II. Samara Nonprofit Organizations Promote Development of The "Third Sector"
III. Volunteer Association of Moldova Nominated Its Candidate for the Republic's Presidential Elections
I. Moscow Charity Foundation "No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction" Offers Training to Nonprofits
On September 16-20 from 10 AM to 5 PM, the foundation is organizing a training seminar on the theory and practice of psychological rehabilitation for people with alcohol and drug addiction. The training is intended to develop personality skills and to improve communication abilities of social workers working with addicted people and people with addictions. The seminar will be conducted by a psychologist and a trainer of the Institute for Group and Family Psychotheurapy, Alla Ivanovna Kamenskaya.
Contact information: ul. Shvernik, 10A, Moscow / Tel.: (095) 126-0451
II. Samara Nonprofit Organizations Promote Development of The "Third Sector"
On September 4-6, the British organization "BEARR Trust" with the support of the British government and an organization "Charity Know How" organized a seminar "Development of Nonprofits in Samara Oblast." Trainers from the charity foundations "Dobraya Volya" (Ekaterinburg) and "Soprichastnost" (Moscow) presented basics of operating a nonprofit organization to 60 seminar participants. Participants also met with the Chair of the Samara' Duma Committee on Legislature and representatives of city and oblast administration. Representatives of the Soros and Eurasia foundations informed trainees on grant application procedures.
To reflect the development of nonprofit organizations in Samara oblast, Samara's historical and ecocultural association "Povolzh'e" has recently published a handbook of nonprofit organizations in Samara oblast with the support of the "BEARR Trust" organization and "Charity Know How." According to the director of the "BEARR Trust" Moscow office, Julia Brooks, a second edition of the handbook will include information on nonprofits in small towns of Samara oblast.
The "BEARR Trust" and "Charity Know How" also helped the Moscow charity foundation "Soprichastnost" (Complicity) to publish a guide for nonprofit organizations on how to be successful in their initiatives, to find their niche among other nonprofits, to find support, and to attract attention of the mass media. For more information about this publication, contact:
ul. Novoslobodskaya 62-19-294
Moscow 103055
Tel./Fax: (095) 972-1798
E-mail: [email protected]
III. Volunteer Association of Moldova Nominated Its Candidate for the Republic's Presidential Elections
A member of Moldova's Parliament, Marichika Levitskaya, was nominated as a candidate from non-governmental grassroots organizations for the upcoming Presidential Election in December 1996. Dr. Levitskaya is a founder and the Chair of the Volunteer Association which unites children and people with disabilities, orphans, and low-income people. Dr. Levitskaya holds a Doctor's degree in sociology and law and has worked as a notary and a legal adviser. Having suffered from polio in her childhood years, Dr. Levitskaya has first-hand experience in what it is to be disabled. She was one of the founders of the first Moldovan Society for the Disabled and later of the Republican Charitable Rehabilitation Center for children with disabilities, orphans, and the elderly. Recently, she has helped to create a Center of Medical Rehabilitation for children with osteopathic problems. Dr. Levitskaya is a member of the World Volunteer Association and has traveled around the world visiting countries such as Japan, Austria, Germany, Norway, the U.S., Australia, and Sweden.
Contact tel.: in Moscow (095)952-0431; in Chisinau (0422) 56-76-82.
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