projects financed by unitarian community fund in progress
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Projects financed by Unitarian Community Fund in progress
Project 1. Training of young volunteers for the organized helping and rescue actions Applicant: Providence Association – Transylvania Rescue Team – Dávid Ferenc Youth Association (Transylvania) They organized a voluntary work camp for young people with 22 participants from Monday 9 July to Sunday 15 July. In this camp the youth helped the people in need (mostly old persons who live alone). The volunteers helped every day other families or congregations. Parallel with these activity the volunteer’s group was involved in religious and community programs. They also organized some voluntary works in Szind and in Kolozsvár.
Project 2. Handicraft experience workshop Applicant: Pottery Association (Corund) They organized a lot of different voluntary works collaborating with their partners and did the following activities:
cleaning the garage where will take place the experience workshop,
painting the garage,
introducing the water system in this building,
renovating two szekler gates which they got in donation,
they bought an electric pottery wheel. In the recent past they used it for handicraft activities learning children in the yard.
Project 3. Football field for the village! Applicant: “Pro Tineret Derzs‐Darjiu” Foundation (Darjiu) Till now they organized two volunteer works. At the first meeting they prepared willow stakes and transported them to the location. After this they pushed these stakes in the ground to stabilize it. The Compossesorate (forest owner’s association) helped the association in this work with a bulldoexcavator. The registration of the sport association is finished; they could start in the rural championship at this autumn. The next step is to organize another volunteer work to put the stakes in the ground for the fence.
Project 4. Playground for everyone Applicant: Gálfi Sándor Association (Cobatesti) They cleaned the place where will be the playground. After this they brought wood from the forest than prepared them into the swing material. They also ordered the toys for the playground. Project 5. The rebirth of drying fruits Applicant: Pro Kenos Association (Chinusu) They decided in a community meeting where to create the fruit processing unit. The acquisition process of the needed materials and their transportation to the location is started. Project 6. Trainings for the local youth Applicant: Pro Gyepes Association (Ghipes) There took place a lot of preparatory work like: ordering the traditional furniture and the beehives; they bought the stove, the loom and the yarn for hand loom weaving, other weaving materials, the beekeeping equipment, books for the training. They already started the first training (beekeeping). The other trainings will started in the next weeks.
Project 7. Adult education for the persistency. Evoking the past – producing value – planning the future. Applicant: Firtos`s Horse ‐ Awakening Providence Association (Firtusu) They bought the needed materials and tools. The data collection and the questionnaires editing and the communication with the lecturers is started. The next step is to prepare the places for the trainings. The first meeting is scheduled for 5th August. Project 8. Meeting and training for the Romanian community assistants Applicant: Romanian Community Assistants Association (Craciunel) Their national meeting and training for community assistants will be kept in September. They planned the organization works in August. Project 9. Furnishing the community house and increasing its tool Applicant: Providence Association (Rares) They finished the ceramic tiling in the kitchen and in the bathroom; they finished also the parquet flooring in a room. The community house’s windows were repainted with volunteer workers. A room and the kitchen is furnished, there are two rooms which needed to be furnished. They plan to clean and finish the furnishing by community work. The opening ceremony of the renewed community house will take place on 28 July 2012.
Project 10. Rural life in a beautiful, organized, informing environment Applicant: Ittre Benced Foundation (Bentid) The project started with a successful community meeting where they decided where to put the benches, the informative boards and the szekler gate. There took place also the planning of volunteer works. The works with the szekler gate, the informative boards, the benches and the church’s fence are started. They want to finish the project till August 19th when will be organized the 2nd Village Meeting of Bentid.
Project 11. Community development for children and youth Applicant: Sekler Brass Band Association of Csekefalva (Cechesti) The planning works are in progress.
Project 12. Renovation of the community house Applicant: “Eden 75” Association (Cheia) The youth group of the congregation cleaned the house and prepared it to the next works. After this they installed the electric system in the house, finished plastering the community hall and the kitchen and they also finished the floor leveling. Then they prepared the rooms for painting.
Project 13. Together for the community through the tradition Applicant: Unitarcoop Foundation (Icland) They had a meeting where they planned the main activities of the project. They organized trainings with local tradition topic. There were some elder women who talked about their traditional activities. After this they organized a presentation about the traditional decorative arts.
Project 14. Partial renovation of the community house Applicant: Firtos`s Horse ‐ Awakening Providence Association (Medisoru Mare) They had a meeting with the congregation’s board members where they discussed the details of the project’s activities. The acquisition of the building materials is in progress. They organized a meeting with the congregation’s board members and decided about the details of the next activity. Project 15. Developing the community place Applicant: Viharsarok Association (Mujna) They bought the tables, chairs and furniture for the kitchen. After this they kept a meeting with the competent persons to decide the next step.