Capable Children for Their Community

The Capable Children mentoring program supports young people to acquire education and skills for a successful life. The aim of this project is to strengthen the mentor-protégé relationship. They will have the space to spend more time together in an informal environment and in a creative process in preparing their own projects and presentations. The first activity of the project - a weekend concentration in nature will last from Friday to Sunday and will include a program focused on creativity, education and leisure activities associated with staying in nature. The program will be led partly by external lecturers (on the topic of participation and climate change) and partly by the heads of community centers and mentors from the Capable Children program. Within the program, two workshops will be led by external lecturers from partner organizations. The second activity of the project – creating own projects in the communities. After the initial introduction and introduction to the theme at the weekend, the young people, in cooperation with community center leaders, mentors and others, will prepare their own projects on the environment in their communities. They will have 5 months and their own budget for the implementation. It will also involve members of their communities in the implementation and presentation of the project to the local government. The topic they will address will come from them as a result of their own perception of needs in the community. The aim of this activity is to draw young people's attention to the fact that they are a full part of the community, have some responsibility for it and their age does not prevent them from participating in positive change and being a benefit where they live.  The Capable Children Mentoring Program (and thus also in this project) includes children and young people who regularly attend ETP community centers (KC), participate in educational and leisure activities and work hard to improve their school results.