
Thematic recreational trips for Ukrainians from Bucharest
Within the project “RAZOM (TOGETHER) – Network of physical and mental health services adapted to the needs of Ukrainian refugees”, ICAR Foundation implements a program of psycho-social activities that also includes the organization of thematic recreational trips for people forcibly displaced from Ukraine hosted at the level of the General Directorates of Social Work and Child Protection in Bucharest.
The role of these excursions is to increase the cohesion of the groups, to establish a climate of trust, favorable to communication, as well as to familiarize the participants with notions of flora, fauna, history, and culture of the Romanian people.
The activities are organized by the psychologist within the project, together with the intercultural mediators, and consist of organizing one-day trips outside/around Bucharest.
To date, 12 such excursions have been organized in locations such as the Royal Court in Curtea de Argeș, Slănic Prahova Salt Mine, Vidraru Dam, “La Tzara” Farm.
Curtea de Argeș was the first capital of Wallachia, the Royal Court here preserving the ruins of the royal houses, as well as the Royal Church of Saint Nicholas, founded by Basarab I, one of the most representative monuments of medieval Romanian architecture.
Slănic Prahova Salt Mine, opened for visiting after 1970, hosts a salt lake and a waterfall that can be admired from a specially arranged wooden bridge, exhibitions with equipment that was used for the exploitation of the salt, as well as busts carved in salt and bas-reliefs of various leaders and prominent representatives of the Romanian people.
The Vidraru Dam, built between 1960 and 1966, for the purpose of producing electricity, for irrigation and to avoid floods, is the largest arch dam in Romania.
“La Tzara” farm is a suitable location for getting to know various animals, as well as for carrying out various activities in specially arranged places in nature (trampoline, zip line, climbing place, circuit for cycling, boating, etc.).
By the end of the project, at least 6 such themed recreational trips will be organized.
The project “RAZOM (TOGETHER) – Network of physical and mental health services adapted to the needs of Ukrainian refugees” is implemented by the ICAR Foundation in partnership with the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims “Memoria” (RCTV Memoria) with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund Romania, programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA Grants 2014 – 2021.