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Projekat: Prevencija institucionalizacije osoba sa intelektualnim teškoæama u FBiH

Savez SUMERO u saradnji sa èlanicama Udruženjem “Oaza” Sarajevo, Udruženje “Svjetlost” Zanica, Udruženje “Sunce” Mostar u oktobru 2009 je poèeo sa realizacijom Projekata “Prevencija institucionalizacije osoba sa intelektualnim teškoæama u FBiH”. Projekat je podržan od strane SOROS Foundation Open Society Institute.
Glavne aktivnosti na ovom projektu su:
- Formiranje mobilnih timova struène službe podrške
- Edukacija èlanova mobilnih timova
- Odreðivanje razina opæe sposobnosti osoba s intelektualnim invaliditetom koje žive u obiteljima
- Izrada i provedba pojedinih programa za osobe s intelektualnim invaliditetom
- Evaluacija pojedinih programa za osobe s intelektualnim teškoæama
Cilj projekta je razvijanje sposobnosti lokalnih NVO-a za širenje procesa prevencije institucionalizacije osoba s intelektualnim teškoæama kao I procesa deinstitucionalizacije. Aktivnosti projekta bit æe usmijerene prema 20 osoba sa intelektualnim teškoæama na Kantonu Sarajevo, 10 na podruèju Zenièno-dobojskog kantona I 10 na podruèju Hercegovaèni-neretvanskog kantona za koje æe se izvršiti prevencija smještaja u institucije ili proces deinstitucionalizacije.

The organization Youth Communication Centre OKC from Banja Luka in cooperation with SUMERO is conducting a project «Development Of Local Volunteering Services In BiH». The project is being implemented in 2008, with plans for self-sustainability soon after. Besides Sarajevo, this project is being implemented in local communities of Tuzla, Livno and Srebrenica.
The main goal of this project is the local community development and social sector through the effective mobilization of the local volunteers and increased citizen participation.24 March 2008. was opening of Local Volunteering Service in Sarajevo.
Specific aims of the project are:

Increased awareness and understanding by the local communities and organizations (GO and NGO) about voluntarism as a contribution to the social development;
Effective mechanisms for engaging volunteers;
Effective use of volunteers in the sector of social care and welfare.
The vision of the project is recognized and valued participation from the community at the local, state and regional level as well as development of the effective local volunteer services that will support further development of the project and organization.
The mission of the project is to support the local community through the effective mobilization of the volunteers from the local, state and regional level to increase citizen participation.
Project was financially supported by International Center Olof Palme from Sweden and Volunteering Services Oversees (VSO) from Great Britain.
The Local Volunteering Service in Sarajevo has about 230 volunteers who are, according to their preferences working with different institutions, citizen associations and centers for accommodation of people with disabilities. Voluntary Meetings and education of volunteers about sessions for intellectual disabilities. One of the projects aimed at young people is «Education of volunteers about mental retardation and ways of providing efficient support to people with intellectual disability ».
These lectures that are undertaken in high schools to educate young people about intellectual disability and the issues as well as the promotion of principles and inclusion of anti discriminatory practice. It also looks too promote and develop voluntary work and create a desire in young people to be helpful members in their society. Within this project, volunteers visited centers for education and rehabilitation of children with intellectual disabilities where thy spent some quality time playing with children.

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