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Vilniaus g. 3
Kretinga LT-97129
Lithuania
tel./fax.: +370 445 58782
email: sv.antanodc@gmail.com
Kretinga LT-97129
Lithuania
tel./fax.: +370 445 58782
email: sv.antanodc@gmail.com
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Building renovation, reconstruction and adaption for charitable and educative activities  The aim of the project:
Create and adapt the building (former workshops of the school) for
charity canteen, social work with homeless, families who are
experiencing crises: parents and children and for community education
centre. To help for the poor as much as possible as their number in
todays economical crisis increases every day.Charity canteen. In order to help for the poor people, Franciscan brothers of Kretinga in 1995 established charity canteen in the premises of Kretinga monastery. As this activity is important both to the poor people and to the city, brothers want to continue this practice. Every year charity canteen provides food for about 400 people. These people experience many problems, besides feeding they also need moral-spiritual uplift. Charity hygiene centre. As we work with the poor, we noticed that in their homes (or beds of boards, slums) a place where they could bath, wash their clothes, clean themselves. We see the need to bath, wash clothes and cut hair both of the clients of charity canteen and visitors of children day centre. Children and family day centre. Since 2004 we work with children living in Kretinga district (Lithuania) from disadvantaged families and families experiencing various crises (alcohol dependence, addictions, divorce, neglect, deprivation, etc.). The age of the children is from 7 to 17 years. Children attend every day, about 30 children within a week, 50 children within one year. 15 specialists and volunteers work with children. Now children gather in parish house of Kretinga Annunciation church. Half of the children who are attending the centre, are brought from villages, another half come themselves from the Kretinga city. We find important the organization of those activities: voluntary provision of food, transportation, courses, leisure; formal and informal education, medical services in special case, help to find Christian values, develop and strengthen family traditions and inner values. We aim to help for the whole family and we find that the most important is to be sincere and friendly then everybody can feel safe and wanted.
Programme
of St. Anthony Day Centre
BE GOOD IF YOU CAN  Non-formal
education program: Be good if you can, its continuous and
main
activity is children (7-17 years old) education and socialization.
Program is for children living in Kretingas district in disadvantaged or experiencing crisis families and families at risk. THESE FREE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED: - For children 1. Education: FORMAL education. Helping to prepare school homework; NON-FORMAL education: 1) expert
consulting;
2. Food supply. 2) artful creative self-expression sessions. 3) Training of social skills. Formation of housework through order preserving, food preparation, table serving, table decoration, training of work activity skills, etc., hygiene, developing and nurturing healthy nutrition and healthy living-style. 3. Camps and recollections during holidays. 4. Organization of a leisure time: various trips, tours, hikes, family afternoons. Children are divided into two age groups: younger 7-12 years old older - 13-17 years old The center works daily. In Kretinga In parish house of Annunciation church, Vilnius str. 2, Kretinga (next to church). On Mondays and Wednesdays group of younger children, from 13 to 18 oclock On Tuesdays and Thursdays group of older children, from 14 to 18 oclock. Every year we work from September to July, except for the autumn, winter and spring holidays, in this time we organize special events. The Big
Friend for every child
 Description:
Friendship is a big gift. Are you ready to become a faithful friend?
Are you ready to share what you already have? You can become a Big
Friend for person, who is in the need to be heard and listened. He or
she is lonely and feels uncomfortable. The Big friend can be helpful,
he or she can explain and be faithful, responsible, as he or she will
present his or her time for a Little Friend and will be patient.About organization: St. Anthony Day Centre is beneficiary catholic organization which works by example of Day Centres under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. 7-17 years old children and adolescents from families experiencing various crises (alcohol, divorce, unemployment, violence, etc.) living in Kretinga city and villages of the district attends Day Centre. Organization works according the program Be good, if you can, its main purpose is formal and informal education and socialization of children and adolescents: homework doing, art and sport activities, organization of events and leisure, counselling by psychologist, lawyer, educator and organization of meetings. About project: With this project we want to adapt Big Brothers Big Sisters program for socially neglected children and adolescents (Little Friends), who needs strong and positive example of and adult (Big Friend). Organization which works with children from families where often alcohol dependence, unemployment and disharmony dominates, noticed that parents seldom communicate in a caring way, often their relationship is full of violence. Most of the children are reserved, they lack self-confidence and openness, and they are "difficult" at school and society. Program Big Brothers Big Sisters is based on the simple idea: creation of friendship backed-up with confidence between adult (prepared volunteer) and child. This special friendship would enrich lives of children who are attending Day Centre, who feel alone, and dont have in their environment reliable, listening and understanding adult friend. The volunteer of the program Big Brothers Big Sisters, while being positive examples and responsive to children needs may be help them to gain more strength, be more self-confident, create good relationship with people around. |
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