Sweden

Filosofiska is today running non-profit preschools in Sweden and is taking over a non-profit primary school (grade 0-9) in 2016.

How Filosofiska contributes to sustainable development
Filosofiska's entire approach, with a vision that focuses on the children's education, in the sense of inner character development, is based on sustainability thinking. Society needs people who are reflective, empathetic, discerning, energetic and thirsty for knowledge. Everything we do at Filosofiska is based on this vision.

In Nepal, Filosofiska has taken the initiative to open a preschool and a primary school for vulnerable children. This school is financed by Filosofiska and other donors.

In 2014 Filosofiska was selected by the municipality of Stockholm to represent them at a fair for different "good examples". Educators from Filosofiska have been invited to schools in other countries for exchange of knowledge and to lecture about their work. Educators from other countries have also visited Filosofiska's facilities to learn more.

In 2015 Filosofiska collaborated with the The Freedom Theatre, a community-based cultural centre in Jenin Refugee Camp, occupied Palestine, in a joint project partly financed by the Swedish Institute. The aim was to establish a non-profit child centre in Jenin refugee camp that would offer artistic and educational activities for children 0-5 years old, where Filosofiska would contribute its expertise in running activities for children and its unique philosophy.

Mamas Retro  consists of two second hand shops in central Göteborg and in Gårdsten. The stores sell children's wear, toys and other articles for children. The stores offer opportunities for empowerment, rehabilitation, language training, work training, competence development and employment for longterm unemployed persons who identify themselves as women.  Tråd & Trade is a social enterprise in Gårdsten that started in November 2016 together with refugees experienced  in tailoring and textile industry. Norma is a creative workshop in Göteborg for young women and transgender people aged 18-25 who suffer from mental illness. The project is run by SKILL with the aim of preventing, deterring and dealing with the alienation that can occur in the target group. Norma is an important and real workplace with a focus on empowerment, strength, the individual’s resources and creativity. We want to spread knowledge about mental illness and fight prejudices. We want to bridge the gap between educational, health care and government agencies and form a positive platform for the person behind the diagnosis. Något har hänt is a project on how to recover from sexual violence and abuse. It targets persons with intellectual disabilities. Lectures, workshops and tutorial guides on several subjects, such as social enterprise, work environment, love, sexuality and functionality.

Educational materials: "En helt normal bok" - on the creative workshop Norma, how, what and why, including art works and stories, and tips on useful excercises.  "Prejudice and Pride" is an educational material aiming at encouraging discussion on norms related to love and sexuality. The materials have been developed together with people who have intellectual disabilities or cognitive difficulties and can be used, for example, in day centres, social enterprises, habilitation, group homes and in education. "Så funkar sex" (Sex – This is how it works) is an accessible, fun and inclusive educational material about sex, relationships and sexuality for people how have intellectual disabilities and/or other cognitive difficulties. The material consists of four parts: an easy to read fact book, the feature film Om sex (About Sex), the cards Kort om sex (Cards About Sex) and a tutorial guide. "Trivas på jobbet" (Thrive at Work) is a work book on how we together can accomplish a better work environment. It contains texts and excercises on cooperation, participation and assuming responsibility at work. "Mitt Livs Affär" - on Mamas Retro, strategies used at work and coworkers' own stories.

In our professional branch we work as therapists meeting youngsters and their families in their everyday life, helping them to develop, to make the relationship in the family better and to adapt to the society around. In our humanitarian work we organize various leisure activities for our clients and members. For example, we invited people for Eid celebration, for a conversation about parents' behaviour in families in Sweden, for a free 3 months education course for Qualified Contact persons, financed some educational courses or helped to find internship for some of our youngsters. We are also very active in the international level.

We work mostly with Youth in Action Programme, sending youngsters and young leaders to ca 10 various project trips a year (e.g. we have stable partners in Baltic countries, Poland, Spain, France, etc.).

We organized one youth exchange about football in Stockholm, are going to have a training course about youth unemployment and a partnership building activity about different religions this year. We started to work actively with EVS projects, both as sending and hosting organization. One of our main EVS partners (already received 9 volunteers and going to receive much more during coming 2 years) is Morocco.

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Vi har riktad verksamhet som är gruppverksamheter. Ex: Fiske/friluftsgruppen, ungdomsrådet, aktivitetsgruppen/inredningsgruppen ( de har själva fått beställa möbler till den nya verksamheten, vi hållar även på att måla lokalerna, med färger ungdomarna valt). Fysgruppen, föräldragruppen som består av föräldrar i biskopsgården. Vi har pröva på aktiviteter. Varje onsdag kommer en ny förening, till vår lokal så ungdomarna kan testa på alla slags idrotter. Ex: schack, yoga, mma, capoeira m.m
Arbetsförmedlingen ska komma till oss två gånger i månaden.
Sen bedriver vi även öppen verksamhet.
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The activities at Fryshuset are divided into three main areas; social projects, education and passionate interests Social projects • CIDES – Centre for information about destructive sub-cultures • Exit • The Easy Street Project • Passus • Mission Possible • Single mothers & Children of single mothers • The Bridge Builders • United Sisters • Elektra & Sharaf heroes & Sharaf heroines • Fryshuset Web Coaches • Job coach • Young-in Education • The Entrepreneurial project • Forum for the Caring • The Fryshus spirit • Fryshuset’s elementary school • Fryshuset high school • Fryshuset’s Knowledge Centre Passionate interests • RML - the Rock Music education • Basketball - 08 Stockholm Human Rights • Southern Basket • F.U.S.E • The Gym • Lovely Days • The Music Department • Evening Courses • Stockholm Skate Park • Theatre Fryshuset • The Wave

The activities at Fryshuset are divided into three main areas; social projects, education and passionate interests Social projects • CIDES – Centre for information about destructive sub-cultures • Exit • The Easy Street Project • Passus • Mission Possible • Single mothers & Children of single mothers • The Bridge Builders • United Sisters • Elektra & Sharaf heroes & Sharaf heroines • Fryshuset Web Coaches • Job coach • Young-in Education • The Entrepreneurial project • Forum for the Caring • The Fryshus spirit • Fryshuset’s elementary school • Fryshuset high school • Fryshuset’s Knowledge Centre Passionate interests • RML - the Rock Music education • Basketball - 08 Stockholm Human Rights • Southern Basket • F.U.S.E • The Gym • Lovely Days • The Music Department • Evening Courses • Stockholm Skate Park • Theatre Fryshuset • The Wave

Our projects with Ireland, China, India and Italy involve our students and theirs. The Commenius project with Germany, France, Austria and Cyprus has just finished an insight into foreigh language teaching in different countries. Teachers have been visiting each others schools and now it will continue with students visiting each others schools.