King Baudouin Foundation

Project We will back up families - Intensive support for families with children with disabilities  focuses on the psychological support for families with children with disabilities (0-7 years of age) and on equal access to online education of children in disadvantaged families from the region of South Bohemia. IMY, o.p.s., is in long-term intensive contact with families and knows their current situation. 

The project implements 6 psychorehabilitation stays, will support 9 families who do not have the resources to provide online education - these are siblings of children with disabilities. For families, the project will contribute to the purchase of PCs/ laptops.

Expected outputs:

• 43 families will be strengthened in maintaining family ties and achieve greater competencies in solving problems in the period of COVID-19

• 112 children will increase their social skills and communication

• 9 families will have access to children's online education

• 1 methodology for organizing stays for healthy siblings of children with disabilities.

The result will also be the establishment of contacts between individual families, which can be a great support to each other. During the stays, the most endangered families will also be detected, which will be provided with more intensive support of psychologists and experts IMY.

 Time schedule: from April to October 2021.

Amout: 19 780 €

By the carried out with the support of the Fund EU staff COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation.