Title of project
“Tolerance and equality”
Leading organisation:
Opportunity and Protection Association”
Objective:
Empowerment of vulnerable groups of children and young people for establishing tolerant and equal relationships.
Duration:
February 2014 – April 2015
Target groups:
20 children and young people from Institutions for children without parents;
20 children and young people from smaller settlemnets from Haskovo region, living in the Students’ hostel in Haskovo;
60 children and young people from settlements with limitted access to services;
40 children from the Roma ethnic group;
100 children and young people from high schools in Haskovo.
Activities and results:
Working out of a Mechanism for support and self-support of children and young people for upholding tolerant and equal relationships;
Training of 20 professionals to implement the Mechanism;
Training of 20 young people to be peer-mentors;
Delivering awareness raising sessions to 240 children and young people for acquiring skills for upholding tolerant and equal relationships;
Creating of Youth discussion forum in Facebook where young people will have the opportunity to discuss topics connected with relationships;
Raising the sensitivity and awareness of the community of gender based violence.
Budget and funding organisation:
33 366 Euro;
The project is funded in the frame of NGO Programme in Bulgaria under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014
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