About

Kids For Kids is a project that aims to solve the problem of integration of children with disabilities using a tool called sports. Nowadays, sport is one of the important tools for a balanced upbringing of children. Through sports, children acquire norms and values of behavior in society. Unfortunately, children with developmental difficulties cannot easily join local sports clubs and associations because they do not offer programs for this type of population for the main reason being ignorance and incompetence. In this project we solve this type of problem. Seven-day synergy camp is one of main goals. The camp will be attended by children with disabilities and children with normal abilities in synergy to complement each other. Professional people with experience in working with this population through the camp will educate 10 new coaches who come from partner organizations. Through education, coaches will gain knowledge and competence to design program tasks tailored to populations, conduct sports and games in an interesting and safe way, and lead the entire process. Clubs and organizations that are partners in the project will transfer experience and knowledge to their clubs and through the project create their own small synergy camps and implement children with disabilities in into their own local sports community. The project will test the program content and monitor the physical and emotional behavior of children, and will create an electronic manual that will describe the specifics of working with children of normal abilities and children with disabilities in synergy. With such a manual left as a legacy to the European community, the project will encourage other clubs to encourage and try to open the doors of their sports clubs and associations to children with disabilities.

PARTNERS

🇭🇷 CHEERLEADING MA&KO

Non-profit local sport club from the city of Vinkovci in Slavonija, in the Vukovar-Srijem County in eastern Croatia. The club was founded in 2008 and has been operating ever since. The goal of the club is popularisation of cheerleading as a healthy sport discipline among children and youth. The club is run by president, Ms Antonija Škegro, Executive Board made of 7 people and Assembly made of 20 people – members of the club which are parents of children and friends of the club. Activities of the club are:

• Participation at city and sport manifestations
• Organisation of sport training – development of children imagination, creativity, self-respect, positive social relationship, tolerance and love towards dance and sport
• Participation at national and European competitions
• Organisation of educational programmes for athletes and coaches
• Organisation of sport camps

🇭🇷 CHEERLEADING KLUB ZAGI-ZAGREB

Non-profit local sport club from the city of Zagreb. The club engages in various activities, including cheerleading practices (60 minutes, three times a week over the course of 10 months a year), participating in the competitions (within the country borders and abroad) 4 to 6 times a year, as well as organizing and hosting competitions alike. The club also organizes cheerleading camps twice a year where athletes train with recognized international coaches and socialize with their fellow cheerleaders. Additionally, the club participates in public events and sports competitions where it supports and cheers for the competitors. Some other activities the club organizes are excursions and social gatherings where athletes and their parents socialize and develop long lasting friendships.

The club is a part of Croatian Cheerleading Associations (“Hrvatski Cheerleading Savez”). There are 70 active members aging from 7 to 15 years. The club was founded in 2017 and has been operating ever since.

In addition to cheerleading, we also perform sports and rhythmic gymnastics for children. As part of gymnastics, we have over 50 students in the age group of 4 to 7 years.

🇭🇷 DRUŠTVO SPORTSKE REKREACIJE SUPERKID

Non-profit local sport organisation based in Zagreb (Croatia), with its main activity of implementing organised physical activities for children from 3-10 years old.
The program is organised as a universal sport school, where children learn the basics of most important sport activities for motor development: gymnastics, athletics, martial arts, basketball, football, handball, volleyball, tennis, etc. The program of the universal sport school is under the guidance of kinesiologists. The focus is on the development of coordination and acquisition of basics of different sport activities, so that little students learn many elements and make a quality foundation for lifelong sport recreation. The programme is a year-round, and children learn every training a different sport activity. Trainings are conducted two times a week for 60 minutes and the program is carried out from September to May next year (9 months), and entries throughout the year.

Besides a year-round program, there are seasonal sport (5-day) classes as well – swimming, ice skating, skiing and rollerblading. During the summer seasons DSR SUPERKID organises sport camps.

Currently, the programme is carried out in two cities in Croatia (Zagreb and Rijeka) at ten different locations. On sport programmes DSR SUPERKID works closely with about 40 kindergartens.

🇷🇸 ORK DALMATINAC

Handball club from Riđica, municipality of Sombor, Serbia, founded on May 16, 1963. The first president of the club was Luka Cacic. The club is currently competing in the Second League North, the fourth competitive level of Serbian handball.

ORK Dalmatinac is a club with a rich tradition through which many famous handball names from this area have passed. In the mid-1990s, he experienced a renaissance by entering the second handball league in Serbia. During that period, work with children was started, which later proved to be a complete success. Namely, ORK Dalmatinac formed a generation of young girls, some of whom later became members of the Serbian national handball team, such as Timee Rabat. Nowadays, the club is still competing in the second league, and it is still working with children with the help of the eminent expert Miroslav Veselinović, who has proven himself on several occasions.

The club has 28 senior players, 24 boys who compete in the pioneer league of Serbia, which is played according to the tournament system. The president of the club is Dragan Škopelja, a long-term handball worker. The secretary of the club is Marko Gundić, the coach is Miroslav Veselinović and the assistant coach is Morgan Knezević. The club plays its matches in the School Sports Hall in Riđica, which is made according to the highest sports standards.

It is important to note that ORK Dalmatinac in its rich history has established friendly relations with RK Spačva Vinkovci, who every year in the eighth month are participants in the Memorial International Handball Tournament “Dragan Šveljo – Pinje” a man who is one of the most deserving people because the Dalmatian is there where are you now.

🇸🇮 TENNIS CLUB TENMS

Non-profit sports club, which mainly deals with education and sports preparation of young people from 4 to 18 years of age, as well as the organization of competitions. Every year, the representatives of our organization achieve sporting success at the national level as well as at the international level. However, our primary goal is to care for children and adolescents who want not only to be educated at a competitive level, but above all in healthy, confident, capable, determined people who can represent us in all professions in life. We have special discounts for socially disadvantaged children in our club.

Our club is attended by 60 children and young people from all over Pomurje. Here, children and adolescents who want to get a sports education or physically prepare for other sports train, as well as children and adolescents who just want exercise. But we also have kids who train for health reasons.

In our club, the first steps have been taken by players who compete in the Olympic, world, European, national scale at the very top. The program in the club is organized as a universal sports school, where children learn the basics of sports activities for motor development. These are tennis, gymnastics, athletics, basketball, football, volleyball, hockey, etc. In the club, all programs take place under the expert guidance of experts in the field of tennis, kinesiology. The emphasis is on developing coordination, motor skills and gaining the basics of various sports activities. So those students learn many elements and make a quality foundation for lifelong sports recreation or competition.