Description
The project focuses on extending the acceptance of the society towards handicapped children by organizing integrational, joyful, non-formal and skill developing educational programs, where handicapped and disabled children perform as independent personalities. It is a series of an awareness raising program solving prejudices against disabled people. The objective of the project is to activate children with special needs, with the organization of 13 pleasant programs which contribute to the compensation of neurological function deficiencies of the nervous system. The main achievement is to increase awareness, and the acceptance towards people with disabilities. Direct target group: 70 students and 5 teachers from local primary schools, 30-35 parents, 5 students from Szeged University; 10 people from local relevant associations. Indirect target group: other relatives of the target group.
Summary of project results
People are not always tolerant and acceptable with people who have disabilities thus the main objective was to raise awareness about the acceptance of diversity and equality. In order to promote this aim a series of integrated and interactive programs were created. 25 volunteers took part in the project implementation; 120 participants (students, educators, parents, members of related civic organizations) were involved. 12 thematic integrated workshops were organized in which about half of the participants had some kind of disabilities. The disabled youth could improve their skills (fine motoric, communication, eye-hand coordination, thinking, self-evaluation etc.), while others became more sensitive. Experts, professionals helped the workshops, various methods were applied according to the continuous reflections. A new webpage was created, and a publication was edited that is available also on the web. The network of the project promoter grew.
Summary of bilateral results