How to create cohesion in the daily life of children and young people in an urban area

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How to create cohesion in the daily life of
children and young people in an urban area
Love makes strong
15. august 2007
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Implementation of mission and vision
We develop models and methods for cross-sectorial
cooperation
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We focus on citizen involvement and involve
active citizens as resource persons
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We support community-based initiatives, projects
and the local business community
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We participate in the creation of cohesion
between the Gellerup neighbourhood and the city
of Aarhus
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Main focus
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Language and education
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Employment
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IT
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Citizenship and antidiscrimination
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Special programmes for women
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Learning the Danish language
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Courses in social conditions
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IT-courses
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Job Centre
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Education on demand
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Dialogue meetings between mothers and daughters
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Storytelling
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IT
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Focus on reading

• The main purpose of the many reading activities
  is to stimulate the development of language
  skills in children with a bicultural background
  through various reading activities and reading
  campaigns and to stimulate the cognitive
  development and fantasy through their mothers.

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Special reading activities
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Language stimulation Play-Look-Listen-suitcases
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Topic suitcases for kindergartens
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Reading campaigns, (The Summer Book), quiz
together with public and private schools
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Reading aloud daily/events
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Involving volunteers for reading aloud
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Homework help
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Reading campaigns
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Homework help
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Youngster
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40 of the children in the immediate
neighbourhood are children under 14
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1,400 children receive social benefits
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All pupils at the local school (Nordgårdsskolen)
are bicultural
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Income of the average family is low about
14,517 Euro against 19,541 for Århus in general
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About 60 of the citizens of the area are
receiving cash payments or transfer income
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Many of the citizens have only short or no
education at all and lack the basic knowledge to
enable them to be part of the Danish society on
an equal footing
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Many families have problems due to traumas or
illnesses caused by torture and war.
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Århus Fritidsklubben - AFK
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Job Corner
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Job Corner established in 2002
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A place where people can drop by, informally and
anonymously, to seek guidance and counselling in
connection with all aspects of the job seeking
process.
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That is to utilize the combination of the users
own initiative and the users expectation of
being serviced.
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The Job Corner has around 80-100 contacts per
month
60 are women between 20 and 35 years of age
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The number of users is constantly increased as
more and more users tell others about their
positive experiences, least of all the ones
telling about their new jobs that is ordinary
jobs unsubsidised by the municipality. And such a
positive story reaches us at least every
fortnight.
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Job Centre
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Thank you