Association for Education and Linking of Children (Association Mozaik)

SHORT PRESENTATION

Association for education and linking of children or Association Mozaik - Association of children, was founded in February 2001 with the intention of enabling creative spending of free time to all children and young people, offer help to children and families from socially threatened and depriviliged families and enable international linking of children, young people and volunteers.

Our programs are primarily aimed at children and young people with less social opportunities that come mostly from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. We work mainly with young refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina, asylum seekers and 'illegal migrants'. We organize workshops in Slovene elementary schools and try to involve Slovene children and young people into our activities.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Our programs are also aimed at young people who would like to get involved into volunteer work with refugees, asylum seekers and other young people. We offer volunteers mentorship, support and help in developing their own ideas and initiatives.

We organise trainings for volunteers where they get familiar with specifics of working with young people from minority backgrounds. Volunteers get a chance to get involved into international projects, i.e. youth exchanges and learn about possibilities of doing volunteer work abroad (international volunteer camps, European voluntary service). Volunteers from abroad also participate in our activities.

PRESENTATION OF MAIN PROJECTS

OPEN HOUSE

The main aim of the Open House project is to enable creative spending of free time to all young people through free activities in creative workshops of journalism, bindery, mega picture, juggling and intercultural games that take place at schools and other locations.

ACTIVITIES FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS

Various creative activities for asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants are organized in the Asylum home in Ljubljana, Refugee Centre and Centre for foreigners in Postojna. On weekends, trips across Slovenia are organized. A magazine on cultural diversity and tolerance is also prepared by the youngsters.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

In 2002, young refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina living in Slovenia visited Sarajevo and Mostar where they worked together with young people in different workshops and prepared a photo exhibition of their work in Sarajevo. In 2003, we organized youth exchanges and study visits with organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the framework of the project Open house Sarajevo and a youth exchange in Slovenia with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2004, photo exhibitions were organized in Mostar and Ljubljana in collaboration with the organization Mladi Most from Mostar. We are a hosting organization for EVS and participate in international youth exchanges, trainings, seminars and study visits.

Association Mozaik - Association of children

Vegova 6

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Phone: + 386 41 293 704 (contact person: Sanja Cukut)

Fax: + 386 1 421 01 67

E-mail: mozaik@surf.to or sanja.cukut@guest.arnes.si

KRATKA PREDSTAVITEV

Društvo za izobraževanje in povezovanje otrok ali Društvo MOZAIK - društvo otrok, je bilo ustanovljeno februarja 2001 z namenom omogočiti kreativno preživljanje prostega časa vsem otrokom in mladostnikom, nuditi pomoč otrokom in mladostnikom iz socialno ogroženih in depriviligiranih družin in omogočiti mednarodno povezovanje otrok, mladostnikov in prostovoljcev.

Naši programi so prvenstveno namenjeni mladim in otrokom z manj priložnostmi v družbi, ki večinoma prihajajo iz socialno ogroženih okolij. Delamo predvsem z otroki in mladostniki nekdanjimi begunci iz Bosne in Hercegovine, prosilci za azil in drugimi migranti. V naše dejavnosti se redno vključujejo slovenski otroci in mladostniki, organiziramo pa tudi delavnice po slovenskih osnovnih šolah.

PROSTOVOLJNO DELO

Programi so namenjeni tudi mladim, ki se želijo vključiti v prostovoljno delo s populacijo otrok in mladih beguncev in prosilcev za azil. Prostovoljcem nudimo mentorstvo, podporo in pomoč pri razvijanju lastnih idej in iniciativ. Organiziramo izobraževanja za prostovoljce, na katerih se le- ti seznanijo s posebnostmi dela z mladimi iz manjšinskih družbenih skupin. Poleg tega imajo prostovoljci možnost vključiti se v mednarodne projekte mladinskih izmenjav, seznanijo pa se tudi z možnostmi opravljanja prostovoljnega dela v tujini (mednarodni prostovoljni tabori, Evropska prostovoljna služba). V naših programih vseskozi sodelujejo prostovoljci iz tujine.

PREDSTAVITEV PROJEKTOV;

ODPRTA HIŠA

Namen projekta je omogočiti kreativno preživljanje prostega časa vsem otrokom in mladostnikom. Delavnice novinarstva, knjigovezništva, mega slike, žongliranja in medkulturne igrice, potekajo na osnovnih šolah po Sloveniji in drugih lokacijah. Vse dejavnosti so brezplačne, tako se jih lahko udeležijo tudi mladi iz finančno ogroženih družin.

DEJAVNOSTI ZA BEGUNCE, PROSILCE ZA AZIL IN DRUGE MIGRANTE

Kreativne dejavnosti za otroke in mladostnike izvajamo v Azilnem domu v Ljubljani ter Centru za tujce in Zbirnem centru v Postojni. Ob sobotah organiziramo izlete, na katere se mladi vnaprej pripravijo. Skupaj pripravljamo tudi revijo za mlade na temo kulturne različnosti in strpnosti.

MEDNARODNI PROJEKTI

Mladi begunci iz Bosne in Hercegovine, ki živijo v Sloveniji so v letu 2002 obiskali Sarajevo in Mostar, skupaj s tamkajšnjimi mladimi smo organizirali delavnice na različnih lokacijah. V dvorani sarajevske občine Stari Grad pa smo postavili razstavo likovnih del in fotografij mladih beguncev. V okviru projekta Odprta hiša Sarajevo so v letu 2003 potekali študijski obiski mentorjev oz. prostovoljcev v Sarajevu in Ljubljani. V juniju 2003 smo v Prekmurju organizirali mednarodno mladinsko izmenjavo, na kateri so sodelovali mladi iz Bosne in Hercegovine in Slovenije. Leta 2004 se je organizacija Mladi Most v Ljubljani predstavila s fotografsko razstavo, društvo Mozaik pa je pripravilo fotografsko razstavo v Mostarju. Pripravljamo tudi mladinske izmenjave s partnerji iz drugih evropskih držav, sodelujemo na seminarjih, tečajih usposabljanja in študijskih obiskih in v okviru Evropske prostovoljne službe gostimo prostovoljce iz tujine.

Društvo Mozaik - Društvo otrok

Vegova 6

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenija

Telefon: + 386 41 293 704 (kontaktna oseba: Sanja Cukut)

Faks: + 386 1 421 01 67

E-pošta: mozaik@surf.to ali sanja.cukut@guest.arnes.si