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Support to young people that grew up in institutions; new project in the Ukraine
Support to young people that grew up in institutions; new project in the Ukraine 04-03-2010
The main problem for children without parental care in Ukraine is a lack of preparation for independent life of children in institutions (boarding schools) and lack of (coordinated) support for young people that have left institutions, putting them at high risk for development of psychosocial problems, unemployment and getting caught in the poverty trap and subsequent problems of drug use, alcohol abuse, prostitution, trafficking, crime and teenage pregnancy.

Many activities will take place within this project. To name a few:

-Training of Trainers for people working in the social protection system (to be able to provide better support to young people);

-Training in Life Skills for young people them selves;

-Support to young people in finding and maintaining work.

During the project new policies and training materials will be developed that are subsequently to be rolledout all over the country.

For more information, please contact Rutger van Oudenhoven (rutger@icdi.nl) or have a look at the 'projects' section of this website..