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Civic Association „THE WAY OF HOPE“

Civic Association „THE WAY OF HOPE“. „ Roma Confident Parents „ Project. Donor :. Open Society Foundation London Early Childhood Program Supporting Roma Parents and Caregivers with Young Children. Timeline :. Project start : July 1, 2012 Completion of the project : June 30, 2013.

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Civic Association „THE WAY OF HOPE“

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  1. CivicAssociation „THE WAY OF HOPE“ „RomaConfidentParents „ Project

  2. Donor: Open Society FoundationLondon Early Childhood Program Supporting Roma Parents and Caregivers with Young Children

  3. Timeline: • Project start: July 1, 2012 • Completionoftheproject: June 30, 2013

  4. Localities and participants: • 4 localities (1 urbanlocality and 3 rurallocalities)

  5. Žiar nad Hronom • 2 000 Romapeople (fromthem 450 marginalizedRomapeople) • Numberofinvolvedfamilies: 27 • Numberofinvolvedchildren: • Age 0-3: 12 children • Age 4-6: 26 children

  6. Vaľkovňa • 245 marginalizedRomapeople • Numberofinvolvedfamilies: 17 • Numberofinvolvedchildren: • Age 0-3: 21 children • Age 4-6: 17 children

  7. Hontianske Nemce • 400 marginalizedRomapeopleNumberofinvolvedfamilies: 19 • Numberofinvolvedchildren: • Age 0-3: 18 children • Age 4-6: 8 children

  8. Litava • 250 marginalizedRomapeople • Numberofinvolvedfamilies: 21 • Numberofinvolvedchildren: • Age 0-3: 17 children • Age 4-6: 13 children

  9. Cooperationwithmunicipalities: Mayorsofinvolvedmunicipalitiessigned – „Memorandum ofunderstanding“ wheretheydeclared: 1.) Cooperationoflocalgovernmentsstaff 2.) Cooperationofkindergardens and primaryschools 3.) Financialcooperation in nextyearsofprojectimplementation.

  10. Activity 1: SURVEY • Roma parents (target group) from four localities (Vaľkovňa, Litava, HontianskeNemce, ŽiarHronom) located in BanskáBystrica region were involved into the survey of needs assessment. • Numberofrespondents: 110 • The survey was conducted with the help of the family mediators - existing teachers in localities. Questionnaire consisted of 30 closed and 4 open questions was delivered to the respondents. The questions were arranged to ascertain their opinions in four areas: the area of health, health education and prevention; the area of family / child welfare; cooperation and mutual communication between family and school; life in the community.

  11. Activity 2:Training offamilysuportfacilitators and Romacommunitymediators Themes:EducationForSocialJusticecourse, ParentingWithConfidencecourse and methodology – 15 daysoftrainingcourse. Goal:To formpersonalityoffacilitatorsworkingwithmarginalizedRomacommunities (MRC) asthetrainersofotherfacilitatorscomingfromMRC; to strengthenparents' confidence and theirawarenessoftheuniquepotentialoftheirchildren, aswellastheirconfidence in thestrength and beautyofmeaningfulparentingas a perspectivestartofthenextgeneration.

  12. Activity 3: Preparationoftrainingmanual • Trainingmanualforfamilysupportfacilitators, Romacommunitymediators, socialfieldworkers, healthfieldworkers and communityrepresentatives. • For Slovak and Czechusers.

  13. Activity 4: Workshopsforparents Eachlocality – 40 workshops Trainers– trainedfrompreviousactivity Themes: Amazingnewborn, Learning to move, Crying and calming down, Communicationwithyoungchildren, Social and emotionaldevelopment, Anxiety and fearofseparation, segregation, Whocaresaboutme, A growingsenseofself-awareness, Toddlerself-reliance, Feedingfromthebeginning, Observingbehaviorofthechildduringeating, Everydayobjects, Foodfortoddlersthatcanbeeatenwiththefingers,

  14. Quick and lightmeals, Fruitand vegetables, My body, my health - healthyfood, Play - Adventure in learning of infants,Moving the objects, The power of play. What do I learn?, Everything depends on you - What do my child learn?, The world around us, Learning, diagnosing of child development, Different types of games, Helping the baby to play and learn, Children between 1 and 3 years old, Toys to play with for 1 -3 years old children, Home– the most important place for learning, Social development and play, What kind of toys are suitable for playing?, Can parents play too?, Doll for my mom, Play – making of toys for infants and toddlers,

  15. Toys - forthreading, usingdifferentmaterials, Centre fordevelopmentoflanguage and literacy, Funwithlanguage, Silentreading and discussion, Talkingwithbabies, Keeping the child safe, MulticulturalEducation.

  16. Activity 5: Fieldadvisory Motherand children’shealtheducationandinformation: • Socialfiedwork • Healthfieldwork • Lawadvisory • Advisory in theareaofemployment • Afterschoolteaching • Free-timeactivities.

  17. Activity 6: Homevisits • The content and focus of the visit is under the current topic lecturing and family's needs at a given time. • Visitofeachparticipatingfamily in theproject – minimum once a month.

  18. Conclusion: Project confirmed the significance and importance of the EarlyChildhoodEducation and Care, which will promote Roma inclusion, equip parents both with the knowledge and skills required to advocate successfully for their children’s early childhood care and education in the four above mentioned localities; improve cooperation between the Roma community and other institutions focusing on formal education; as well as improve awareness of Roma parents amongst Roma parents, particularly Roma fathers, of their role as the first educators of their children in the home and community environment.

  19. Thankyouforyourattention!

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