July 2015 06_NEWSLETTER JULY: The consultations for the emergency needs have been resumed in July
Events and actions in the community The consultations for the emergency needs have been resumed in July Following a series of consultations that took place in the Cantonului and Coastei communities in the spring, which prompted cleaning and road repairing activities, the consultations have been resumed in July within three out of the four communities: Cantonului, Coastei and Rampă. Approximately 250 people participated in meetings, which consisted of a total of 6 information sessions per community and 10 consultation gatherings among all three communities. Within the Dallas community, which was the most affected by the closing of the garbage dump, the activities were postponed until the situation stabilizes. The emergency needs are a medium-term intervention plan for specific community activities and needs that the authorities are unable to meet promptly, yet which would improve the living standards of the community members. You can find more information on the needs identified within each community, as well as the difficulties that arose during the consultation and information sessions, by watching the video made with the three community facilitators by accessing the video section on our website, or the project’s Youtube channel.
„Flowers, girls and boys...”, activities with the children from Dallas during the design and bricolage session The third session of The Great Construction, which took place in Dallas, gathered approximately 40 people over the course of 2 days, including a large group of children who accompanied the adults’ work with their games and their joy, at one of the community’s wells. Special attention was given to the children during these activities, in order to create safe working conditions during the activities that involved them as well. Yet, at times it was necessary to move the barrows round the children, so as not to disturb their games. You can read a description of the two days of activities, given by the case managers that took care of the children: “Flowers, girls and boys... We spent two hot summer days together with the children from Dallas, on the occasion of The Great Construction 3. We had the chance to restore the community’s well during these two days, but we also played games and had fun. Thus, the well’s surroundings reminded us of the childhood playground, because games and toys were always present: skipping ropes, rubber bands, „flowers, girls and boys, singers and songs”, dodgeball, truth or dare, and playing army. Approximately 15 children participated in the ludic and artistic activities. Their joy and laughter accompanied the sounds of the chisels and hammers. During the day, it was sometimes necessary for the hardworking adults to avoid us with their barrows, and at other times we had to contain our overwhelming enthusiasm, but the overall experience left us spiritually richer and reminded us of the joys of childhood. In the evening, we headed for our homes, but not before children accompanied us at the end of
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NORWAY GRANTS | 06_NEWSLETTER • July 2015