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EAPN Iceland

• Since 2011
• 10-12 Organisations are partners
• Our biggest project is making the

documentation PROSPERITY

Prosperity

Aims to

• Gathering people in the social sector to say

how we want human rights in Iceland to be

• New angles to the social system and labour

market

• New working methods
• Empowerment
• Spokesmen
• Contribution according to ability

Serving the community – social responsibility in the society

The community

The beginning

• US naval base evacuation on Keflavík airport
• The crisis 2008
• Increased demand for help to public in

Suðurnes area

• Cooperation with foodbank at church aid

increases

• Founding of Suðurnes Welfare fund –

gathering all sources under one “hat”

A big demand

• Around 200 families came to our church during the first

two weeks of December in 2009,2010 and 2011

– 60% came from Keflavík – Young people in the age of 18-29 years old are 60% of those who come to us where 50% of them is in the age of 18-19 years – The church/welfarefund want to turn this around and help them become better functional members of our community by educating and encouraging

• A great number of volunteers helped in various fields
• f the work
• A new aspect in the Parish work in an Icelandic Church

The aim is to help where the church aid stops. With the fund all the sources are at one place. Paid for school meals, activities for children, education, medical help, medicin etc.

Number of supplying families with foodcards in Suðurnes area 2007 - 2013

11 9 18 6 12 9 2 9 6 5 11 120 5 6 19121519 1818 3844 302 5145 9199 71 91 33 81 9595 114 412 134 63 9081 58 81 37 76 929797 325 93 100 108 133 30 14 2822 4043 24 130 38 6 54 35 15 52 33 9 4245 9 124 53 23 49 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 janv.-07 mars-07 mai-07 juil.-07 sept.-07 nov.-07 janv.-08 mars-08 mai-08 juil.-08 sept.-08 nov.-08 janv.-09 mars-09 mai-09 juil.-09 sept.-09 nov.-09 janv.-10 mars-10 mai-10 juil.-10 sept.-10 nov.-10 janv.-11 mars-11 mai-11 juil.-11 sept.-11 nov.-11 janv.-12 mars-12 mai-12 juil.-12 sept.-12 nov.-12 janv.-13 mars-13

Korta- kerfi

Month by month

11 5 51 134 93 38 53 9 6 45 63 100 6 23 18 19 91 90 108 54 49 6 12 99 81 133 35 16 12 15 71 58 30 15 3 9 19 91 81 14 52 20 2 33 37 28 33 4 9 18 81 76 22 9 6 18 95 92 40 42 3 5 38 95 97 43 45 1 11 44 114 97 24 9 1 120 302 412 325 130 124 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Janúar Febrúar Mars Apríl Maí Júní Júlí Ágúst September Október Nóvember Desember

Diaconal service

• Started with seminars about the habits in life,

selfempowerment, finances and happiness, health and welfare in 2010

• It was hard to get to people
• Low educational standard, school dropout
• After evaluation we saw this was not working

Vendipunktur

• Christmas foodaid 2010 showed us that the

age distribution was that 65% of those that applied was under the age of 30

19 ára og yngri 27% 20-29 35% 30-39 19% 40-49 14% 50-59 4% 60-69 1% 70-79 0% 80-89 0%

2010

Change of methods

• Should we continue giving out food/

foodcards and help with basic needs or should we change methods?

Time for new focus

Energy and faith

aims to encourage and motivate young people in Suðurnes to independence and action. First we worked with music along with a teacher for Guildhall music school in London and showed on town festival. Held the seminar To live life- where young people get non formal education in life skills as well as aimsettings and taking lead in their lives. Cooperation with the YMCA Increased cooperation with The Church In October 2011 we held the conference Higher Me and You where young people took part and discussed their interests and thoughts for the future in our area. Funded by YIA programme. Funded by the National Church of Iceland, companies and NGO in our area.

Moving forward!

• After the seminars “to live life” we found need for

young people to come together and have a place of their own to chat and meet

• We also found that it was good and fun to have a place

for skillbuilding, practical non formal education like design and redesign

• Cooperation with the Salvation Army
• Discussion with an owner of an old industrial house- (a

bank)

• Community center ,,Gamla Grágás”- the old Grey goose
• A lot of goodwill in society both companies,
• rganisations and individuals

Svona leit þetta út!

Beginning in summer 2012

• volunteers- young people “owned”

the project

A lot of projects more cooperation

• Baking and cooking
• Youth exchange
• Redesign of old clothes

Asylum seekers came to take part!

Gamla Grágás-community center for young adults

Users references

Young women 25 years old

• We first participated in E&F in
• 2011. Then we had been

unemployed for a while. The seminars gave us selfesteem and more confidence.

• We were volunteers in

Children/parent days and then

• ur confidence increased since

we got responsible for the event.

• Now we both have got jobs

more or less because of the work in Grágás and references from the place.

Asylum seeker 21 years

• i in Grágás has. very happy .

I happy to find more

• friends. enjoy play card

.Happy that the Hjördís- Marta- Linn Miriam met . And my mother in Iran .Marta same my mother i love . iceland Lovely and kind people