Description
The project addresses the need of the applicant to build its capacity to work with traumatized children mourning the loss of a relative. The project aims at boosting the applicant’s experience by means of the strategic plan, the support system for children and exchange of experience with its Norwegian partner. First, the strategic plan for the organizational and financial development of the applicant will be drafted and the applicant’s staff will be trained with the help of the plan. Second, other NGOs will be able to refer their questions about working with frustrated children to the Norwegian partner. Third, a support system for children experiencing grief will be set up. Finally, the new system will be presented to the other NGOs during 3 seminars. The project will benefit the applicant’s team, NGOs, decision-makers, children and the public. The partner will contribute with its experience for the transfer of good practices.
Summary of project results
The project addressed the need of the beneficiary organisation to build its capacity to work with traumatized children mourning the loss of a relative. The employees, volunteers and external experts of the organisation were trained under the project and thus the beneficiary’s capacity was boosted. A system was developed to support children experiencing grief. The survey and the seminars with experts organized showed lack of common standards to support children experiencing grief. Teachers, school principals and other specialists working with children were introduced to the developed system and now they would know some specific steps to provide children with specialized support. The approbation of the Norwegian experience in the Bulgarian context had significant impact and improved the professional knowledge of the participants. The following project outputs were delivered: Strategic plan for organizational and financial development of the beneficiary; Report from the survey with summed up data, conclusions and recommendations; Programme to support children in grief; Methodology for the use of the support system; Handbook for school principals to provide support; Multimedia presentations from the Conference and the Workshop; posters, leaflets, folders, brochures, section about the project on the organization’s website.
Summary of bilateral results
The main achievements of the partnership are related to enhanced knowledge of the partners about NGO management and ways of work with children experiencing grief. As a result of the project in Bulgaria was developed a system for support of children experiencing grief which is quite innovative for the country. The study trip to Norway gave the Bulgarian partner the opportunity to get acquainted with the Norwegian experience for NGO management which enhanced their organisational capacity. The acquired know-how about the way of work in supporting children experiencing grief in Norway helped the Bulgarian experts expand their professional experience on the topic of evaluation of children’s necessities and provision of support in case of grieving. The partner organisations came to an agreement about extending their partnership after finishing the implementation of the project on topics related to children and agreed to participate together in the implementation of other projects in the field.