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Innovations aims to help underprivileged
and street children in St.Petersburg.?

Set up in 1996, Centre Innovations is now running several long term projects aimed at providing support to children and teenagers at risk, as well as several programs for exchange of experience in the social sphere.

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A non-Governmental Organisation


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State Children's Hospital no.15
This has a department? for abandoned, underprivileged and street children aged up to 14,? who are in need of social, educational and psychological support.? Under a joint project with the hospital, Innovations employs a social workers, teachers and psychologists to give the help the children so desperately need. Food is also supplied to supplement the diets, and medical supplies are donated. ?Underprivileged and street children also receive help in the hospital's busy out-patients department.
Tsimbalin Street, 58.

Lazaret Social-Medical Point
Underprivileged and homeless children can drop in to the Lazeret (''Infirmary'') which was established in 1994 by the Berlin based charity 'Perspective',' for clothing and coupons entitling them to a free hot meal in the canteen. They also come for a haircut, a shower or to use the washing machine. Social workers are on hand to provide support and advice. The point provides first aid and social and psychological support to children and teenagers in the form of medical consultations, primary diagnosis, basic medical treatment, sanitary and hygiene procedures, hospitalisation and home visits; the provision of social and educational support; consultations and support on legal issues; assistance with finding work; placements in child educational institutions, and preventative work with parents. ? Psychological support - consultations, diagnosis, improving and preventing anti-social behaviour and post-crisis rehabilitation for children and teenagers at risk is also undertaken.
10th Soviet Street, 19-8N

Ostrov" (Island) Social-Medical Point.
Ostrov began working with children and teenagers at risk in 1996. It provides first aid, social, psychological and educational support to children and teenagers lacking adult care and who are drawn to street life. The programme of this drop-in point is slightly different to that of Lazaret; there is more emphasis on educational and social work, consultations with specialists on legal issues, psychology, finding employment and home visits.
Vasilyevsky Ostrov, Zheleznovodskaya Street, 20

The C9S Children's Club
Our new project for the children from underprivileged and low-income families in theTsentralny District offers them an interesting program of leisure activities, and the chance to learn skills to enable them to seek work. ? Workshops where they produce or manufacture clothes, household items and decorative objects.? A design studio where they select articles, drawings and designs to produce a children's newspaper. Computing courses covering Programming and PC Usage to ? educate children aged 11-16 in information technology.? English classes are held so that children can? learn basic English in lively and cheerful surroundings from a German volunteer doing his internship.
9th Soviet Street, 39/24

Our conceptual approach to running these projects is based on the following criteria:
Working with the entire spectrum of family and childhood problems - from arranging free-time activities and job advice schemes; through drug awareness programmes; ensuring the observance of children's and teenagers' rights;? to work aimed at progress in problem solving and in uniting these spheres.
Establishing innovative pilot projects; gathering information and setting up a methodological database; processing and systemising the collated information; dissemination of methods and approaches on the basis of any experience gained, with the aim of introducing these into State structures.

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