SOCIETY

Qualitative and quantitative results of the 2nd Cycle of the "I AM IN" program September 2016- June 2017, as emerged from the final evaluation report of the Prolepsis Institute:

• 57 students participated: Operation for the 2nd year of a class of B 'Gymnasium with 21 students and operation for the 1st year of a class of C' Gymnasium 36 students in total.
• The program created 10 new jobs: 3 psychologists, 1 Social Worker and 6 special education teachers. A total of 20 people from 4 different social organizations were employed.
• 1,026 hours of remedial teaching were implemented.
• 4,700 healthy meals were offered.
• A total of 144 hours of experiential activities & psychological empowerment were implemented (6 hours per week).
• 300 hours of psychological interventions were implemented on children, teachers and parents. (32 hours of psychological interventions for parents, 32 hours for teachers, 171 hours for students in groups and 36 hours for students and parents individually).
• School supplies and consumables were offered for 57 students: Throughout the year, notebooks and pens were given to all children, consumables for school and teachers such as markers, blackboards and other consumables for the psychologists' experiential activities, A4 paper, chalks, slides, photocopies of exercises and other teacher supplies A4 paper and toilet paper were also given to the school, school bags and shoes were given to all the children, Christmas presents were given to all the children ) school material, new shoes other material goods to the students of the program.
• 18 focus groups of students, teachers and parents were implemented.
• 6 families joined the free feeding program for 6 months: A total of 28 beneficiaries in whom € 11,760 euros were invested for the 6 months.

Two major evaluations of the program were carried out by the Prolepsis Institute.

Also:

• As it emerged from the final evaluation, the program covered the food insecurity of the students, improved their psychological and social function, contributing significantly to the improvement of their student performance.
• The school performance of the students showed an overall improvement, increasing the average grade of the school year from 12.3 that was in the previous school year to 13.4 this year.
• The program had a positive effect on students' attitudes regarding school and school performance. None of the students we had information about remained unchecked for September, while all students at high risk of leakage reported staying at school.
• The most important motivation that the students had in their stay in the program is the possibility of understanding lessons that they did not understand before as well as the acquisition of new friends (75%).
• The percentage of students who find school lessons interesting (by 30%) and the percentage of students who can cope with school pressure (by 11%) increased significantly.
• Regarding the measurement of the quality of life of the students, the biggest improvement was observed in the Social function, with 72.7% of the children having increased their summary result, while for the other three indicators (Physical health, Emotional health, and School function ) the improvement rate is 63.6%.
• 87.6% of the students would strongly recommend the program to other classmates.