Services development in Kulautuva youth center

Project facts

Project promoter:
Kaunas District Kulautuva Primary School
Project Number:
LT05-0024
Target groups
Children
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€235,149
Final project cost:
€234,480
From EEA Grants:
€ 179,377
The project is carried out in:
Kauno apskritis

Description

The main goal of the project is to reduce the social exclusion of children and young people from the major cities and suburbs and to improve the well-being of the young inhabitants of the Kulautuva’s area. This will be achieved through activities at the newly-established Children centre with open youth space. The main activities will include various individual and group educational activities, consultations, sports activities, qualified and purposeful leisure activities. Youth at risk from Kulautuva and its suburbs will thus have a safe open area, with opportunities for innovative and interesting activities that can improve their social and personal skills. Families at risk will have a complex of social services available as well as the opportunity to use the services of the children centre while improving their skills to meet the needs of young people and become integrated into public life. The results of the project will affect the life of children and young people living in the areas of Kulautuva, Batniava, Mazūriskiai, Virbaliunai and its suburbs.

Summary of project results

The main objective of the project was to reduce the social exclusion of children and young people from large cities and suburbs and to improve the well-being of the young residents of Kulautuva district. The project helped to create a children's day center with an open youth area for children and youth in Kulautuva and surrounding areas. The Center organizes sports and art education, as well as the development of social, career and general skills. Young people have safe and open spaces in Kulautuva and in the environs where they can spend time, gain social skills, participate in social and counseling programs, and gain personal development competencies. Dangerous families can also use the services of the Children's Day Center, thus ensuring the conditions for forming a young person's personality, successful integration into society and a modern social and economic environment. The results achieved by the project can be used by inhabitants of Kulautuva, Batnaia, Mazuriskes, Virbaliūnai and other cities. The Center services are provided to preschool children who can not attend pre-school education for pre-school education, as well as pre-school and school-age children after school or in a kindergarten and in the evening. The Center provides individual and group education and counseling sessions, as well as sporting events and quality and purposeful leisure time. The Center provides a classroom lesson that attracts many children who do not have a high-quality occupation after school. The newly created "family empowerment" service also attracts many families who work in a non-traditional workplace or grow children with health and other developmental disorders. After the restoration of the additional walls of the premises (corridors, stairs and offices) and furniture installation, there is a recreation center with billiards / tennis and soccer tables, a book / magazine area, graffiti walls, etc. The facade of the aforementioned premises has also been insulated and replaced with a roof. Local residents are very much in favor of the infrastructure created, as appropriate activities promote the development of young people and discourage them from risky and inappropriate activities. Objects acquired through project assistance will provide valuable, entertaining, modern and innovative entertainment with sporting activities and educational sessions. Each of them will contribute to the formation of a self-confident, cultural, socially attractive and educated personality.

Summary of bilateral results