Project „Advocacy for children's rights in child care facilities in Bulgaria“
The project started in 2003 .. under the name „Prevention of violence in child care facilities“ (DSZ). It runs for a period of 3 years and is funded by the Swiss Foundation Hirtsel and Swiss Red Cross.
The project was inspired by the desire of young people from the Red Cross to help their peers DSZ to learn their rights and to successfully prevent cases of conflict and violence.
Means to see that the introduction of the traditional organization model for training peer on the topics of human / child rights and prevention of violence.
Teams of BMCHK, together with their peers from childhood care facilities, create advocacy groups, which turn into space, where children are given the option to allow common problems.
The project revealed a number of opportunities to volunteer, the most important of them is, that applying a systematic approach to work, they can respond to the continued improvement of the atmosphere in the institutions. For the purpose of volunteers BMCHK preminavat dvumodulno Training for the specifics of the work enabled DSZ village children and children's rights.
In 2003-2004 .. project works in five areas: Lovech (ДОВДРЛГ „Paraskeva Neykova "); Plovdiv (ДОВДРЛГ „Luba Teneva“ ); Montana (ДОВДРЛГ – гр. Berkovitsa); Smolyan (IPN „Maxim Gorki“- with. Stands) and Gabrovo (ДОВДРЛГ – гр. Gabrovo).grDOVDRLG
The results of this first phase showed, that the established groups in advocacy work primarily to solve individual conflicts, and volunteers play a role in their mediated. As a result of the advocacy group established in the NPA – with. Stands in the boarding school atmosphere was radically altered. Children enabled Gabrovo, Berkovitsa Lovech and taught their rights and obligations and realize the fact, that the right not to be oppressed is part of the complex rights, that should not be violated, and that the form of children's self-government allows them to assume responsibilities and to improve the lives of their little community.
In 2004 .. started work and subsequent 10 area: Pleven, Varna, Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Yambol, Veliko Tarnovo, Burgas, Vratsa, Ruse and Targovishte.
As a result of experience, gained during 2003-2004 ., rethink the design concept and now volunteers for Red Cross mediated by individual conflicts are able to help their peers to solve common problems.
Pozitiviraneto the project and its focus on children's rights need and change the title of "Prevention of violence" in the "Advocacy for the Rights of Children, which was adopted in January 2005 ..
The project has evolved not only to its name, but as a concept. If ever children and Volunteers traditionally disparate activities, it is now the children are ready to begin to decide for themselves.
In 2006 .. continued work on the project in three District Councils of BRC - Pleven, Targovishte, Smolyan. We sincerely hope the project will have its logical development, because good ideas and good works must be found for.
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