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Via-passie: Compassion and Action in Georgia
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

In the project 'Via-passie: Compassion and Action in Georgia' 30 young people will do volunteer activities in some social projects in of Caritas Georgia:1. Summer camps for disadvantaged children combined with construction/repairing works (12 volunteers in 3 shifts) - working hours are flexible depending on beneficiaries children, the weather and the local conditions (usually from 9 to 6 every day);2. Youth Center for Disadvantaged Children in Tbilisi (6 volunteers in 2 shifts) - working time Mon-Fri from 10 am to 6 pm;3. Crisis Intervention Shelter for Street Children (6 volunteers in 2 shifts) - working time Mon-Fri from 10 am to 6 pm;4. Small group house in Martkopi (6 volunteers in 2 shifts) - working time Mon-Fri from 11 am to 5 pm (shorter hours because of local transport constraints).The Dutch volunteers are mostly youth with fewer opportunities: early school-leavers, young people in long-term unemployment, young people in debt or with financial problems, immigrants or descendants from immigrant or refugee families, youth with linguistic adaptation and cultural inclusion difficulties, youth facing discrimination because of ethnicity, disability, etc.,(ex-)offenders, young and/or single parents.The expected impact of this project on this youth is that they:1. will have got improved attitude of self esteem and self confidence ;2. will have increased skills and compassion for contributing to the wellbeing of disadvantaged children;3. will have increased compass for their life for compassion and action, for disadvantaged persons in their own local environment, in Europe and outside Europe;4. will have increased knowledge and understanding of and positive attitude towards European values of human dignity of people, solidarity, pluralism and tolerance.Will have increased competences required for social and economic participation in society, such as:5. increased competence for doing realistic planning together with others and actually implement those plans;6. increased competence to receive and give constructive feedback;7. increased competence in creative skills and entrepreneurial mindset.8. increased competence in use of English language.The project is expected to have a multiplier effect through youth workers , some teachers in the schools in the area, relevant staff of the local government in the Land van Cuijk and some leaders of the local parishes. These persons will discover the added advantage of letting youth with fewer opportunities gain additional competences for social and economic participation in society through non-formal learning in volunteer work and in the preparatory phase of the volunteer work. Stichting Via-passie reizen will organize several meetings with them after the volunteer work if finished, to discuss the impact this project had on the youth, and to see how these learnings can be used by them and what ways that they can develop themselves in this direction, as well as what services Stichting Via-passie reizen and others can play in this regard.

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