Help Center is a non-profit organization, responding to public interests and exercising publicuseful activities. In 2001, the "Help Center" began its activity as the United Methodist Churchhumanitarian project, and in 2007 was registered as a public institution, and successfully continues its work. Center full-time work only director and other staff have been recruited 2-4 hours., Assisted by many volunteers, spiritual leaders,social workers, teachers. "Help Center" Partners-Jun region. municipality, the Child Rights ProtectionService Birzu city, Tokyo, Parovejos rural parish, Paceriaukstes rural parish, parish Širvėnos, PabirzesParish Birzu disability organizations, Birzu district municipal social services center,Lithuania United Methodist Church, which have signed cooperation agreements. Help Centeractivity in part by Biržų district. Town, Social Security and Labor Ministry, Methodist from Sweden and the U.S.
PROGRAMS
Carpet weaving program
Friends from Sweden gave a weaving machine. Women weaving carpets and sold in Sweden, the contribution
to the Center's maintenance.
Clothes washing program
Disadvantaged families can wash clothes, Biržai because not all people at home have water when the summer drier, water wells and absent. Children who attend the day center as well as skalbiasi their clothing.
Children and Youth Day Center
2008, he participated in the program "Know Yourself" in 2009 program - "Take a look back at me." "Help Center"Arc of 27 children. This is a preventive program for children in employment. Children come every day after school, as well asduring the summer holidays. The program is designed for children from disadvantaged social and at-riskfamilies. Children Help Center providing classes, work of art, sports, music lessons. ORGANIZATIONrich curriculum, educational and recreational trips, tours, summer camps. Children away fromharmful to the environment, acquire a sanitary skills, learn, communicate, help each other.
Home care program
Three nurses globoja20 patients who have health problems. It is extremely necessary for the program, because peoplecan not leave the house and take care of themselves. This lonely, sick people in need of extensiveaid. Nurses to help them in all nursing, domestic work, provide medicines, hygiene supplies, food.
Daily Women's Center
Every Wednesday at the "Help Center" meet women. The program involved 17 moterų.Tai single, unemployedwomen who have the opportunity to be together, to realize himself, to help yourself and others. Women communicate, make crafts,called in for consultation various professional people working on a number of exhibitions and others.
Daily Women's Center "Light"
Women in every Friday after work meet the "Help Center". The program involved 21 women. Itworking women and a pensioner who is appointed their leisure time to help those who need help.Going to the homes for the elderly, children's homes, visit the lonely people and help them. Help Center together celebrate the various holidays, communicate.
"Rural Families Program
Launched in 2001, Fr. Wallis Carlsson initiative. We started to visit and to care for disadvantagedBirzu and large families in the area. Currently, under the aegis and help 62 families with 178 children is increasing, from 112children of school age. Thanks to friends in Sweden and sharing not only charitable, but love and friendship. We take care of eachother like a huge family. Each year over 100 children visited our summer camps. Each month get a friend from Sweden to the food packages, gifts.
Paceriaukstes family assistance center
The "free gift"
This is the latest "Help Center" program, begun in 2008. Friends of the U.S. summer Paceriaukstes villageExchanges in the area, bought and donated the house, which was established by the social services center and launchedthe "free gift". The program is designed for families, with the assistance of various crisis situations, child employmentafter-school and summer holidays, youth employment, women's activities and others. The Center started its activities from2008 September 1 st day. 2009. center founded a women's group that provides support to families integrate proleminėmsin society. Each month, the center of worship is to lead Methodist Church priest.
Second-hand items kiosk
2009. September. to the "Help Center" opened the second-hand items kiosks. Items and clothing for uspresents one store in Sweden. They are sold to contribute to the "Help Center" maintenance. Difficult families and children clothing gifts. Every day, the center visited by 15-20 people, who provide free assistance.
