Wizards of O.Z.
29. Jul, 2009
“Wizards of O.Z.” (O.Z. is abbreviation of “Okružni Zatvor” / County Prison) is ongoing project for drug addicts / prisoners hospitalized in Special Prison Hospital Belgrade. Project uses latest European prison practice (drama workshops based on applied theater and forum theater methodology) to foster rehabilitation of waste number of drug addicts in only prison hospital in Serbia. During our workshops, prisoners are invited to learn different behavior models and explore various possible answers on everyday challenges.
In/visible City
29. Jul, 2009
The project IN/VISIBLE CITY is a campaign for tolerance and respect of human rights and minority rights in Serbia and broader. It consists of a set of activities that uses theatre and culture with an aim to help in promotion and improvement of human and minority rights by making the different minority groups more visible. The action also aims to help increasing the inter-ethnical dialogue and tolerance by creating situations for inter-cultural exchange.
Independent and Integrated Lives for People with Developmental Disabilities
29. Jul, 2009
KEC MNRO works with non-institutionalized and deinstitutionalized developmentally disabled (DD) young people to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for an independent and integrated life. In the organization’s day center the beneficiaries participate in specially designed educational and social programs meant to prepare them for an independent life, prevent institutionalization and promote inclusion into society.
Rapid Response Grants
27. Jul, 2009
Reconstruction Women’s Fund, the only local women’s foundation, in partnership with Urgent Action Fund from U.S. makes small urgent grants intended to enable a short-term intervention in the course of long-term strategy for an advancement of women’s human rights, rights of marginalized and extremely vulnerable groups and protection of women’s human rights defenders coming from marginalized groups in Serbia.
The Life Story of Women
27. Jul, 2009
In 1998, a group of volunteers from NGO Women’s Studies and Research initiated a long-term project about biographies of elder women from ethnic groups from Vojvodina. The objective of this intercultural dialogue between different groups and individuals is to demonstrate the importance of women’s individual stories for strengthening inter-generational ties between younger and older women.
Resocialisation of psychiatric Patiens through dramatic Expression
27. Jul, 2009
Project is meant for psychiatric patients of SHMD ŒDr Laza Lazarevic. The primary goal is to restrict sequences of disease, to reestablish capabilities which have been lost due to illness or to keep those ones which are endangered, to develop persons self esteem and self acceptance with illness, and all that by learning basic life skills that they are lacking (communication skills, constructive conflict solving, stress control, social anxiety reduction). The secondary goal is better integration into more educated society (more opened and with more tolerance, with less prejudices).
Suicide Prevention Helpline
27. Jul, 2009
The overall aim of the project “Mental health improvement of local resources activation”, with the emphasis onto the emotional support to the people in crisis and suicidal individuals is to improve the quality and quantity of prevention and intervention within the population that seek help from “Srce”. By doing that, the project raises the quality of social contacts within the society and overall tolerance. The main project activities are as follows: supporting callers from 2.00 PM to 11.00 PM every day by phone; supporting users through e-mails and face to face, occasionally.
Serb-Serb Dialogue in Serb Enclaves in Kosovo
27. Jul, 2009
The Committee’s team – composed of people with knowledge and understanding of the realities – paid 16 fact-finding missions to Serb enclaves in Kosovo (south of the Ibar River with some 80 percent of total Serb population in Kosovo), held tens and tens of informal, thought-provoking meetings with villagers and local people of influence, organized excursions to “the outside world” for elementary school children and their parents, provided assistance to budding civil sector organizations in enclaves, intervened whenever possible on behalf of villagers’ property claims, medical problems, etc.
Construction of a Strategy for the Care of young People in Pancevo
27. Jul, 2009
What makes this project unique is that it produced a strategic document that became official policy(passed by the local assembly on 26th of June 2007), but the process itself was fully initiated, managed and finalized by young people, in very unprivileged social-political-economical environment, where not even national policy for youth existed. The project involved over 300 young people, more than 80 different meetings were organized, 15 local and national institutions were involved, 40 NGOs and 10 youth sections of political parties.
Coalitiona against Discrimination
27. Jul, 2009
Since 2005, CALS has been leading the Coalition against discrimination (hereinafter Coalition). Today, the Coalition counts 10 member organizations; among them are the Association of Students with Disabilities, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, and several LGBT organizations. The goals that were set for the Coalition are: Drafting and lobbying for anti-discrimination legislation and monitoring of discriminatory practice.