Four Youth-Friendly Centers operate in the Vitebsk region

To provide assistance to adolescents in difficult life situations, consultative groups (gynecologists, pediatricians, psychologists, urologists) have been established in Adolescent-Friendly Centers. Volunteers are involved in peer-to-peer counseling.

The Centers provide FREE, ANONYMOUS, CONFIDENTIAL assistance to adolescents and youth in maintaining and strengthening reproductive, psychological, and somatic health (you can seek help anonymously without providing passport data or place of study).

The goal of establishing the center is to increase awareness and motivation for a healthy lifestyle, provide conditions for the socialization of adolescents, and ultimately improve the reproductive, psychological, and somatic health of youth.

The activities of the Center are aimed at:

  • increasing the level of knowledge among adolescents and youth about a healthy lifestyle, reproductive health, and STIs/HIV incidence;
  • acquiring and strengthening healthy lifestyle skills, and appropriate social and reproductive behavior;
  • forming motivation to apply acquired knowledge and skills in one's own behavior.

Psychologists provide counseling in the following areas:

  • child-parent relationships (issues of child-rearing, communication with parents, conflict resolution, issues of mutual understanding between children and parents)
  • communication problems (shyness, conflict, fear of peers, teachers, fear of public speaking)
  • emotional problems (anxiety, school phobias, aggression, lack of empathy)
  • crisis situations (significant loss, unrequited love, loneliness, violence, physical trauma, etc.)

The Centers operate on the basis of:

    1. Vitebsk Regional Children's Clinical Center at the address: Vitebsk, Chkalov St., 14; phone +375 212 37-24-50
    2. Novopolotsk Central City Hospital at: Novopolotsk, Kalinin St., Bldg. 5; phone 8-0214-51-90-90
    3. Orsha Central Polyclinic at: Orsha, Pionerskaya St., 15; phone 8-0216-50-57-50
    4. Polotsk Children's Polyclinic at: Polotsk, E. Polotskaya St., Bldg. 18. Email: otkroven@bk.ru, phone: 8-0214-46-76-55