The Social Welfare Department has started with the activities of the project "Integration of children and youth rehabilitative or at risk of social exclusion", which is being developed in the premises of the old Institute.
This project is funded by the Directorate of Integration of Immigrants, Ministry of Labour and Immigration, in their call for the development of innovative projects that promote the integration of immigrants.
The program's main objective is to promote and make the learning process of children between 12 and 16 years (immigrant and native) from disadvantageous family and social contexts and who have deficits in the educational, social and family, enhancing their capacities, skills and attitudes for inclusion, social participation and citizen coexistence and preventing the emergence of future situations of exclusion, vulnerability and social conflict.
Within the project is planned to develop a series of actions such as socio social skills workshops, educational support, creative workshops, substance abuse prevention, self esteem, positive employment activities leisure etc.
These activities will continue until December.
For more information about this initiative, families could go to the offices of the Social Services Centre II (C / Santiago, 1-behind the church) or inquire by telephone at 968 41 80 92.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana