Organization for help and self-help of homeless people Kings of the Street

National Network
Slovenia
Address

Pražakova 6
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
0038659022503
E-Mail
luna.j.sribar@kraljiulice.org
E-Mail (2)
monika.cerar@kraljiulice.org
Mobile Phone
0038631607066
Mobile Phone (other)
0038630323303
Website
http://www.kraljiulice.org
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
Structure of the organization: president, program leaders, proffesional workers, contract co-workers. Together 10 employes. Budgetary resource in 2011 was 519.000 eur. We have different sources of funding, we apply for different project on state (Ministry of work and social affairs, Culture ministry, Office for equal opportunities, Office for youth work, FIHO-fundation for invalid and humanitarian organization ... and on municipality level. We also have our own resources from social economy project (publishing first Slovenian Street paper, leading first Slovenian thrift store with used goods). We have different permanent programs and we organize different events: international, national conferences, workshops, seminars, exchanges of best practices from abroad, theater shows (theater of excluded), music performance ... We cooperate a lot with different related organizations and we are also members of INSP (International network of Street papers) and EAPN (European anti-poverty network).
Mission and Objectives

We are non-governmental organization which primary works in the field of homelessnes and social inclusion on practical and theoretical level. Our basic principle is empowerment (help for self-help). From symbolicall and physical point of view we offer a safe space for marginal people to gather their strength and improve their life situation. We use methods from different fields: socio-pedagogic, sociologic, anthropologic, philosophic ... and offer different kinds of activities: cultural, sports, education.

Main Projects / Activities

We started on the basis of publishing first Slovenian Street paper kings of the Street in cooperation with homeless people, till today we have developed different programs: street paper, day center, ressetlement program, University under the stars (informal education for social excluded), socio-economic project Thrift store uf used goods). In Slovenia we are known by developing innovative practices of working together with marginal groups.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can contribute to the network in our country with our own experiences developed throug the years of working with marginal groups on practical and theoretical level. On the wider level we can contribute to strengthening on NGO sector and civil society in Slovenia.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would like to join ALF network because we could widen and improve our international activities, get more useful knowledge for our work, exchange the best practices from abroad. Joining ALF network will empower our organization and help us to develop even better and more projects for users of our association.

Contact (1) Full Name
Luna Jurančič Šribar
Head of the organisation
Bojan Kuljanac
Contact (2) Full Name
Monika Cerar