltered homes for
children who live in institutions, juvenile violators, groups of parents.
To increase the public awareness and to
reach the broad public – users of
information and abilities for prevention and intervention in cases of
violence over children and
disseminating of the results from the project
in 4 regions, covered by the project.
Activities
of the project:
The activities are directed towards
training of professionals from different institutions, working with
children, multiplying of good practices and the specific individual
experience.
Achieved
results:
The model for work on prevention of the
violence over children is disseminated in the district of Veliko Tarnovo:
Tested preventive – training program in 6
kindergartens, 13 schools and social institutions in five of the
municipalities of the district of Veliko Tarnovo – Gorna Oriahovitsa, Liaskovets, Polski Trambesh, Svishtov, Zlataritsa;
Instead
of the planned two trainings, the team of Center Maria held three trainings
of specialists from the district of Veliko Tarnovo on prevention of the sexual violence over
children;
39 professionals
from kindergartens, elementary and high schools and from institutions in
the district of Veliko Tarnovo were trained to work on prevention of sexual violence over children and
received certificates;
26 trained by the team of Center Maria trainers
worked directly with children (5-18 years old) on prevention from the
violence in 36 groups;
Two
trainers from the team of Center Maria trained 54 children in 4 groups;
Total 447 children and youth from 5 municipalities
of the district of Veliko Tarnovo - Gorna Oriahovitsa, Liaskovets, Polski Trambesh, Svishtov, Zlataritsa were trained on prevetion of the violence in particular – the sexual violence.
In the district of Veliko Tarnovo is provided sustainability of the model
for work on prevention of the violence, especially the sexual violence over
children and youth in risk through multiplication of its aplication:
The
trained specialists who train children are motivated to continue their work
with new groups and to build up skills for coping with the problem –
violence over children, applying the model for working on prevention
from the violence;
During
the accomplishment of the project the team of Center Maria provided space
for discussions, for exchange of good practices, for sharing of experience
which is a certain precondition for the sustainability of the applied model
for prevention from violence in particular the sexual violence over
children and youth. Although the
holding of work meetings is not included as activity on the project, based
on the experience, the team of Center Maria evaluates the importance of
this form of work and considers that the work meetings have important role
for institutionalization of the existing partnership between Center Maria
and the institutions. They help our
organization to be recognized as a local ombutsman while solving of problems of children in risk. In this way is widening the participation
of the civil society in the process
of making decisions and in formation of local policies which guarantees the
sustainability of the results from the work in this project;
There
was created non formal working network from trained specialists on the
territory of five municipalities from the district of Veliko Tarnovo, which will contribute for multiplication
of the good results from the application of the model;
The
team of Center Maria initiated and involved representatives from all
institutions in the district of Veliko Tarnovo in a debate for the lack of mechanism for
coordination between them in prevention of the domestic violence over
children. As a result of the
prepared analysis of the rights was signed a Charter for the interference
between the institutions in the district of Veliko Tarnovo in their work with children – victims of
violence;
The
team of Center Maria started to work on the project “Prevention – effective
counteraction of the traffic of women and children”, applying the model for
work on prevention from sexual violence;
Working
on the both new projects, the team of Center Maria in practice builds over
the results of the project “Disseminating of the best practices for the
protection of the child in
Bulgaria
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The influence of the civil
society for making decisions on local level on current problem is increased:
The professional and institutional capacity of
Center Maria is strengthen in management of projects of district character,
in solving considerable society problems and in the development of policies;
The
training of specialists and training modules with children on prevention
from the violence are included in the Municipal program of Gorna Oriahovitsa for child
protection;
Together
with the regional police station in Gorna Oriahovitsa the team of Center Maria сprepared a working map for prevention of
the domestic violence which was voted from the Municipal Council and became
a part from the Municipal contract for community order and security.
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