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Home care

Montenegro belongs to the group of European countries whose population is ageing rapidly, and population movement along with continuous increase of number of older persons in the last three decades and expected future trends will have significant socio-economic consequences for Montenegro and its economy, but also for the society in general.

According to some researches, older people face with many challenges, such as: poverty, loneliness, lack of care and access to services, poor health condition, etc. For all these reasons, Home care program is one of the priority programs for the Red Cross of Montenegro For many years now, the Red Cross of Montenegro has been improving the quality of its services for this target group. Additionally, with the aim of responding to different needs and challenges, the Red Cross introduced new services that promote the concept of healthy ageing, intergenerational solidarity and older people’s human rights.

These are the beneficiaries of Home care program: persons above the age of 65, who live alone or with a family member who is also in need, persons who have minimal or no allowances at all, persons with health problems and persons who don’t receive similar type of support from other organization. Not all of these criteria have to be satisfied but there is a needs assessment as well. The decision on including the beneficiaries in the program is made in line with needs assessment.

MAIN GOAL:

Contribute to improvement of quality of life of older people in Montenegro.

ACTIVITIES:

There are several projects that are implemented within the Home care program and they are all aligned with the needs of this group. The projects are constantly being improved with innovative support models. The following activities and services are available to older people:

  • Voluntary support services through regular house visits;
  • Home care services provided by professional home helpers;
  • Clubs for older people;
  • Workshops and other educational and recreational activities within healthy ageing;
  • Celebration of important dates;
  • Distribution of humanitarian assistance for socially vulnerable older people;
  • Provision of psychosocial support in emergencies;
  • Cooperation regarding Home care with relevant institutions and organizations at national and local level; • Participation in different working groups with the aim of influencing decision making process related to strategic planning of support to this target group;
  • Organization of trainings for volunteers for Home care and Healthy ageing;
  • Organization of accredited program for provision of Home care services;
  • Creation of educational and promotional material, situation analysis regarding the position of older people, needs assessment for older people, etc;
  • Cooperation with other National Societies, exchange of experience, knowledge, participation in different international events;
  • Applying for projects for securing funds for services.
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Fight against human trafficking program

Implementation of Fight against human trafficking program is based on preventive and educational activities, as well as on activities related to provision of humanitarian assistance. Human trafficking presents modern form of slavery that results in violation of basic human rights.

MAIN GOAL:

Contribute to decrease of number of trafficked persons in Montenegro and improve cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

ACTIVITIES:

  • Cooperation with governmental and other relevant stakeholders who work in the area of fight against human trafficking;
  • Organization of campaigns and celebration of important dates;
  • Organization of educational seminars for Red Cross volunteers;
  • Participation in regional and international seminars and annual meetings;
  • Creation of educational material;
  • Cooperation with educational institutions.

Migration

As migration represents one of today’s major challenge, affecting many countries in the world, it requires a response from the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, including the Red Cross of Montenegro. The Red Cross of Montenegro has been implementing the migration program for many years now and according to its mandate, it relates to provision of humanitarian assistance and provision of psychosocial support to asylum seekers, persons with granted protection in Montenegro, migrants, Roma and Egyptian population.

MAIN GOAL:

Provide support to people on the move, alleviate the suffering and the consequences of migration and support the integration of those who want to stay in Montenegro.

ACTIVITIES:

  • Provision of humanitarian assistance to people in need;
  • Organization of preventive and educational workshops on different topics, such as First aid, anti-trafficking, Restoring Family Links, HIV/AIDS;
  • Support for restoring family links, support in cases of connecting families (communication with other National Societies and institutions, collecting documents);
  • Support to beneficiaries (migrants, asylum seekers and persons with granted protection in Montenegro) for accessing rights to health and social protection, joint visits to doctors, employment, communication with teachers, etc;
  • Provision of psychosocial support;
  • Besides field activities, the Red Cross of Montenegro participates in the creation of Strategies and Plans of action whose main objective is to define activities, plans for integration, treatment of persons seeking international protection in Montenegro but also for Montenegrin citizens who are returning to the country through readmission process and process of voluntary return;
  • Organization of health preventive workshops for Roma and Egyptian (RE) women and girls within Family center activities;
  • Informing parents and children of RE population about the school enrollment procedures;
  • Provision and distribution of school kits and hygiene items for RE children enrolled in town schools;
  • Workshops with RE youth within the Youth club activities (media literacy, computer workshops, basics of foreign languages, health preventive workshops etc);
  • Support to employment and entrepreneurial activities for RE adults through Business incubator activities;
  • Organization of craft trainings for RE adults.