The project aimed to support minor mothers in the proper functioning (both in the role of mother and mother) in other social roles - citizens, employees) and prevent their exclusion by creating a modern, comprehensive approach that met both their needs and enabled their development (social, educational, and personal). The implemented measure was also aimed at preventing their discrimination (on the grounds of sex, young age, early motherhood) and violence (loneliness, willingness to settle quickly situations and easy entering into relationships, lack of defense mechanisms, own experiences prone to risky behavior). Promoting good work with young people - the project provided staff with support minor mothers had new tools to work while improving the quality of the existing offer, supporting the social inclusion of the target group (including its educational development and professional); the project enabled the creation and promotion of efficient and modern working methods tailored to the needs and capabilities of recipients.
We decided to apply for this project because the project addressed the problems faced by teenage girls who became pregnant and gave birth to children. Entering responsible social roles - motherhood - much earlier than their peers, they had to begin to fulfill the tasks set aside for mature adult women. Teenage mothers were at risk of social exclusion for several reasons: -Lack of education and professional qualifications -(usually) single motherhood -(Often) Lack of support in the family of origin -Lack of system tools aimed at working with teenage girls in labor kids -Emotional immaturity, difficulties in social functioning (including immaturity to act as a parent). -Stigmatization of teenage mothers. The problem area of the project was little discussed, and there was no elaboration or description in this respect of methods and tools of work that could support youth workers in their activities dedicated to teenage mothers. The group affected by the project was treated as marginal (the phenomenon of teenage pregnancies concerned up to several thousand girls in individual EU countries), hence the lack of standards and tools for working with them; usually, teenage mothers were within national systems treated in the same way.