Counseling center for prevention and rehabilitation of victims of domestic violence, children at risk and their integration into family and community

Project facts

Project promoter:
Knowledge, success, change Association
Project Number:
BG12-0005
Target groups
Children
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€68,110
Final project cost:
€65,133
From Norway Grants:
€ 49,827
The project is carried out in:
Bulgaria

Description

This project contributes to creating and providing support and services for victims - social counseling, psychological counseling, information services, advocacy and legal advice and other support services. The project will also increase the effectiveness of law enforcement and the capacity of social workers to respond to cases of domestic and violence and violence based on gender. The main purpose of the project is to provide timely and effective services to victims of domestic violence and violence based on gender and facilitate their access to qualified rehabilitation programs for the protection of their rights. The project objectives are focused on persons, mostly women and children, who are exposed to domestic violence or violence and discrimination based on gender. Two partner organizations will provide offices, where they will be exported consultative reception and deprived of these municipalities will be able to use the services of a specialist from the organization. The partners will participate in the training provided in the information and publicity, and in the distribution of information materials on the project. Teams of partner organizations will also have a key role in partnering with interested institutions in the municipalities Kocherinovo, Rila and Bobov dol.

Summary of project results

The implementation of the project covered institutions in the municipality of Dupnitsa and the region. The project’s main objective related to providing a psychological, social and legal support and services to victims of domestic violence in the municipality of Dupnitsa and the region was successfully implemented. The project contributed to the achievement of the outputs and consequently to that of the outcomes. The implemented activities related to different types of consultations to victims of DV, trainings for experts in order to increase their capacity to deal with domestic violence cases were also given. A specialized telephone line was opened in order to enable victims to obtain access to initial consultations with social workers. It can be concluded that activities under the project have reached the target group and are expected to have positive effect on the attitude towards and understanding of the DV and GBV problem among Roma. The capacity of the representatives of the institutions and organizations to deal with domestic violence cases was increased. The victims of DV in Dupnitsa, Kocherinovo, Rila and Bobov dol were received free counseling services in the offices of the beneficiary and also on specialized telephone line. To upgrade the efficiency of already existing interinstitutional teams, the work between all institutions and organizations concerned with the problem of domestic violence can be cooperates. The project objectives were focused on persons, mostly women and children who are exposed to domestic violence and/or violence and discrimination based on gender. Supervisions for the work teams were held with the participation of representatives of relevant institutions.

Summary of bilateral results