Youth Recreation Center (Poland)
SummaryThe center is fulfilling the role of integration center for socially excluded people.
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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.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.barka.org.pl)
- School of Social Animation in Kiekrz, Poznan (http://free.ngo.pl/szkolasas/)
- Spotlight on Poverty Eradication (http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/barka.htm)
- National Strategy for Social Integration (http://www.mpips.gov.pl/reintegracja/z2.htm)
- Solidar Silver Rose Awards (http://www.solidar.org/doc_html/silverrose/SR_2001_winners.htm)
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
Organization
Barka Foundation for Mutual Help
Ul. Nad Jeziorem, 34 Kiekrz
Poznan,
Wielkopolska Region
Poland
0048 61 8532148
http://www.barka.org.pl
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
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 14, 2003
