SOS helpline for children and youth
The toll-free SOS helpline for children and youth (080012222) which operates in the Children’s Embassy Megjashi, is continuing its work.
On this helpline, in the period January 1st June 20th 2007 152 calls have been registered. The majority of the callers are females, even though there is no big difference with the calls made from males. In percents, the biggest part of the calls are family issues (18,42%), followed by abuse and violence over children (15,79%), commercial exploitation (11,84%) and school problems (9,87%).
It is interesting to point out that, during this period there were calls regarding sexuality and sexual information – compared to the period January-June 2006 when there were none.
The SOS helpline is financed by Macedonian Telecommunications and Stopanska Bank.
|
Month |
No. of calls |
Female |
Male |
No. of calls |
|
January (01.07) |
14 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
|
February (02.07) |
24 |
12 |
12 |
24 |
|
March (03.07) |
26 |
17 |
9 |
29 |
|
April (04.07) |
49 |
26 |
23 |
/ |
|
May (05.07) |
19 |
7 |
12 |
/ |
|
June (06.07) |
20 |
17 |
3 |
/ |
|
TOTAL |
152 |
89 |
63 |
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Training in our partner organization the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children - ISPCC, from Dublin, Ireland
From 28 – 31 May 2007, Gordana Pirkovska Zmijanac and Nevenka Stefanovska received in-house training in our twinning organization ISPCC in Dublin, Ireland.
The training had two separate modules – for the SOS helpline and for fundraising.
Gordana Pirkovska Zmijanac, as the Program Manager in the Embassy Megjashi, visited the Program part of ISPCC – their 4 services for children (Childline, 4me!, ChildFocus, Leаnbh) while Nevenka Stefanovska, Promotion and Fundraising Manager, had training in the Fundraising Department.
Our hosts
In a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, the training that lasted 2 days, had the goal to support our twinning activities.
“the In-House training in an organization existing more than 150 years was a truly wonderful experience. During our stay, they selflessly revealed to us the way each of their programs works and have equipped us with all the necessary manuals and working documents. We have really learned a lot.” – said Nevenka Stefanovska after the return.
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