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State Children's Hospital no.15
This has a department for abandoned,
underprivileged and street children aged up to 14, who are in need of social,
educational and psychological support. Under a joint project with the hospital,
Innovations employs a social workers, teachers and psychologists to give the help the
children so desperately need. Food is also supplied to supplement the diets, and medical
supplies are donated. Underprivileged and street children also receive help in the
hospital's busy out-patients department.
Tsimbalin Street, 58.
Lazaret Social-Medical Point
Underprivileged and homeless children can drop in to
the Lazeret (''Infirmary'') which was established in 1994 by the Berlin based charity
'Perspective',' for clothing and coupons entitling them to a free hot meal in the canteen.
They also come for a haircut, a shower or to use the washing machine. Social workers are
on hand to provide support and advice. The point
provides first aid and social and psychological support to children and teenagers in the
form of medical consultations, primary diagnosis, basic medical treatment, sanitary and
hygiene procedures, hospitalisation and home visits; the provision of social and
educational support; consultations and support on legal issues; assistance with finding
work; placements in child educational institutions, and preventative work with parents.
Psychological support - consultations, diagnosis, improving and preventing
anti-social behaviour and post-crisis rehabilitation for children and teenagers at risk is
also undertaken.
10th Soviet Street, 19-8N
Ostrov" (Island)
Social-Medical Point.
Ostrov began working with children and teenagers at risk in 1996. It provides first aid,
social, psychological and educational support to children and teenagers lacking adult care
and who are drawn to street life. The programme of this drop-in point is slightly
different to that of Lazaret; there is more emphasis on educational and social work,
consultations with specialists on legal issues, psychology, finding employment and home
visits.
Vasilyevsky Ostrov, Zheleznovodskaya Street, 20
The C9S Children's Club
Our new project for the children from underprivileged
and low-income families in theTsentralny District offers them an interesting program of
leisure activities, and the chance to learn skills to enable them to seek work.
Workshops where they produce or manufacture clothes, household items and decorative
objects. A design studio where they select articles, drawings and designs to produce
a children's newspaper. Computing courses covering Programming and PC Usage to
educate children aged 11-16 in information technology. English classes are held so
that children can learn basic English in lively and cheerful surroundings from a
German volunteer doing his internship.
9th Soviet Street, 39/24
Our conceptual
approach to running these projects is based on the following criteria:
Working with the entire spectrum of family and childhood problems - from arranging
free-time activities and job advice schemes; through drug awareness programmes; ensuring
the observance of children's and teenagers' rights; to work aimed at progress in
problem solving and in uniting these spheres.
Establishing innovative pilot projects; gathering information and setting up a
methodological database; processing and systemising the collated information;
dissemination of methods and approaches on the basis of any experience gained, with the
aim of introducing these into State structures.
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