CZEPA - Peer Mentoring
Mentorprogram
- Språk: Tsjekkisk
- Kategori: Social & Community Support
- Mentees: All wheelchair users recently injured or with long-term disabilities who are seeking support.
- Mentorer: A wheelchair user who has been injured for a long time and has learned to live actively with their disability.
- Programside: https://peermentor.cz/
CZEPA Peer Mentoring Program
CZEPA Peer Mentoring is a registered social service provided by the Czech Association of Paraplegics – CZEPA, z.s. This program is aimed at providing intensive support to wheelchair users after spinal cord injuries as they return to daily life.
The program is based on the principle of "peer mentoring," meaning that support is provided by experienced wheelchair users (peer mentors) who have learned to live actively with their own disability and are willing to help others in similar life situations. The service is supported by the European Union and the European Social Fund.
Mission and Goals of the Service
- Empowerment and Encouragement: Helping wheelchair users activate their inner strength to return to society and live a full life even in a wheelchair.
- Practical Orientation: Assistance with orienting oneself in a new life situation, acquiring skills for practical life with a wheelchair, and finding answers to all questions, including sensitive ones that are sometimes difficult to discuss with loved ones or doctors.
- Motivation and Activation: Jointly building motivation for returning to normal life and implementing concrete steps that will significantly improve the mentee's situation.
- Experience Sharing: Peers offer a wide range of advice, information, practical self-sufficiency training, and psychological support based on their own experience.
The service is intended for all wheelchair users who have recently sustained a spinal cord injury or other damage, or those who have been in a wheelchair for a longer time but have not yet managed to return to an active and fulfilling way of life.
Peers visit mentees at home or wherever needed and provide free support. The program enjoys nearly 100% client satisfaction and plans are underway for its expansion. CZEPA actively seeks new peer mentors – experienced men and women after spinal cord injuries who will become guides for new wheelchair users.
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