Development volunteer Veronika Zimová: Albania chose me
She pursued her goal (to work in the development sector) purposefully - through participation in a volunteer placement thanks to the offer of ADRA Slovakia. The decision about Albania as a country of work was made only at the last minute. She spent twelve months implementing projects that give local children from excluded communities an education and therefore a better chance to get a job in life. She will share more of her [...]
How to spot a manipulator in a relationship (invitation to discussion)
Members of the Crisis Intervention Team (KIT) of ADRA Slovakia entered 2019 with a resolution: to continue to speak out about violence, to organize more awareness-raising activities and educational events for different target groups in Slovakia. Because in addition to crisis intervention, social rehabilitation and adaptation of male and female clients and advocacy, prevention is also important. The very first discussion in 2019 [...]
What volunteering in Albania looks like
Our volunteer Veronika Zimova, who is working in Albania thanks to the support of SlovakAid, told us personally about her activities, successes and challenges during the ADRA evening and Christmas cabbage soup (on 6th December in KC UNIK in Bratislava). All projects of the partner organisation ADRA Albania are implemented in the region of Kruja, north of the capital Tirana. Veronika also worked on the [...]
Merry Christmas and a prosperous year to you - PF 2019
The eight year was important not only for Slovakia, but also for our jubilee organization. We celebrated our 25th anniversary. We did a lot of good work this year in the field of helping the needy at home (free legal aid, local volunteering, integration project, crisis intervention in the field - helping victims of violence, prevention) and in the world (training and sending development volunteers, managing [...]
What volunteering looks like in Georgia
The settlement of Tserovani is located just a few kilometres from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. It consists of 8008 internally displaced people (IDPs) who have been living here in 2002 houses for ten years since the Russian-Georgian conflict. One of these houses is home to For Better Future, an NGO that tries to do exactly what it says in its name - [...]
KIT re)presents at educational events
The areas covered by the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) include: crisis intervention; social rehabilitation and adaptation; advocacy; and prevention. All of these activities, as well as a description of an innovative approach to assisting victims of domestic and sexual violence, were presented to the general public at educational events in December. In addition to comprehensive outreach and intervention for victims of domestic and sexual violence, members participate in various [...]
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