Annual report about activities of Association
1. There is an opportunity to get free juridical consultation. Every member of our Association has opportunity to get lawyer’s advice by telephone or another way. Our juridical service can give a competent advice, help you to draw up an application, will make a visit to official together, if you need it. Whether it is important, we can attract press and public attention.
2. Negotiations with state authorities concerning a family and children (including foster home and adopted children) are continued. A number of meetings concerning a soft loan on construction and housing reconstruction took place in the Ministry of architecture. There was a meeting concerning financing of social programs in the Ministry of Finance. Also there were some meetings in the Ministry of Education. Some questions are solved routinely, some are on consideration.
Some of our offers are accepted by the government.
Our amendment is included in the foster home Clause. Also according to our offer grants for adopted children grew by 11,7 percent since October 1 (we suggested to raise in 3,5 times). According to our offer children's grants will quarterly raise (we offered, that grants raised monthly).
At the same time many problems aren't solved yet. Now the collective letter on problems of foster homes and adopted children is made. If you consider requirements of parents are reasonable and fair, you can subscribe under this letter and suggest to other parents to subscribe under it.
3. Summer Holidays. We organized some trips by our own. Four trips of groups of children and parents took place on the lake Naroch, Nemunas and on Golubye lakes. Everybody who submitted demands in time, could have a rest, even 2-3 times. All trips were almost free.
If you want to take part in the organization of such trips, please, tell us. Leaders, employees of kitchen, medics, drivers, musicians, trainers, leaders of circles are required.
4. This year only 5 people could have rest abroad free of charge. There were permits on improvement with partial payment (for journey). Everybody who filed documents in time, had opportunity to go abroad.
5. Grocery help. More than 5000 kg food products are received.
6. Potato help. All families, who submitted demands in time, received on 5 bags of a potato.
7. Monetary help. Some families received the monetary help.
8. The party of used computers is received
8. Competition of children's creativity is held. To the publication any materials created by children - news, notes, articles, reportings, interview, drawings, video, photos and others are accepted. The most active participants will win a prize - a children's video camera.
9. Work of Mass media service. Participants of Mass media service had possibility to take part in training seminars for beginning journalists and to refresher courses. In total ten training courses passed: eight. Similar seminars will be carried out. If You have an interest in these courses – join us.
10. The volunteers helped to do repairs – painted, laid down a tile, glued wall-paper, etc.
11. Three charitable actions for foster and large families are conducted. There were collected about 500 kg of products: fruit, juice, yogurt, chocolate, etc.
12. There were cultural actions - visits to the theaters, concerts, parks, etc.
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with respect, DW