Projects and activities
In Europe - CIS
The "Prevention Of Sexual Abuse And Assistance To Abused Children In Latvia and CIS" project began in the spring of 2007 thanks to the initiative of the Bice and Rights of the Child NGOs based in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Latvia.
This collaborative project is based on the exchange of good practices regarding sensitization of society on the Rights of the Child and sexual abuse towards children. The project aims to study effective methods used by professionals to prevent abuses and in particular to help children to resist pressure and threats.
The exchanges take place within the framework of meetings, seminars and study visits:
- November 2007, in Chisinau (Moldova): seminar introducing the principles and the practices of the "Life Skills" method
- February 2008, in Moscow (Russia): seminar on therapeutic care
- April 2008, in Baku (Azerbaijan): seminar on "Grain of sand" approach
- June 2008, in Jurmala (Latvia): seminar on Outreach work
- August 2008, in Barnaul (Russia): meeting of young people based on the concept of "peer education"
- February 2009, in Almaty (Kazakhstan) : seminar on multidisciplinary approach -October 2009, in Nice (France): seminar on the judicial question in the field of sexual abuse problematics
The results of these exchanges will be emphasized through mini projects, which every organization will have to implement autonomously :
- NAN "No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction" (Moscow- Russia) implements a project called "The Open Door" based on Grain of Sand approach : more about NAN's miniproject
- Civic Initiative (Zlataust-Russia) implements a miniproject dedicated to the Grain of Sand approach and Life Skills : more about Civic Initiative's miniproject
- Podrugi (Almaty-Kazakhstan) implements a miniproject based on Life Skills and " peer education": more about Podrugi's miniproject
