The main objective of the project is to increase the knowledge and competence of the staff of the DROGA Association for Supporting Activities for People in Need of Assistance in order to develop learning tools and methods for adults at risk of social exclusion due to their low material status, low personal, social and learning skills and civic. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) improving the quality of educational services provided by members of the Association 2) development of international cooperation with organizations that directly or indirectly support the activities of people at risk of social exclusion 3) increasing the competencies of employees specializing in working with people at risk of social exclusion and developing better programs in overcoming social exclusion, including analytical skills in analyzing the effectiveness of the undertaken forms of support. The project was aimed at implementing changes at the level of organizations belonging to DROGA consisting in increasing the competencies of employees, gaining access to new areas of knowledge and ultimately developing training programs for social development and people at risk of social exclusion.
The DROGA Association is a non-governmental organization established in August 2010 in Olsztynek (Olsztyn powiat, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship). The aim of the Association's activity is the implementation of projects related to the social reintegration of people at risk of social exclusion and local development in small towns and rural areas. In its activities, the Association focuses on the preparation and implementation of specialist activation programs addressed to people with limited social skills, people at risk of social exclusion, including the elderly, low-skilled people and problems related to alcohol abuse, psychoactive compounds and at risk of domestic violence. The association currently has 16 members: specialist psychologists, therapists, social workers and management staff, and 3 volunteers. Wn. prepares and publishes publications on methods of working with socially excluded people. The applicant supports adults: a) with a low standard of living, low income, dependent on the social welfare system from small towns and rural areas and/or peripheral regions, including young people who are long-term unemployed and poor digitally excluded.