Youth Recreation Center (Poland)

Summary

The center is fulfilling the role of integration center for socially excluded people.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Homeless youth, mainly from orphanages, are not used to social life. The location of the center, alongside a lake, is ideal for sport and many types of recreation activities. Its objective of integration center shown to be essential to motivate young people to carry on education, integration with the community and search for professional achievements. Homeless people feel empowered. The center is open for people from all over Poland, from diverse NGOs.

Activities

To adapt the center's meeting room for study center with DVD equipment to organize educational activities for women, youth and children.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To empower socially excluded people & motivate them to organize local communities to solve problems linked with lack of housing, unemployment, professional activation of women & youth, children’s education, organization of social support, etc.

Project Message

We are committed to encouraging needy people to face socioeconomic problems, offering them the necessary socio-educational infrastructure & promoting initiatives which lead to lasting solutions.
- Wojciech Zarzycki, Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Wojciech Zarzycki,
Director
Ul. Nad Jeziorem, 34
Kiekrz
Poznan, Wielkopolska Region
Poland
0048 61 8532148
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Barka Foundation for Mutual Help
Ul. Nad Jeziorem, 34
Kiekrz
Poznan, Wielkopolska Region 
Poland
0048 61 8532148
http://www.barka.org.pl

Learn more about Barka Foundation for Mutual Help and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Poland and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Poland, read the Human Development Report on Poland or the Wikipedia entry for Poland.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 14, 2003.