Built upon three main axes – strengthening of social participation and community development (1), improving capacities of local stakeholders to provide primary and secondary prevention services (2), enhancing monitoring and child participation at institutional level (3) – PRAEVENIR project sets as main objective providing access to primary and secondary prevention services to Roma and non-Roma children exposed to different types of risk.

Thus, in partnership with the General Directorate for Social Assistance and Child Protection – Dolj, Terre des homes is providing professional training, technical assistance and consultancy to representatives for social services at local level, members of Community Consultative Committees and teachers aiming to increase quality and efficiency of prevention services addressing various risks faced by children (abuse, neglect, exploit, trafficking).

Throughout this project, local stakeholders benefiting of training, coaching and consultancy significantly improve their skills and abilities to identify children at risk and provide them with access to qualitative and efficient primary and secondary prevention services (individual direct aid, after school programs, psychosocial activities and summer camps, activities promoting social inclusion and child participation, parenting activities). Prevention programs of local stakeholders proving a strong potential of community mobilization, own resources and access to services tailored on child’s needs such as safety, health, nurture, education, achievement, participation, social inclusion can receive financing from Tdh through self-help grants.

It is expected that PRAEVENIR project, implemented in 2013 – 2015, will contribute to improving lives of more than 2,460 Roma and non-Rroma children by having access to primary and secondary prevention services available at local level.