PERSONal friends

Project facts

Project promoter:
Cultural ecological association Smetumet
Project Number:
SI03-0036
Target groups
Associations and representatives of associations involved in higher education, including relevant student, university, and teacher/trainer associations
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€2,223
Final project cost:
€2,223
From EEA Grants:
€ 2,000
The project is carried out in:
Slovenia

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Description

Funding was aimed at upgrading current project with additional activities, which were not included in the basic work plan and in the budget. Activities are complementary to already supported project and they follow the basic project’s objectives as well as upgrade the basic results.

Summary of project results

The purpose of additional financing was implementation of concrete measures to support solving social problems of child victims of war in the form of workshops producing unique toys and awareness campaigns to the general public. Through the additional project activities beneficiary addressed the topics that are associated with physical, sensory and other disabilities of children, their self-esteem and the full integration into the society. They designed recycled toys with special needs and conducted several awareness-raising activities. A new character of special friend was created as a person with war damage from the areas of Middle East, and new creative recycling workshops were implemented for children-patients from the Gaza Strip and Syria's rehabilitation. Specific and sensitive situation of child victims of the war, however, requires special and differential treatment. It is a very topical and present social situation, while many refugees are coming in Europe from the Middle East. Among them, many disabled children who are not only physically, but also psychologically marked by the scars of war.

Summary of bilateral results