Embrace life: workshops on various forms of therapy to handle post-traumatic syndrome

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Regional center of volunteering in Kielce(PL)
Bilateral initiative number:
PL-EDUCATION-BI037
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€60,667
Actual cost:
€49,051
Initiative Types:
Workshop or seminar
Programme:
Programme areas:

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Description

The subject of the project comes directly from the needs of the target group - mothers with children residing in Poland in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. These people came to Poland after February 24, 2022, mostly working casual and manual jobs. Half of them have not yet found a job. Additionally, almost all of them were unable to obtain psychological help due to their problems (change of environment, war, lack of a sense of security). 

As a part of the workshop, various psychological and cultural activities have been planned, aimed at "arming" participants with tools for coping with trauma

Summary of the results

The project assumed two 7-day stays (for 59 persons each) camps with an emphasis on working with trauma of Ukrainian mothers and their children: art therapy, working on relationships: my child and me, finding your own life path, building your own interests, hippotherapy, yoga, trip mountain. There were also sessions with a psychologist (group and individual ones).
Main goal was creating conditions for obtaining psychological help in dealing with trauma, gaining self-confidence and developing own values ​​and strengths as part of art-therapy and sports classes, along with the organization of integration and cultural activities that will support participants from Ukraine and their children.
Detailed objectives:
acquiring knowledge of breathing techniques, techniques of working with the body as part of psychological work with trauma,
developing Arto methodologies and sport therapy.
 

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