Intervention in families in risk situation - Husi

Anul: 2013

Overall aim: To prevent school and family abandonment

Target group of the project: Children and families with risk situation from Husi

Specific aims:

• To prevent the school dropout for 35 children;
• To prevent the family abandon for 30 children
• To develop social support for families with children with school abandonment risk
• To increase community awareness regarding the families in difficulties
• To increase the project sustainability

Objectives:

• To provide a daily meal for children
• To identify the children abandonment risk: in collaboration with Schools Inspectorate, Local authority for child protection, schools.
• To assess the families from the project: the Star of Hope Romania social workers fill in the social inquiries for each new beneficiary of the project. Every 6 months the social situation is reevaluated.
• To arrange educational help to children to do their homework. This activity is developed each day at the center. Their attendance at the center is according to their schedule at school.
• To communicate with the educational staff from the schools in order to follow up the children’s performances at school.
• To organize after school activities.
• To arrange socialization activities: the children go to the park or down tow. We also organize special event on different occasions: birthdays, June the 1st, March the 8th, Christmas and short trips.
• To organize training courses for parents and staff regarding communication; the lector is Eivor Kraft from Sweden.
• To counsel the parent, the family members: the counseling sessions are performed according to a individual rehabilitation plan and are implemented by a psychologist or a social worker
• To communicate with child family
• To organize group support for family’s child
• To offer parents counseling
• To organize parental education training course
• To organize the Annual Women conference
• To inform local authorities about the children with family abandonment risks from this area
• To advertise all project activities
• The SOHRo team will apply for subventions from national and local budget,
• To continue the „2” campaign
• To fundraise from different companies in Husi.