Protect minors, including unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, from abuse
Office for Foreigners ·Poland
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify">The aim of the project was to improve safety of children in centres for foreigners. This was planned to achived through<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt">:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt">trainings for staff of Centres for Foreigners</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt">. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt">consultations for employees of the Centres for Foreigners and the Polish Border Guard on a case-by-case basis, including consultations on issues regarding protection of children involving specialists from the Empowering Children Foundation.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Socio-therapeutic workshops for children at the centres, including children and youth staying at the centres.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Classes for parents on bringing up children without the use of violence, including establishing two support groups for parents consisting of meetings with parents where the emphasis will be on the development of skills to avoid the use of violence. Also, there will be workshops and consultations for parents to further develop skills in raising children.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Develop educational material on the protection of children, including the production of posters, brochures and leaflets in different languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Procurement of equipment in four of the centres, including interactive toys, playground facilities and gyms for children in the centres. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Procurement of presentation equipment to be used at the above training and information sessions</span></span></span></li> </ul>
Project partners
- Empowering Children Foundation Project partner· Poland
- Polish Border Guard Project partner· Poland