02-09-2022 16:41
On September 1, 2022, the municipality of Plovdiv held a press conference - the opening event of the project “Establishing a one-stop center for integrated social and health services in the neighborhood of Stolipinovo”.
The project aims the performance on wide program for socially economic turn on vulnerable ethnically groups in a neighborhood Stolipinovo, providing improved access to administrative, social, educational and health services through the construction on center for services on one counter.
To implement the project activities, a team will be hired, which will consist of a manager, social workers, administrative employees, educational mediators, a teacher, music and art teachers, medical specialists, health mediators.
The activities of the project include a wide range of consulting services, mediation, advocacy, campaigns to increase the acceptance of Roma by the mainstream population, various workshops for working with children – musical, creative and others, sports events, days of tolerance, round tables on topics related to with discrimination and social inclusion, health services for people with an undetermined health status, provision of hot food for a certain number of persons, as well as educational activities in Bulgarian for children and adults, qualification courses and trainings for youth from the community.
The construction of a new building in the area of Stolipinovo quarter will contribute to the people of the area recognizing this place as a center bringing together specialists with different expertise who can be the connecting link for referral to other social or administrative services or providing direct support to the most vulnerable children and adults on the ground.