GDCK Vrbovec
Gradsko društvo Crvenog križa Vrbovec
Vrbovec, Croatia
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GDCK Vrbovec is a non-profit association based in Vrbovec, Croatia working on elderly care, employment & skills, education +5 more.
GDCK Vrbovec is the city branch of the Croatian Red Cross, an independent, non-governmental and non-profit association based in Vrbovec, Croatia. It works with volunteers and professional staff to provide humanitarian assistance, social care and health education to residents of the City of Vrbovec and the municipalities of Dubrava, Gradec, Farkaševac, Rakovec and Preseka. Its main activities include home help and care services for older and frail people, employment projects for hard-to-employ women, STEM education for pupils, blood donation promotion, first aid training and clothing and aid distribution. The branch is funded largely through EU and national projects and is a full member of the Croatian Red Cross.
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Elderly care · Croatia
Employs hard-to-employ women to provide home help, meal delivery and care services to elderly and frail people in their own homes.
BuBa Budi uključen, budi aktivan
Elderly care · Croatia
Senior activation project offering social contact, creative and physical activities to older people.
P.I.R. Promatraj, istražuj, rasti
Science & Research · Croatia
STEM popularisation programme for primary and secondary school pupils, with mentoring from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER).
Paketi pomoći za sjevernu Hrvatsku
Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief · Croatia
Distribution of aid packages for northern Croatia.
Dobrovoljno darivanje krvi
Health · Croatia
Voluntary blood donation promotion and organisation.
Programi psihosocijalne podrške
Mental health · Croatia
Psychosocial support programmes for local residents.
Nova optika 65
Elderly care · Croatia
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Ministarstvo za demografiju, obitelj, mlade i socijalnu politiku, Hrvatski zavod za zapošljavanje, Centar za socijalnu skrb Vrbovec, Grad Vrbovec, Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva, Zagrebačka županija, Pučko otvoreno učilište Karlovac, OŠ Marije Jurić Zagorke, OŠ Krunoslava Kutena
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