Des vacances pour les enfants des rues !

Together, break the doors of Shutka in offering holidays to children from the street.

Project visual Des vacances pour les enfants des rues !
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56
Contributions
07/16/2014
End date
€3,081
Out of €2,750
112 %

Des vacances pour les enfants des rues !

<p> <u>Where is Shutka ? What's the Daily Care Center ?</u></p> <p>  </p> <p> Chouto Orizari, usually called <strong>Shutka</strong>, is a municipality of the city of Skopje in Macedonia. In 2013, 70% of the population of this district belonged to the Roma community, this represented 30,000 inhabitants. Thus, Shutka houses <strong>the largest Roma community in the world</strong>. It is also the only existing Roma municipality. Moreover, it hosted the largest refugee camp during the Kosovo war.</p> <p>  </p> <p> This neighborhood is very poor and the living conditions for its' inhabitants are hard. Most of the houses are built with recycled materials and have neither access to running water, nor to the electricity. The population is young and many children are forced to work with their parents or trying to survive alone in the street.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>The Daily Care Center is a day care center that supports children from the street.</strong> Everyday, the center hosts children who are committed to go to school. Today, the center provides activities to one hundred and ten children aged from three to seventeen. Eighty-five of them go to school. Thus, the center contributes to the preparation of street children in order <strong>to permit them to go to school.</strong></p> <p> Also, an important communication work is done with parents for letting them know, understand and accept the rights of their children.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="P1040817_-_copie" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/96630/P1040817_-_Copie.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p> The center works like a house's life, there is time for everything. First, the children eat, wash themselves and get clean clothes. Afterwards, the children are divided into three groups according to their level of knowledge.</p> <p> In each group, they receive an appropriate academic monitoring, homework help, but also they benefit of dedicated time to creativity workshops.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/p1020166.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/p1020166.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p> This concept gives a framework to the kids' everyday life where they can learn how to live together, how to communicate without shouting and fighting and it offers them a normal children's life. The center empowers the children to become successful learners and to give them opportunities to leave the witches circle of poverty.</p> <p>  </p> <p> The success of the center is made possible through the outstanding work of four women: Irena, Alexandra, Maja, Vasilka. They manage the daily operations of the center and demonstrate an unwavering determination to provide the best to the children.</p> <p> However, the center has a <strong>lack of funds</strong> and it is often impossible to organize activities outside of the daily structure or to allow children to discover a new environment. Although Shutka is a part of Skopje, its population lives almost isolated and many children have never experienced the chance to leave the neighborhood.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/p1040146.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/p1040146.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p> This reality has convinced us to help the center's team to implement a wonderful project : <strong>offering to the children holidays far away from their daily lives</strong>, in one of the places that makes ​​the reputation of Macedonia through the world, Ohrid.</p> <p> <strong>We need your support to make it possible so that the children can enjoy their first holidays !</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <u>The holidays !</u></p> <p>  </p> <p> We want to offer <strong>five days of vacation in Ohrid to forty children from Shutka.</strong> These holidays will be an opportunity for these children to discover an iconic place of their country.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/p1030077.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://suivezmoilabas.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/p1030077.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p> Ohrid is one of the oldest cities in the country, dating from antiquity and which is still very well preserved. The city has many remarkable sites such as Saint Sophia Cathedral, monasteries or archaeological sites.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Children would discover some of the history of their country through these relics from different eras. They'll also enjoy the lake and wide open spaces that surround the city to do outdoor activities.</p>

Allocation of funds

<p> We estimated the costs to allow these forty children to go on holiday:</p> <p>  </p> <p> - € 600 for the bus round trip from Skopje to Ohrid.</p> <p>  </p> <p> - € 2150 to accommodate children in a residential center and to provide them three daily meals.</p> <p>  </p> <p> If your generosity exceeds our expectations we would use the raised money to allow the children to make paying activities: outings to museums, boat rides on the lake, visit the fortress of Ohrid …</p> <p>  </p>

Rewards

€1

  • 10 contributions
Wonderful memories for the children and the best photo of the journey with the names of all our donors in your mailbox.

Estimated delivery: September 2014

€10

  • 13 contributions
Previous gift and a digital photo reportage of the children journey in Ohrid.

Estimated delivery: September 2014

€20

  • 7 contributions
The digital photo reportage and four beautiful paper photos of the holidays will be sent to you.

€50

  • 7 contributions
We will send you an personalized postcard from Ohrid with a word of a child. You also will get the digital photo reportage in your inbox.

€100

You will get a video of thanks made ​​by children in addition to the personalized postcard, the four photos and the digital photo reportage.

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