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Development of the Network Capacity of Family Clubs in Chernobyl Area in order to Improve Social and Economic Situation

The international technical assistance project entitled as “Development of the Network Capacity of Family Clubs in Chernobyl Area in order to Improve Social and Economic Situation”  has been initiated and is being implemented by Green Cross Belarus NGO with the financial support of the European Union. The main European partner of the Project is Padre Nostro Centre (Palermo, Italy).

The Project is planned for 4 years (2014-2018). The Project’s geography covers Bragindistrict, Gomeloblast.

ThemainobjectiveoftheProjectis to create local communities in order to improve social and economic role of small communities in Bragin district as well as to cope with consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

7 Family Clubs have been already opened in Bragin district within the framework of the Project. Their members are engaged in the promotion of healthy living, preservation of historical and cultural traditions, development of entrepreneurship in villages and small towns. Club members organize and participate in various activities such as seminars and workshops, sharing trainings, concerts, festivals and Nights of Arts.

By the end of the initiative, it is planned to organize regular productive work of 8 Family Clubs, which will increase the quality of area residents’ life. 50 participants of the program will become assistants and consultants for local village councils.

The official website of the Project (In Russian and Belarusian)

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During the autumn holidays, 40 representatives of schools from Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova gathered for a forum-dialogue “Rural school, school garden and village in the era of globalization”.

The results of the II contest of the project «School Garden»

The final full-time tour of the II open competition «School garden» as an educational platform for modern safe agricultural technologies» among rural schools of Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions took place in the educational center of Green Cross Belarus (Kryukovschina, Smolevichi district) November 5, 2019. The contest was in the framework of the forum-dialogue «Rural school, school garden and village in the era of globalization».

 

The results of the correspondence stage of the II competition of the project «School Garden» are announced

The results of the correspondence stage of the open competition «School Garden» as an educational platform for modern safe agricultural technologies», in which rural schools of Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions take part, are summed up. At this stage, 49 applications have been reviewed. 

 

Admission of works for International Contests “In My Homeland” is started

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Day of Watermelon and his friends in Loev

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What is growing in the school garden?

The 2nd open competition of school gardens continues. What do our participants grow in their gardens? What cultures are most common or rare in participating schools in rural areas of Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions?

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