KEC的使命是为智障人士创造和提供创新的服务和项目，使他们能够在家庭和社区中过上独立和有质量的充实生活。KEC是一个民间组织，致力于满足残疾人的需求，以提高他们的社会地位，确保高质量的生活，实现积极的社会变革，使残疾人被接受为平等的社会成员。我们的愿景是成为一个非政府组织的代名词，不断提高社会福利领域的标准，改善残疾人的生活质量和社会包容程度，真正的……阅读更多KEC的使命是为智障人士创造和提供创新的服务和项目，使他们能够在家庭和社区中过上独立和有质量的充实生活。KEC是一个民间组织，致力于满足残疾人的需求，以提高他们的社会地位，确保高质量的生活，实现积极的社会变革，使残疾人被接受为平等的社会成员。我们的愿景是成为一个非政府组织的代名词，不断提高社会福利领域的标准，改善残疾人的生活质量和社会包容程度，在就业、社会福利、卫生保健和文化领域实现他们的人权，并在提高公众意识方面实现他们的人权。我们的目标是不断重新思考我们如何以及为什么向我们的社区提供服务，以确保它们是相关的和有意义的。KEC成立于2002年，旨在确保智障青年有机会参与社区活动，并满足他们持续的教育和社会需求。KEC的所有项目都是与我们的受益人及其父母和监护人密切合作制定的。为了响应这一重要投入，KEC不断创建创新项目或重塑现有项目，以满足其受益人的新利益和挑战。我们与社区合作，建立伙伴关系，促进接受和争取包容。KEC致力于提高生活质量，并实现所有发育性残疾人士的潜力。KEC的使命通过三个主要项目领域来实现:日间中心、工作规划和社会企业。 The day center was KEC first program and has been running since the organization's inception in 2002. Today, KEC is fortunate enough to provide this program in a modern new facility located in the center of Belgrade.This large and well-equipped facility was made possible through the joint efforts of the City of Belgrade and the U.S. Department of Defense. Both of these institutions recognized KEC's important and unique contribution to the lives of people with special needs in Belgrade and joined forces to create this truly special facility. As a result of its high caliber program KEC's day center was accredited by the Serbian Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Policy. This accreditation is further evidence of KEC's distinctive work on behalf of people with developmental disabilities. In order to ensure that people with special needs are truly a part of the larger community in 2004 KEC embarked in a program to build partnerships with the business community. The program started with McDonald's and has grown to include over 30 companies, institutions and organizations across Belgrade and almost 200 beneficiaries. Based on the company's needs KEC matches its beneficiaries with work placement positions. KEC provides all the necessary forms of support, training and evaluation. Its experience in creating and implementing this program made it possible for KEC to become the licensed trainer for such programs in Serbia. Today KEC helps other organizations implement similar programs in their communities. Finally, in an effort to strive for financial self-sustainability KEC launched a small enterprise, Gardenika, to produce natural snack foods. The enterprise's fruit rolls are sold in stores and markets throughout Serbia and can be found in corporate cafeterias and in their PR packages. In addition to providing jobs for KEC beneficiaries any profit will be channeled back into the NGO. Overall, KEC aims to ensure that people with intellectual disabilities living in the community or returning to the community after a life in an institution have meaningful fulfilling lives. We shape our programs around the users needs and desires. The Serbian government is working towards closing down its massive network of institutions providing long term residential care for people with intellectual disabilities. So on the one hand it must find a way to prevent more people from entering the institutions and on the other hand work to create and support programming for those who are leaving the institutions. KEC's activities are a best practice model for achieving both of these goals. The organization supports families so they can keep their loved one with special needs at home and helps those leaving the institutions to fill their lives with interesting and meaningful programs when they rejoin the community.
