Social support for teenagers with drug dependence after rehab centre courses in Dobryanka Russia
About
We want to offer these teens weekends to look forward to. Creating a movement of young people, a place to make friends, have amazing adventures, learn new skills. The weekends will be filled with camping in the beautiful country side of Dobryanka, hiking, swimming, canoeing, workshops, inspirational guest talks, bake sales, arts and craft sales, sports events, gardening and plant and vegetable sales, camp fire fun and the fun thing is that parents can also join some weekends.
All in all we wish to help them flourish into responsible and motivated young adults.
The benefits: it helps youth development, develop self confidence, ethics, leadership skills, citizenship skills, teach them about money and this will influence their adult lives and the decisions they make. Not forgetting the fun they will have. With the parent weekends included it will help with the further development of the parent and child relationship. Since there is a lack of extra curriculums available this will be a place they can have fun and stay occupied and something to look forward to.
Our Project details
What is out social support idea:
Get picked up
For the weekend away to go camping in Dobryanka a bus will pass through the villages of Perm to pick up the teenagers at a designated pick up spot
Sports events
Raising money by hosting a fun day for the teenagers at the facility, the visiting teens and the community
Art & craft
There will be arts and crafts workshops where the teens can make jewelry, pottery, woodshop for boys, making dolls, painting etc.
Gardening
Teenagers will be put into teams and be responsible for a section. Groups can grow vegetables, plants and flowers
Cake, arts & crafts, vegetable sale
The teens can organize a sales day and market it in the neighboring towns by making handmade posters. Selling baked goods and some of their arts & crafts and gardening products
Outdoor activities
Camping outside and bonfire fun
Teens will be able to enjoy weekends hiking, swimming, canoeing, horse riding, fishing
Parents & child(en) bonding
Certain weekends will be for parents to join their teens for the weekend away if possible. Where parents and kids can bond and have fun. Parents can also help out with the weekends and the bake sales
Unity
All teens will receive t-shirts. Unity in uniform and a sash will be given to each teenager. On the sash the individuals can collect badges which will signify achievements
Incentive
With the sales of the baked goods and arts and crafts the organization will make hampers with various essentials for each teen to take home with them for their family
With this initiative we hope for local supermarkets and businesses to climb on board. With this we want to help many households with some of the scarcities the family are facing
Inspirational talks
We want recovering addicts with inspirational stories to motivate and tell their stories but we also want the community to get involved
Having businesses from Perm and the local government to give inspirational talks at these weekends