More information
Description
The civic education starts from childhood, through acquiring family models, attending school, through interactions with teachers, colleagues and by participating in activities promoting active citizenship. In 2019 we organized local consultations with 70 parents and 20 teachers, in order to detect the need to develop civic educational programs, addressed to children, in the 5 targeted localities. Parents pointed out that there is a lack of creativity, there are no local initiatives, they do not understand the formula of volunteering or community involvement, but they want and are devoted so their children to become more involved, to offer them opportunities, which may greatly develop their life skills. Most teachers report low levels of parental involvement in their children''s lives. Due to an overloaded schedule with household responsibilities, many students are at risk of dropping out of school / leaving school early. The project aims to support civic participation in 5 local communities in Covasna County, by implementing actions focused on civic education and developing an educational manual, with methods and practices in the field. The 24 months project will be involving 100 children, aged 7-14 and 10 volunteer educators. The children will benefit of weekly sustained civic educational activities - 80 of them are coming from Aita Mare, Aita Medie, Calnic (rural area) and Baraolt (small, mine town) and 20 of them from the town of Sf. Gheorghe (municipality). 10 volunteer educators will be carrying out educational activities for children, and together with the project team will be involving a number of 245 locals from the 5 targeted town in events, which promote active participation in their own communities and the role of civil society. The project is realized by the Turul Madar Association in partnership with the local schools from Baraolt, Aita Mare and Aita Medie.