KSC - Short-Term Educational Projects
Project 1: In cooperation with Sulaimany Directorate of Education, Peoples of Kurdistan TV, and Education TV station, the Sector recorded two CDs of children songs and stage performances presented by Kaziwa children, and distributed the CDs among children free of charge.
Project 2: In 2013, the Sector launched the publication and printed four issues of Sara Cultural Magazine, a quarterly cultural magazine of general interest, published by KSC Sara Cultural Centre, with each issue circulated in 1000 copies. The contributors to the Magazine were mostly the Centre visitors, composed of intellectuals, journalists, authors, translators, students, shopkeepers, and retired individuals. The aim of the magazine is to provide an outlet for the intellectual creativity of the Centre’s visitors, and to give more detailed information on the Centre, Kaziwas, and other KSC activities.
Project 3: As a gift to the young patients, the teachers of Sara and Sarshaqam Kaziwas decorated the walls of the children’s ward of Shaihd Aso Hospital and the consultation room of Sulaimany Children’s Hospital with colourful cartoon characters, in an attempt to create a friendlier and more welcoming atmosphere at both hospitals. The Sector also transformed a corner of the waiting room into the child playground so that children, waiting for the doctor to examine them, could have an opportunity to play and feel welcomed, and were unafraid of visits to doctor.
Project 4: KSC Sara Cultural Centre carried out a project of providing periodicals and newspapers for the patients and their attendants waiting for the treatment so that they could spend the time of waiting in a more useful and productive way.
Project 5: The Sector assisted Shangal Charity NGO in conducting training courses for the children living in Shangal area during the period from July to September 2013 by providing the NGO staff salary, procuring various course-related needs, and paying for one year internet connection for the NGO.
Project 6: KSC designed and printed 1050 copies of a cancer awareness leaflet for the Radiotherapy Centre in Sulaimany, containing facts about cancer, coping strategies for dealing with cancer both for the patients and the family, kinds of cancer treatment and side effects, and other related information.
Project 7: On the occasion of Ramadan feast, the Sector distributed 220 sets of clothing for children, procured by a donor, among the Kaziwa children from low-income families in KSC Sara, Sarshaqam, Baziyan, and Chwarta Kaziwas.
Project 8: The Sector examined and filled in 130 forms for children with disabilities and special needs. The counseling sessions were held for their parents, wherein the parents were given the instructions on how to deal and cope with their children.
Project 9: Throughout the year, the Sector staff was regularly visiting the children and their families at Zirguez camp for internally displaced persons. During these visits, they provided the required help to the children living there, distributed some clothes, books and stationery, and gave gifts to them on various occasions.
