World Bank and FOSIM award grants to seven NGOs
Skopje, October 19, 2007 - The World Bank Office in Skopje and Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia (FOSIM) awarded Friday a total of US$ 32,300 to seven NGOs for projects related to the social exclusion of the youth in the Republic of Macedonia, reads FOSIM press release.
FOSIM Executive Director Vladimir Milchin and acting director of the World Bank Office in Skopje Evgenij Najdov signed the grant agreements with the representatives of the seven organizations.
ERA from Gostivar will open a resource Center for Youth Employment and promote informal education; the Youth Action and Diversity Center from Strumica will promote activities (preparation of photographs, ornaments etc.) for the disabled persons and lobby before the authorized entities for greater inclusion of the disabled in the community; the association of disabled persons - Shpresa from Skopje will organize a theatre performance that will speak and in a way lobby for the integration of disabled children in the schools; Primus from Skopje will work on setting up a ramp in the Youth Cultural Center in order to provide access for the children with wheelchairs and organize fun activities for the youth; the Red Cross of the City of Skopje will prepare a Guide for good manners towards disabled persons and organize trainings on the approach to the disabled and fostering this approach; Rekanski biser from Rostushe will conduct a campaign for raising the awareness among the young, especially the girls from Mavroro and Rostushe about the importance of education; Blue Sky from Skopje will organize education for its members regarding the problems of the socially excluded youth, particularly the young disabled persons. Blue Sky and the Red Cross of the City of Skopje will carry out several activities together, among which is also the training and event “Let’s touch the Sky”.
With this joint project, while promoting the principle “youth for youth”, FOSIM and the World Bank are aiming at raising the awareness and visualization of the social exclusion of the young, defining the frames, stakeholders, as well as supporting the active participation of the young in making changes in the social exclusion reduction process, reads the press release.
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