SOCIAL CO-OPERATIVE

The Social Co-operative "Kara Bobowski" was formed by a few active members of the voluntary association G.A.D. (Parents and Friends of the Disabled) in 1992. It's a Not-for-profit organisation, regularly enrolled into the regional register of the Social Co-operatives.

The "Kara Bobowski" has got the Quality Certification UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 for the following activities:

• daily home assistance aimed to minors and youngsters/adults with and without disability;
• educational activities aimed to children;
• school assistance aimed to children with and without disability.

             in the Mountain Community "Acquacheta" where it

• manages services and interventions aimed at children and young adults both with and without handicap, in collaboration with the public powers, the Voluntary Associations in the area and European NGOs.;
  
• promotes and realises interventions of prevention, animation and social training, with particular attention to situations of marginality and for the wellbeing of children and youngsters. The programmes are realised thanks to special projects, elaborated with originality, respecting the reference laws.


             on local level where it

• offers consultancy and technical support to the public powers and the organisations of the Third Sector aid for the realisation of projects for youngsters in context of the European Programmes YOUTH, SOCRATES and LEONARDO DA VINCI;
  
• promotes the knowledge of the European programmes for young people.

1. to take care of weaker members of our community (in particular children, adolescents, young people with and without disability)
2. to value diversity, promoting exchanges and intercultural activities
3. to pay attention to the help requests coming from our territory and to look for adequate answers to every need
4. to offer concrete opportunities of development for our community
5. to take care of the training of the involved people (starting from the staff of the Cooperative)
6. to create work opportunities for young adults and in particular, for women
7. to work toward the quality of each service
8. to look for synergies with the public powers and the organisations of the Third Sector
9. to train to a culture of peace and solidarity
10. to develop a European consciousness
11. to promote the human, historical, cultural and environmental resources of our territory

• that the local authority is the official body in charge of answering to the social needs for the area;
• the principle of subsidiarity;
• the promotion of individuals, families and whatever other expressions of solidarity as resources to be used for the area;
• the recognition of work paths in which those involved feel themselves as an active part of a network able of handling difficult situations, acting with determination in the prevention and being flexible in the research of suitable answers;
• the promotion of the positive aspects of every individual or group;
• the promotion of social integration and interculturality.