Description
The project is addressing the need for a specialized residential centre providing a complete range of services to domestic violence victims in Buzău County. Today, the lack of available services is forcing victims to remain in their home environment, often resulting in non-reporting of further violence. There is an urgent need to separate the victim from the aggressor and to provide her with temporary accommodation, medical, legal, and psychological counselling. The objective of the project is to develop and improve existing social services at county level in order to ensure specialized intervention that can cover the needs of domestic violence victims. Thus, the project is establishing a recovery centre in Râmnicu Sărat for victims of domestic violence, in order to provide quality services in line with international standards. Moreover, the project will raise awareness of the scope of domestic violence among relevant institutions, organizations as well as the general public. The target group consists of victims of domestic violence - women, children, mothers with children, for whom separation from the aggressor is required, as well as victims which need counselling services, attendance, guidance, legal assistance, monitoring and support in order to overcome their vulnerable situation.
Summary of project results
The project arose from the necessity to combat domestic violence at the level of Buzau County, which, according to the available statistics, was on an ascending trend, and to offer support the victims of this phenomenon. Thus, the needs to set up a center for victims of domestic violence, as well as to diversify the methods of interventions for the specialists use in cases of domestic violence were among the major objectives included Buzau County strategic documents on social assistance. These objectives derived also from the fact that a specialized shelter did not exist at the level of Buzău County, only an emergency phone line for children being in place. In this context, the project`s goal was to set up in Buzau county a residential structure offering a full range of services to victims of domestic violence. To this end, the following activities have been implemented and outputs - achieved: - A center for the victims of domestic violence was set up in the city Râmnicu Sărat (Buzău County). For this purpose, a building was rehabilitated and endowed with the equipment necessary for the center’s functioning. Also, the personnel of the center was hired: one psychologist, 5 educators, 4 nurses, one social worker, one inspector, one administrator, one warden and one cook. The center has the capacity to host 12 persons and provides the following specialized services: accommodation, meals, psychological counseling, medical care, assistance in identifying jobs and family and community reintegration for the victims etc. - A number of 50 victims of domestic violence (women and their children) accessed the specialized services provided within the center. Out of the 50 victims of domestic violence, 40 victims were hosted in the centre (16 women and 24 children); - A non-violence caravan for promoting the objectives of the project, as well as for discussing relevant aspects on combating the domestic violence phenomenon was organized in schools within the Buzău county; - a local debate with specialists in the field of combating domestic violence and other visibility related events organized at the level of Buzau county.
Summary of bilateral results