Caritas Day Centre for children with special needs in Rousse
started operating last Sunday.
started operating last Sunday.
THE Day Centre for children with special needs was the project that was the biggest challenge for Caritas Rousse in 2001. It was finally opened last week on November 10.
"Throughout the year we have been preparing the big facility that was given to us by Rousse Municipality, so that we could transfer to it the activities of the previous centre," said Svetlana Gyoreva, Caritas co-ordinator. She added that they are trying to offer services at the centre, rather than directing its activities towards taking care of the clients.
"The idea that we have to strive for is "resourcefulness" when servicing the clients, which is a world tendency when working with children with special needs," Gyoreva said.
The base in Rousse has been made suitable for work with the assistance from Caritas Germany, Caritas Switzerland, CRS - Bulgaria and Caritas Bulgaria. Activities were moved there at the end of September when work with other target groups such as children with slight mental disabilities and with physical disabilities was begun.
At present over 50 children are benefiting from the center. Services available include physiotherapy, psychotherapy, art-therapy, speech therapy, English language courses and training from a special teacher.
"We initiated more active work with the parents who are involved in forming parental groups and volunteer work," Gyoreva said. Students from the Physiotherapy Department at Rousse University have practical work experience there, according to information quoted by Gyoreva, and included in Caritas Rousse's annual booklet.
The centre's programmes are directed towards providing resources for the social integration of people with disabilities. This includes supplying auxiliary technical means such as wheel chairs, toilet chairs, crutches, and the related training and information.
Rousse is one of the pilot municipalities in Bulgaria to pursue a new policy for child protection. The Caritas Day Centre in Rousse is included in the Municipal strategy for work with children with special needs. People with disabilities and their families can receive consultations or intermediation for solving their problems from social workers that are invited to the centre. Services for parents are also aimed at rehabilitation at home, servicing disabled people, and getting to know the conditions of their own children.
Caritas is a confederation of organisations (local, national, and regional) to spread solidarity and social justice throughout the world. Caritas aims to create a more just society by working with the powerless, the homeless and the hungry, with refugees and the displaced, regardless of their creed or background.
On Sunday the town of Rakovski opened a second centre for home carers servicing over 60 people suffering from diabetes, and neurological or oncological diseases. The main activities of the staff at the centre will be to provide help for people in their homes. A care package is being offered to all the clients along with prophylaxis and regular examinations.
"Throughout the year we have been preparing the big facility that was given to us by Rousse Municipality, so that we could transfer to it the activities of the previous centre," said Svetlana Gyoreva, Caritas co-ordinator. She added that they are trying to offer services at the centre, rather than directing its activities towards taking care of the clients.
"The idea that we have to strive for is "resourcefulness" when servicing the clients, which is a world tendency when working with children with special needs," Gyoreva said.
The base in Rousse has been made suitable for work with the assistance from Caritas Germany, Caritas Switzerland, CRS - Bulgaria and Caritas Bulgaria. Activities were moved there at the end of September when work with other target groups such as children with slight mental disabilities and with physical disabilities was begun.
At present over 50 children are benefiting from the center. Services available include physiotherapy, psychotherapy, art-therapy, speech therapy, English language courses and training from a special teacher.
"We initiated more active work with the parents who are involved in forming parental groups and volunteer work," Gyoreva said. Students from the Physiotherapy Department at Rousse University have practical work experience there, according to information quoted by Gyoreva, and included in Caritas Rousse's annual booklet.
The centre's programmes are directed towards providing resources for the social integration of people with disabilities. This includes supplying auxiliary technical means such as wheel chairs, toilet chairs, crutches, and the related training and information.
Rousse is one of the pilot municipalities in Bulgaria to pursue a new policy for child protection. The Caritas Day Centre in Rousse is included in the Municipal strategy for work with children with special needs. People with disabilities and their families can receive consultations or intermediation for solving their problems from social workers that are invited to the centre. Services for parents are also aimed at rehabilitation at home, servicing disabled people, and getting to know the conditions of their own children.
Caritas is a confederation of organisations (local, national, and regional) to spread solidarity and social justice throughout the world. Caritas aims to create a more just society by working with the powerless, the homeless and the hungry, with refugees and the displaced, regardless of their creed or background.
On Sunday the town of Rakovski opened a second centre for home carers servicing over 60 people suffering from diabetes, and neurological or oncological diseases. The main activities of the staff at the centre will be to provide help for people in their homes. A care package is being offered to all the clients along with prophylaxis and regular examinations.
