Caritas Šabac

Caritas Šabac is a voluntary, non-governmental and non-profit association operating in the fields of social protection, social entrepreneurship and humanitarian work.

The goals of Caritas Šabac are: assistance to the elderly, sick and disabled, children and young people, poor and socially vulnerable persons, mentally ill and addicts, Roma and other minorities, marginalized, unemployed, prisoners and persons with special needs, development of volunteerism, education and education incentives and environmental protection.

Over the years Cartas Šabac is trying to replicate Italian experince in the field of mental health protection, one of the ways in the process of rehabilitation of people with mental disabilities is helping them to find job. Based on Italian model, our idea is to raise employability of people from vulnerable groups though development of sustainable tourism.

Caritas Šabac owns land in village named Bogatić where are premises for social services that Caritas Šabac is providing: day-care centre for people with mental disabilities and supported living facilities. Our idea is  to combine social protection and agro-tourism, users of these two services will be involved in the production of vegetables and food at the sustanable farm in Bogatić, as well there will be opened a restaurant named Avlija Bogatić where the traditional produced food will be served. On one hand we will raise employability of people from vulnerable groups and on the other promote local products and agro-tourism development.

Caritas Šabac je dobrovoljno, nevladino i neprofitno udruženje koje deluje u oblasti socijalne zaštite, socijalnog preduzetništva i humanitarnog rada.

Ciljevi Caritasa Šabac su: pomoć starim, bolesnim i invalidnim osobama, deci i mladima, siromašnima i socijalno ugroženima, mentalno obolelima i zavisnicima, Romima i drugim manjinama, marginalizovanim grupama, nezaposlenima, zatvorenicima i osobama sa posebnim potrebama, razvoj volonterizma, obrazovanje i obrazovni podsticaji i zaštita životne sredine.

Tokom godina Caritas Šabac primenjuje italijansko iskustvo u oblasti zaštite mentalnog zdravlja, kao način u procesu rehabilitacije osoba sa mentalnim smetnjama. Deo rehabilitacije predstavlja pružanje podrške u potrazi za zaposlenjem. Na osnovu italijanskog modela, naša ideja je da povećamo zapošljivost ljudi iz ugroženih grupa kroz razvoj održivog turizma.

Na imanju Caritas-a Šabac u Bogatiću nalaze se dnevni boravak za osobe sa mentalnim smetnjama kao i stan za stanovanje uz podršku. Naša ideja je da kombinujemo socijalnu zaštitu i agroturizam, korisnici pomenutih usluga biće uključeni u primarnu i sekundarnu proizvodnju hrane na održivoj farmi u Bogatiću, kao i otvaranje restorana pod nazivom Avlija Bogatić u kome će se služiti hrana tradicionanalna za ovo područje. S jedne strane ćemo povećati zapošljivost ljudi iz ranjivih grupa, a sa druge promovisati lokalne proizvode i razvoj agro-turizma.