CITY OF SABAC – 3 ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED DURING THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT “SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM SENSITIVE SOCIAL GROUPS IN PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT”

1. THE CITY OF SABAC LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY KINDERGARTEN INSPIRED BY THE CULTURAL SIGHTS OF MISAR

Misar is a suburban settlement in the town of Sabac in the Macvan district. During the duration of the project “Support to children and families from vulnerable social groups in providing equal opportunities for learning and development”, we visited all families with children of preschool age. Due to the impossibility of transportation from the remote hamlet to the nearest kindergarten group, children up to 5 and a half years old mostly do not stay in the same one.

With this project, we designed the activity “Kindergarten in the community” in which we ensure greater accessibility to preschool education and care programs, especially for children from socially sensitive groups.

With the mobile counseling center (which is also one of the project activities), we mapped all the children in the settlement and visited families whose children do not go to any kindergarten. We determined their interest and announced a teacher and van transport that will gather them in the settlement and drive them to the places marked on the cultural map of the city.

Children have the opportunity to get to know the local history, customs and traditions of Mishar as an important historical place in an authentic way. The community kindergarten aims to gather preschool children from 3 to 5,5 years old, twice a week during May and June 2022. Gifts and means of work were provided for the children from the funds of the project. An educator with many years of experience in short programs was hired. Free transportation was provided by the preschool institution “Nase dete”. We received support from the local population as well as from the local association “Misar”.

2. MOBILE SCHOOL OF PARENTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY OF SABAC

In order for children to reach their full potential, they need to have a warm and supportive relationship with their parents, quality nutrition, protection from disease, an opportunity for early learning and a safe and stimulating environment for growth and development.

Aware of the importance of early development and the need for support and encouragement from institutions and experts who work with children and families, we designed the Mobile School of Parenting project activity within the project “Supporting children and families from vulnerable social groups in providing equal opportunities for learning and development”.

The mobile team was formed to deal with the education of parents in the rural area on the territory of the town of Sabac. The topics we cover are focused on prevention – healthy lifestyles and healthy child development. During June 2022, we implemented three mobile schools where experts from the Center for Social Work “Sabac” spoke about the importance of parenting, as well as medical nurses who work in the Patronage Service of the “Dr. Draga Ljocic” Health Center.

Based on the tour of the field where we spoke with the families, potential users of the project, this time we organized the meeting in the available spaces in Miokus, Petlovaca and Prnjavor.

3. JUNE IS THE MONTH OF FATHERS

As part of the project “Support to children and families from vulnerable social groups in providing equal opportunities for learning and development”, a program dedicated to fathers and their role in children’s development was implemented. Through the education of the first folklore steps, in cooperation with the House of Culture from Prnjavor, all participants of the workshop showed why they are super dads.

With this project, we brought together the fathers of Prnjavor and achieved the set goal of supporting families for the development of parental competences.

With the funds of the Grant, candy for children and t-shirts for dads were provided, as well as refreshments for all participants, and everything was organized in the joint cooperation of the employees of the kindergarten “Kolibri” and the Cultural Center from Prnjavor.

The goal of the project is to empower parents and families of children of the youngest age, i.e. from birth to starting school, to create conditions for the holistic development of children by raising awareness of the importance of stimulation in the period of early development at home and by providing access to appropriate services in the community.

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