Our Projects
At Konvalia Project we continue to adapt our projects for the needs of Ukrainians.
Current Project
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE
'The Development of a Social Infastructure for the protection of the internally displaced persons in Ukraine' is a two tiered approach of provision of social work services to internally displaced individuals. There is the development and training of social workers and other individuals who will be working with families and individuals – training to include Case Management Model, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy and Task Oriented Therapy and assessment and referral to community resources. Once the social workers and other professionals have been trained there will be a number of them assessing and managing the provision of services to families and a number of trained personnel providing psychosocial counseling services to individuals. The issues to be dealt with primarily will be post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, stress management, life transitions, grief, to name a few.
The individuals providing the case management and counseling services will be supervised on a regular basis by Masters level social workers. The project is to take place in Kharkivsky, Zaporizky and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
We have plans to develop a web portal to be accessible to the trained professionals working with the families and individuals. The information will include a database of resources and pertinent articles, etc.
The budget for the first year is estimated at $190,000.
Ongoing Projects
PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES/COUNSELLING TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The Konvalia Project has focused energies on the development of a program for the prevention of domestic violence in Ukraine.
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The work is two-fold. The first is an educational focus that provides information to abused women and representatives of social agencies who work with abused women. Also, six-session workshops are being presented in elementary and high schools focussing on the development of healthy relationships, respect, conflict resolution, building respect, resources in the community and legislation.
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The second is the provision of services for abused women which would include individual and group counselling services. Counselling services are available for children who are victims and/or witness domestic violence.
The Konvalia Project has also been involved in presenting and supporting certificate courses in Practical Social Work. This work is carried out in Kiev and Vinnitsia