Description
1 million people above age 40 live in single household in Hungary. 16.6 % of the population suffers from chronic disease incl. disabilities, out of this 77 % is above age 50. The clients of DélUtán represent mainly these groups and 92 % of the callers complain about isolation and wish to seek friendship or to find a partner. We want to a development of a highly secured web surface as a contact resource for the target group. Achievements include relieve of the extreme loneliness of the target group thus improvement of the quality of life, improved professional capacities of volunteers and highly demanded service to the target group. We will address the challenges through interactive, long-term sustainable secured web surface – TársasTér - supported by on-line and help-line service. People above age 40 living without social contacts in isolation and people living with physical disability, will benefit from this project. Our project partners are the National Federation of Disabled Persons Associations and Budapest Association of Disabled Person.
Summary of project results
• The project addressed the demand of DélUtán’s Clients, the lonely, socially vulnerable people above age 40 and people living with disabilities (physically disabled, blind and partially sighted, deaf and hard of hearing) to ease their isolation. • The main objective was the development of a free web based dating service “TarsasTer” to find friendship and/or romance thus to improve the quality of the life of the Beneficiaries. • The online service is sustainable; it doesn’t require any further investment. • All the planned activities were implemented and the outputs were beyond any expectations. The number of online messages among registered 433 members through the site is 2849 until May 2016. • The Beneficiaries were involved through the regular phone line service of DélUtán and through the partner organizations as the National Federation of Disabled Persons’ Association, Budapest Association of Physically Disabled and Hungarian Federation of Blind and Partially Sighted.
Summary of bilateral results