The No Shame Foundation was founded to educate people with psoriasis and other skin diseases. In Poland, where specialists usually recommend using steroids for diseased skin, there are no other, less invasive solutions. We want to change it! We note that in Europe, many people with psoriasis or skin diseases have major problems in assimilating their surroundings. Skin diseases are not only a health problem, but they have a strong socio-economic background. Visible changes on the skin are the main reason for the decrease in quality of life. The disease translates into interpersonal relationships, physical activity, socio-professional activity and contacts with the family. Social withdrawal and the difficulty in establishing close relationships leads to avoiding contact with peers and spontaneous exclusion from social groups. Working with many adults, we need to monitor our progress and develop the skills needed to efficiently provide counseling and motivation among our adults. The research results show that patients who felt stigmatized in social situations had more severe depressive symptoms than patients who did not feel stigmatized. International research on skin diseases often raises issues of cultural background that also shapes the attitude of healthy people to the sick and affects the image of oneself as a person affected by the disease. Through international cooperation, we can easily define universal methods of cooperation with adults, their activation in society and conducting a reliable dialogue with them. The staff of our organizations cooperate on a daily basis with many adults on various types of projects. We meet people with various problems, motivations and ideas so our basic tools must be interpersonal and communication skills tailored to the needs of adults. We want the organization to grow internationally. We aim to create a European dialogue on adult education in the field of skin diseases, health and adult education in this field. Despite the experience already gained, we feel the need to constantly learn and learn new methods of cooperation with adults, just like our partners. Project goals : Education of the staff of the organizations participating in the project in the field of new cooperation techniques with adults Creation and implementation of long-term strategic cooperation in the field of adult education between organizations participating in the project Developing trainings on methods of cooperation with adults - their motivation, activation and inspiration for social action Development and implementation of new methods of managing educational projects for adults Improving communication in the native languages and foreign languages of participants, in particular in English, which is the main language of the project Improvement of digital competences, such as the use of a camera, video camera, computer and programs for photo editing and film processing. Improving the competences of the staff of partner organizations that allow conducting multi-threaded projects by adults and with adults Teaching participants to work in a group, build a team and lead it Raising cultural awareness and expressing one's own ideas while respecting members of an international group from different backgrounds Supporting the education of people with fewer opportunities and their integration in international society Staff education in international cooperation Organization of an international conference associating non-governmental and business units on skin diseases and mental disorders Exchange of knowledge about marketing implemented to reach adult target groups Efficient and effective creation of social actions through cooperation with adults Through the organization of this project, we support the personal development of participants benefiting from non-formal education, whose main goal is learning through practice. Participants will not only improve their knowledge about education in their country and Europe, but will also have the opportunity to acquire new hard and soft skills.
Objectives: To raise awareness about discrimination and social exclusion caused by skin diseases in local communities, in partner countries, in Europe, to define the problem of discrimination and social exclusion of people with skin diseases; sharing the idea of broadly understood tolerance and empathy towards patients; to inspire participants to take action to promote tolerance through the use of non-formal education; building long-term cooperation between participants; education of staff of organizations participating in the project in the field of new techniques of cooperation with adults; development of training on methods of cooperation with adults - motivation, activation to social action; working and implementing new methods of managing educational projects for adults; improving communication in the mother tongues and foreign languages of the participants; improving the competencies of the organization's staff enabling projects to be carried out by adults and with adults; teaching participants to work in a group, team building and leading; raising cultural awareness and expressing one's own ideas while respecting members of an international group; efficient and effective creation of social actions with adults
The No Shame Foundation was established to educate about skin diseases and psychological disorders. Skin diseases are not only a health problem, but also have a strong socio-economic background. Visible changes on the skin are the main cause of a decrease in the quality of life. The disease translates into interpersonal relationships, physical activity, socio-professional activity and contacts with family. Research on skin diseases often raises issues of cultural background, which also shapes the attitude of healthy people to patients and affects the self-image as a person affected by the disease. Through international cooperation, we want to define universal methods of cooperation with adults, their activation in society and dialogue with them. The staff of our organizations cooperate with many adults on a daily basis on various projects. We aim to create a European dialogue on adult education in skin diseases, health and adult education in this field. Through the exhibition, we also want to engage the staff to act for the benefit of stigmatized people and strengthen the sense of belonging to society among people fighting skin diseases.