Social care and wellbeing

  • Our existence matters: Experiences and belonging of urban space

    Our existence matters: Experiences and belonging of urban space from street hawkers perspective – a case study of La-Nkwantanang-Madina municipal area The study examines the experiences of street hawkers and contributes to the current but less represented debate on hawkers’ ways of appropriating the urban space through space modification and codification that serve greatly their…

  • Östhammars kommun – City of Poti Sakrebulo, Georgia

    Östhammars kommun – City of Poti Sakrebulo, Georgia

    The project is about social inclusion of vulnerable groups and to offer them quality in municipal care, activities and daily services. Östhammar municipality and Poti municipality in Georgia has the intension to set up a 2-year municipal partnership to start a day care center for elderly people which will be renovated. One important part will…

  • New start Leksand and Soroti- fighting unemployment

    New start Leksand and Soroti- fighting unemployment

    Soroti Municipality and Leksands kommun has identified two common challenges: There are groups in the community that are more burdened with long term unemployment than other groups. There are material resources being thrown away as waste instead of being recycled and used. To become employed when having been outside the work market for a long…

  • Social Inclusion 2.0 – Network for Impaired Youth Access to Culture & Sports

    Social Inclusion 2.0 – Network for Impaired Youth Access to Culture & Sports

    The international cooperation work “Social Inclusion 2.0 – Network for access of young people with disabilities to culture and sports” is a project that implements the pre-study carried out by our partnership on how especially vulnerable groups in Chobe District in northern Botswana are included in the society more than before. The project focuses on…

  • Creating a Better Life for the Elderly

    Creating a Better Life for the Elderly

    In a democratic society, the senior citizens regardless of their race, religion, gender, social status should enjoy the same rights to social securities. Borlänge and Wuhan are facing different challenges with elderly care due to the rapid development of aging population. Instead of moving to the pension house, many seniors can live an independent life…

  • New Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families

    New Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families

    This new project is based on the partnership between the City of Växjö and North West 405 Municipality (former Tlokwe City Council) and suggests three years of cooperation (2017-2019) with active participation from regional authorities, labour office, the police, NGOs/CBOs etc. The project objective is to strengthen public capacity to provide support for family units…

  • Unga Framåt

    Unga Framåt

    The project “Youths forward” wants to: increase the knowledge about human rights and strengthen young people to get involved in the democratic process so that their influence and status increase in society build lasting relationships, increase integration between young people from different groups and thus counteract prejudice and racism prevent sexual health problems and drug…

  • Halmstads kommun and Vitebsk Region, Belarus

    Halmstads kommun and Vitebsk Region, Belarus

    Social integration of children and young adults with disabilities in Vitebsk region. The project objective is to increase the knowledge about and understanding for children and young adults with disabilities in society – both on a individual and structural level – that all education/work and occupational actives is positive regardless of the conditions. The main…

  • Development of HIV/Aids preventive intervention part 2

    Development of HIV/Aids preventive intervention part 2

    This is a two year project resulting from previously established cooperation between Vänersborgs and Omaruru municipalities. The project is in the field of social issues and is specifically aimed at addressing HIV and AIDs related issues. The project aims at creating a comprehensive strategy for local preventive work, creating support groups and developing educational programmes…

  • The Blåklockan – Masimayane partnership to strengthen responses to violence against women

    The Blåklockan – Masimayane partnership to strengthen responses to violence against women

    The overarching vision and longterm objective is to end violence against women and girls in South Africa and Sweden. This project will contribute to the awareness of and prevention of violence against women and girls. And also contribute to strengthen the support mechanisms for women and children who do have experienced violence in Gävle and…