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A Visit from Our Partner Organisation Pax Christi
The efforts of any charitable organisation require support from other people of good will. For the last three years, our Centre has been actively co-operating with world renowned organisation Pax Christi. The organisation’s main focus is on promotion of peace and justice and support of human rights. Pax Christi brings together volunteers from all over the world. Particularly, since we have teamed up together, two new volunteers from Germany have been coming to the Centre each year. Usually, they are recent high school graduates. While staying at the Centre, they manage the kids’ after-school time. They help the kids do their homework and study foreign languages, usually English and German. They also arrange various creative workshops according to the kids’ interests.
03/04/2015 More info
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Seminar with Dniprovsky District Administration: "Our Kids" as a model for green technologies utilisation at schools and kindergartens?
Centre «Our Kids» is a pioneer in energy efficiency and utilisation of renewable geothermal energy. We strive to protect the environment and raise awareness on the subject. On 1 April 2015, a seminar with representatives of the Kyiv Dniprovskiy District Administration and principals of local schools and kindergartens took place at the Centre «Our Kids» . The main purpose of this seminar was to share the "Our Kids" experience and discuss the possibilities of implementing energy efficiency technologies in educational institutions of the Kyiv Dniprovskiy District. Over the last few months, the Centre’s staff have conducted an in-depth economic analysis of the use of our geothermal heating system and assessed the efficiency of the use of this particular renewable energy technology.
02/04/2015 More info
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We held the training session 2 ‘Social area analysis: its elements, functions, and conceptual principles’
On March 24-26, the international seminar will be held in Kyiv entitled ‘Street-Based Youth Work: Clarification of Terms, Introduction to the Concept, and Assessment System.’ The seminar will be hosted by the Structural Subdivision of the German-Polish-Ukrainian Society in Ukraine under the German-Ukrainian Project ‘Mobile Youth Work and Social Environment Analysis Methods.’ The event will be held in partnership with the German charity organisation Aktion Mensch. The target audience will include social service professionals and members of non-governmental organisations for the protection of the rights of children and youth.
26/03/2015 More info
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A QUALITY WEEKEND FOR "OUR KIDS"
"Our kids" had a quality time last weekend. On 21 March, 2015, renowned Polish choreographer and art director of the second cycle of the ‘Inclusion’ project Olena Leonenko held a workshop for the kids participating in the project. Through sensory activities, Olena taught the kids how to improve their self-perception and manage emotions.
21/03/2015 More info
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Love of a Family is Life’s Greatest Happiness
We all love and cherish our homes and our families. Our homes are the castles where we can find relief from life’s hardships and our families are the people who are always there to understand and support us in an hour of need. We are genuinely happy that today, 17-year-old Anastasia is starting a new life. Her childhood dream of finding a family of her own has finally come true. We wish you all the best in your new family. May your path in life be filled only with the warmest feelings, sympathy and love. After all, love of a family is life’s greatest happiness.
20/03/2015 More info
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MEETING WITH CARITAS KYIV
On 18 March, 2015, a meeting took place at the "Our Kids" Centre with one of our partners in the project entitled ‘Social Area Analysis and Mobile Youth Work,’ the Caritas Kyiv organisation. Caritas Kyiv representatives Zoriana Lukavetska and Iryna Pukhniak accompanied by German assessment expert Dorsi Germann learnt more about the activities of our organisation and were pleasantly impressed with the scope of services provided by the "Our Kids" Centre and the novelty and relevance of the projects implemented by the Structural Subdivision of the German-Polish-Ukrainian Society in Ukraine.
18/03/2015 More info