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Street + nr Mileticova 7	Telephone +421 250231210
Postal code 82108	Mobile
Town Bratislava	Fax +421 250231210
Country Slovakia	Website DOMKA

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Employees: 

7

Volunteers: 

453

Young people: 

10000

Contact Person: 

Katarina Kalocajová & Slavomira Brigantova

Member of the National Youth Council: 

yes

Legal status: 

Obcianske zdruzenie (NGO, Non-Profit Organisation)

Geograph. focus: 

Slovakia + Europe

Publications: 

We are publishing our magazine Domaci Holub( 4 time per year for our members ) , several centres are making own magazine. We cooperated in publishing books, which are about Youth and their problems.

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Mission: 

• to bring up self-reliant, responsible, solidairy and involved young people
• to involve young people into youth work (Youth for youth)
• to work according to, spread and promote Salesian preventive educational system

Example activities: 

• Oratorio
• Sport activities represented at local, regional, national and international level
• cultural activities
• summer activities
  • camps in the nature
  • summer oratorio
• Education of volunteers (animators, administrative workers...)
  • School for animators and training courses and educational programms for volunteers active at local level (fundraising, communication, leadership, strategic planning, financial management, training for accountants)
• Work also with lowest social groups of youngsters (Gypsy children and families in Bardejov, Youth centre in Petrzalka and Midralovce)
• International activities (exchanges, EVS)

Background: 

DOMKA (1991) is an independent, non-political NGYO (non-governmental youth organisation). It contents 33 independent youth centres spread in whole Slovakia. All the activities and education is based on Salesian preventive system of Don Bosco. Besides „reason“ and „kindness“ we consider very important dimension of spirituality i.e. relationship with God in daily usualities. DOMKA is opened for all young people not considering their education, religious, cultural or national background. Important is only an endeavour to be a good person.  DOMKA is a member of RMS (Youth council of Slovakia).

History

Member for

30 weeks 4 days