Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop

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Template:Project HELP Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop Project Type(s): Project Sector(s): Environment Community Development
Community Name:	Uzhgorod
Region:	Zakarpatska
Country:	Ukraine
Volunteer(s) Name:	Gaia Werner
Affiliate organization:	"Path to Life" Social and Medical Rehabilitation Center
Year of project approval:	2006
Project located:	yes
Projects started in Ukraine 2006 (9).
Fundraising for an Orphanage, Hoshcha Internet Café, Kivsharivka Youth Journalism Project II, Ukrainian Folk Art Center, Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop, Vinnitsia Center for Public Leadership, Vinnitsia Clean City Project, Vinnysia Civics Education for Teachers Project, and Zhytomyr Silent Auction
Other Projects in Ukraine (66).
"International Days in Poland" English Language Seminar, A CURE: A Community United to React to an Epidemic, Alliance Youth Theater for HIV/AIDS Awareness, Artemovsk Central City Library Computer Center, Bar School Number 2 Insulation Project, Camp "I Believe", Camp CACTUS, Camp Excite Healthy Lifestyles, Camp GLOW, Camp H.E.A.L., Camp Unity: Promoting Diversity and Tolerance in Ukraine, Chernivsti Listening and Speaking Classroom Project, Chernivtsi English Language Resource Center, Chernivtsi Environmental NGO "Krona", and Comprehensive English Textbooks for Mukachevo Secondary School No. 6 … further results
Other SPA Projects by Volunteers (2).
Other Environment Projects by Volunteers (98).
Achajur Water Supply Pipeline Mapping, Desol, Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program, Training and Environmental Education for the Guides and Students of Alfkoara and W National Park, Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop, and Vinnitsia Clean City Project
Other Community Development Projects by Volunteers (42).
Desol, Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop, and Vinnitsia Clean City Project
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Mapped Projects around Ukraine (23). This project location is: 48.6218490, 22.3111590Latitude: 48°37′18.656″N Longitude: 22°18′40.172″E

Info about the Uzhgorod Sheltered Workshop

[edit] Summary:

P Jay Werner wrote and received a SPA grant to open a shelter workshop to create a sewing workshop for the mentally and physically challenged youth of Uzhgorod.

[edit] Subject(s):

Fundraising; Social Work.

[edit] Story:

"Path to Life" Social and Medical Rehabilitation Center is a registered NGO whose mission is to help children and youth with physical and/or mental disabilities develop and realize their abilities, maximizing their integration into society. One of the problems identified is the difficulty of finding employment for physically or mentally challenged youth, ages 16-30, who have finished their formal education. P Jay Werner wrote and received a SPA grant to open a shelter workshop to create a sewing workshop for the mentally and physically challenged youth of Uzhgorod. The first project is the manufacture of fabric shopping bags. The initial bags are decorated with a scene from Uzhgorod. Thus the bags are both environmentally friendly and also serve as great tourist souvenirs of Uzhgorod.

PCV: Gaia Werner(Economic Development, Group 28)

http://www.pcukraine.org/activities/results_success_stories.php#va