About the project:
The “ALTHERA – Alternative Therapies in Maramureș and Ivano – Frankivsk” project’s main goal was to improve medical services and alternative therapies for children with disabilities in Maramureș County and Ivano-Frankivsk city.
Code: 1HARD/4.1/37
Financing programme: Romania – Ukraine ENI CBC 2014 – 2020
Implementation period: 25 March 2021 – 31 December 2023
Budget: € 3,349,588.15
KEY OBJECTIVES
- General: To improve the medical and complementary services of alternative therapies for children with disabilities from Maramureș and Ivano-Frankivsk.
- Specific Objectives:
- To build a new Center for Alternative Therapies in Recea, Maramureș, and rehabilitate the alternative therapies section of the Children Clinical Hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk.
- To improve the competencies and performances of 14 therapists (9 in Maramureș and 5 in Ivano-Frankivsk) through specific trainings and exchanges of experiences.
- To enhance knowledge about the causes and risks of having children with various disabilities for at least 20,000 inhabitants in the 20-39 age group through awareness campaigns.
THE PARTNERSHIP
Maramureș County Council – RO
General Direction of Social Assistance and Child Protection Maramureș– RO;
Executive Committee of Ivano-Frankivsk City Council – UA.
KEY RESULTS
- 775,958 people covered by improved health services as a direct consequence of the project’s support.
- 2 improved infrastructures for alternative therapies for children with disabilities in Maramureș and Ivano-Frankivsk.
- 14 better qualified therapists working in the two centers.
- 20,000 inhabitants from Maramureș and Ivano-Frankivsk were better informed on the causes and risks of having children with disabilities through awareness campaigns.
Beneficiaries: The project directly benefited 105 children from Maramureș and 70 children from Ivano-Frankivsk annually. It also supported 615 families and 14 therapists. In the long term, the project’s improved health services will cover over 775,000 people in the Maramureș and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.