Description
The project aims to strengthen the Foundation. Another goals of it are community, - and organization development with the participation of volunteers and local people. Besides, a hiking route will be formed, which introduces 25 water mills of Pápateszér. The number of the volunteers will be doubled with this project and the Foundation will be able to implement such programs, for they have not had any capacity, so far. The participants will get to know and experience in practice that they can bring into effect their aims and become successful in cooperation with each other, not as enemies. Direct target groups: volunteers (at the beginning 5 people, at the end of the project 20 people); former and present owners of the water mills (80 people). Indirect target group: residents of the region Pápa, Bakonyalja; 12000 people.
Summary of project results
The MOTK Foundation needs to be strengthened in order to be able to continue the important work that they did according to the cultural heritage of watermills that have to be maintained. As a result of the project new volunteers joined to the Foundation for the Hungarian Natural and Cultural Inheritance, thus the number of volunteers increased from 10 to 20. MOTK Foundation created a trail following the 25 water mills in Pápateszér, thus the bases for the eco-touristic usage were prepared. Disadvantaged people as local young Roma people and public workers from Pápateszér were involved in the activity. As an indirect result two watermill owners decided on renovating their mills and others are planning the renovation. The Foundation published a book, based on the research work in archives about the watermills. The beneficiaries were involved in activities according to the project such as a watermill camp, and the creation of a hike route to watermills. New personal relationships were formed between the local people and the volunteers .
Summary of bilateral results