O. Keršovanija 4
31000 Osijek
Croatia
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- Media
- Youth and education
Dokkica is founded 2009 as project of Youth associaton Breza. From 2011 Dokkica is nongoverment organization which has carried out non-institutional and educational support trought projects and programs for primary school age children for 6 years. In more that 100 different after-school activities more than 2000 children and young people have participated. Organization has 7 members and 2 employee. Our budgetary resources available in a year are approximately 450.000 kunas, founded by different sources: Ministry of Social Policy and Youth, Ministry of science, education and sport, EEA Grants, Norway Grants, City of Osijek, County of Osijek, National Foundation for Civil Society Development. Main partners in most of our projects are Youth association Breza, City of Osijek, Children theatre of Osijek, Local television station "Televizija Slavonije i Baranje", Center for Social Welfare, and all schools in city of Osijek.
According to objectives, organization operates in the field of protection of children rights, youth and families. Our mission is to ensure basic conditions for qualitty and succesfull development of children, encourage and organize quality free time for children and implement education of parents and teachers on the methods and techniques necessary for the growth and development of individuals and families in general. Also, aim is to create non-institutional education for primary education, support for children and youth with special needs, prevention of violence amoung youth, promotion and development of volunteering,short stay platforms, workshops, clubs. Our mission is to implement and develop programs to support and courage education for children, in order to realize their potential, develop their creativity and self-confidence in order to create conditions for growth and social progress.
The program "Dokkica-my support" is performed in order to prevent institutionalization of children and youth with behavioral disorders and without proper parental care, by strengthening of capacities of Childrens creative house. The specific objective of program is to prevent separation of children for family environment and the local community trought provision of a half-day stay, to help parents to raise and care of childrens free time activities which are necessary for changing behaviour and creating acquire healty life skills and habits. The program "My free time" is project aimed at improving quality of childrens free time. Users are children for age 5 to 14, an average 100 regural users and 300 children as participants as creators of actionas and initiatives. ( Trough cooperation with schools and kindergartens ). The "Reporters of better society" is project carried out with a aim of empowering children and young people in the promotion of democratic values, human rights, critical thinking, active citizenship and the affirmation of their personal development to become empovered reporters of better society.. Project is founded by EEA Grants and Norway Grants. During the project, group of talented students, trough the workshops about civil education, with the use of different methods and forms of work, will create an educational television show. Partner in this project is local television station. "Warning!We swim at the scene" is project created in 2012. as an idea of promoting theatrical achievements of primary school children as competition in five minutes performances of student play created within scool drama groups. The idea was accepted by Childrens theatre in Osijek and they became a partner in organizing this event which has been held for three years on the occasion of the World Day of Theatre for Children and Youth ( March 20) and The World Day of Puppetry ( March 21 )
Thanks to excellent cooperation with the primary schools in the city of Osijek, customer satisfaction ( children and parents) and media support we have become known in local community as the implementers of quality activities for children. With our skills and experience we can contribute to the Network by involving more children and youth, by creating new methodes of work in civil education, cultural diversity and human rights. During our work we create good cooperations with other organizations in Osijek and that's why we think we can be good mediator between Network and our local comunity. Also, our biggest partner, Youth association Breza is member of Network, because of that we are already familiar with work of Network.
Our main work is to create awarness of childrens rights by using skills from non-formal education, thinking of cultural, national, social diversity. Trough the activities with children,youth and parents, we collected opinions about a number of situations in which their right has been violated. By making programs,projects and new possibilities joining the Network we can encourage them to "think out of box" . The values that we promote in our work: creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, freedom, responsibility, tolerance, autonomy, respect for diversity, art, creations, equality, the culture non-violence, non-formal learning. Considering of that we share common interests, we want to join Network.