A Model of Integrated Services for Children
from the Disadvantaged Areas of Quarterly report April - June 2011 IN BRIEF
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Educational services in the educational centres from Tache- Bacau and the rural communities Stanisesti, Podu Turcului,
Vultureni and Motoseni.
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Health promotion services · Providing specialized services through the mobile team: specialist doctors, psychologist, and social worker.
The
most important actions during this period were:
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International Children’s Day-
each educational centre celebrated the International Children’s
Day, with performances from the children, lots of games, contests and
fun. All the participants received treats and the most deserving ones
received prizes and awards.
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Promoting health: the health
promotion campaign continued in schools and in centres until the end
of the school year. During this period we went into the schools of Rachitoasa,
at the request of the school board, due to the positive feedback we
had from all the other schools we included in the campaign. |
Closing Events for the FSC major
projects funded with Norwegian funds: to mark the end of the project
funded by EEA for the activities in our educational centres, the week
before Easter, we organised in each location an Open Day, inviting all
categories of beneficiaries, young and old, community members and also
representatives of the local authorities. During this event, the staff
continued to organise workshops for the children, who were proud to
have activities under the eyes of the guests. The partners and collaborators
were invited to speak on the results and achievements of the project.
FSC also organised a central event as two major projects were finalised
in April, with a photo exhibition at the Museum.
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o Graduation Day for all our social grants beneficiaries: on June 8th we organised a festive event for all the high school students receiving social grants from FSC. The event was hosted by one of our main sponsors and reunited together beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and most importantly representatives of the sponsors, together with media coverage on the event.
All the
participants received certificates from FSC and had a very good time,
being applauded and congratulated by everybody.
CURRENT
ACTIVITIES
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The activities in the
Educational Centres: The activities in all the Clubs with Glue continued throughout the period, covering both educational activities, but also a lot of recreational activities. For the children with difficulties in school, the staff and volunteers focused on offering individual support for them to overcome these difficulties so that they all complete the school year. As soon as the school year has finished, the centres started working by the “Holiday Schedule”, meaning activities with the children from 10 am, most of these activities being recreational activities, creative clubs and a lot of outings and outdoors activities. The main events of the period were: Easter and International Children’s Day. The centres were very active in all of these, either with public performances or with small treats and celebrations in their own locations.
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Health Promotion
The Health promotion activities continued both in schools and in the centres. Our specialists went not only in the schools of our target communities,
but were also requested to deliver sessions in the schools of In the educational centres the nurses and staff have regular session with the children on hygiene and staying healthy, adapting the topics to the seasons and events due to take place.
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Social Care: for Easter most of the poor
families with chronic problems we have been supporting have received
parcels with food and cleaning products. We continue to receive several
requests for material and financial support.
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In June we organised a special event for them,
called “Graduation Day”, when they were invited to an “award ceremony”
and had the opportunity to meet some of the people/ institutions who
provide social grant funds.
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Psychological counselling: the FSC team
offers psychological counselling for children or parents depending
on their specific needs. On
most occasions the children are affected by the behaviour of the parents,
their alcohol misuse and aggression, but also when the financial situation
is so dire that they often cannot offer a minimum standard of care
to the children.
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Health Care: during
this period of time we have continued to have the sessions for the
parents and for children with health concerns. In some locations we
had to stress for the mothers that it is important to be mindful of the fact that children’s health
needs may be neglect because the adults are busy working the land
and do not have time to visit the doctor for checkups or regular inoculations.
This is especially important for parents with young babies and children. Objectives
for the next quarter:
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Continuing activities in the educational centres
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Providing services through the mobile team
3.
preparing for the Summer Schools Danut Darie
Project Coordinator |
Social Grants: we continued
to provide to the young
people complex services to match their individual needs. 
Specialized 
. At present we offer social grants for high school to almost 80 young
people. At the end of the school year we assess the situation of each
service user and report to their sponsors.
Family Planning: the Family
planning specialists continues to travel to the locations of the project
and provide services: information, counselling and free contraception.
There was a period of time, until last month, when women had to pay
for the contraceptive pills. Even if it was not very expensive, it
was obvious that the number of service users decreased for this reason.