Children's center

This project, which is beening implemented from 2005 - 2016, is focused on the organization of quality activities, integration and the improvement of social skills of the preschool and school children of national minorities, who have no financial resources for the attendance of regular kindergartens and extracurricular activities, and on the encouragement of voluntary work and employment of the unemployed teachers and educators. Project is implemented during the whole school year, (10 months) in the town of Vodnjan, and activities are implemented in the playrooms and creative workshops in five programs:

Preschool playroom – a short program which is oriented at the emotional, psychophysical and social development of 3 - 7 year old children
Little school – a short program which is oriented at the preparation and integration of children in the educational system of Croatia
Learning assistance for school children – this creative workshop aims to improve the abilities and motivation of primary school children for successful mastering of educational requirements, and to therefore reduce the risk of failure and the discontinuation of schooling
Media workshop – visibility, encouraging the use of Croatian, Romani and English languages, user involvement through community activities
Skills workshops are: computer science, film, tailoring and sewing workshop, designing and manufacturing souvenirs.

Preschool playroom and Little school programs are verified by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, in accordance with the article 9 of the Regulations on special conditions and standards of the implementation of preschool education (Narodne novine No. 133/97), related to the article 23 of the Law on Preschool Education and training (NN br. 10/97); the contents of the activities are in the accordance with the Croatian educational standards of the preschool education and training, National plan of activities for the rights and interest of children 2006-2012, Roma Decade national plan 2005-2015 of the Government of Croatia (Zagreb, March 2005).