Reflections, Florence Centre - Ten Years of Operation

Florence/Otto Driedger
October 2015

 Ten years of operation - what a great achievement by you  - as the people that made it happen, and the community  which nurtured your development.

 We remember well when we first came to Ukraine in the  early 1990s.  We were invited to assist in development of  graduate level social work/human justice education in  Odessa by Dr. Boris Khersonski. After several years of  going to Odessa, we were invited to come to the National  University in Zaporizhzhya by D ... Read more »

We are glad to share our joy!

 

 On Friday, October 16 were awarded nominee of the "Alexander  premium- 2015" in the field of philanthropy and volunteerism,  established by a famous patron Alexander Boguslayev.

 This year, 80 applications were submitted for the competition, and  the winners were determined in 10 nominations. According to the  curator of the "Alexander Award 2015" Olesya Kramarenko, the  premium is primarily intended to draw public attention to the people  who for the sake of others do good deeds. ... Read more »

  Every day our kids go for a walk. Unfortunately our Centre is located dangerously close to the road so  we need to be especially attentive. If we wish to take them to a city playground it takes us sometime and  most of the kids get tired just before reaching the ground, and yet still they have to walk back. And one  warm summer day, the leader of the “Kangaroo” program Tatyana, who day and night was thinking how  to find a place for kids to play suddenly saw a small derelict land near our Centre. From that day on we  started our new project!

 First, we agreed with the neighbors about the possibility of using this land. Then we corresponded with  local authorities to get permission to install a fence. At the same time we began to clean the area -  scavenge ... Read more »

                     1. Juvenile Justice Program “We are Just Like You”!

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 In September, we started work at a project "Stop HIV / AIDS" for students of  colleges, high schools and vocational schools.

 The purpose of training is the prevention of HIV infection among young people.   The project is carried out in two stages. The first stage is an interactive lecture, and  the second stage is the quest, where students can test their knowledge.

 

 During these session students will be able to:

 - reveal the level of knowledge on HIV / AIDS ... Read more »

                    1. The Program "Kangaroo"

During the month, 12 children attended  the "Kangaroo" Program.

There have been 5 individual consultations and  psychological assistance to the families. The program began to visit 2 new kids.

This month program staff organized the third fo ... Read more »

                                              

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

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Annual Report

2014 – 2015

Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya

August, 2015

 

A Word from the Director

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          1. The Students Practicum

In June, we were pleased to  host 30 students for the practicum from the  Economics and Law College (major Social Work). Since the students were already familiar with the activities of our organization, this time we held training sessions for them on communication. The purpose of these sessions - to learn more about themselves and others. We started from the idea that the future professionals, social workers need to be more aware of their strengths and weaknesses, to find ways to improve.< ... Read more »

1. The program "Healthy Lifestyle"

 In May, we completed training sessions in schools. We can say that in all the classes we observed the  positive dynamics in building of interpersonal relations. The children learned how to build friendships  with their peers, accept others as they are and learn to control their emotions.

 Here are some of the statements of children:

 "Who would even have thought that after trainings I would be a friend with K! We used to quarrel all the  time! "

 "I liked all ... Read more »