Published : 21-02-2019
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held a ceremony at the UNRWA Haifa School in Beirut to mark the end of an eight month GIZ project entitled “Strengthening Psychological Support for Palestine Refugees from Lebanon and Palestinian Refugees from Syria”.
This project is part of ongoing GIZ support to the Agency aimed at building a more sustainable structure for the provision of psychosocial support services. This has included strengthening technical support, interdisciplinary work, as well as coordination between mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS) within UNRWA and amongst external actors and national coordination structures.
Progressive capacity building activities were conducted, including advanced trainings and technical support targeting a perse range of UNRWA personnel, including social workers, school counselors, nurses and protection staff.
The project included activities that aimed at empowering and enhancing the resilience of adult and child Palestine refugees through community engagement, participation and family/parent support. Over 300 community members participated in awareness sessions on psychosocial support and wellbeing, including members of the Parent and Teacher Committees as well as Women’s Committees.
UNRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the UNRWA program budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall.
UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.4 million Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA across its five fields of operation. Its services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held a ceremony at the UNRWA Haifa School in Beirut to mark the end of an eight month GIZ project entitled “Strengthening Psychological Support for Palestine Refugees from Lebanon and Palestinian Refugees from Syria”.
This project is part of ongoing GIZ support to the Agency aimed at building a more sustainable structure for the provision of psychosocial support services. This has included strengthening technical support, interdisciplinary work, as well as coordination between mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS) within UNRWA and amongst external actors and national coordination structures.
Progressive capacity building activities were conducted, including advanced trainings and technical support targeting a perse range of UNRWA personnel, including social workers, school counselors, nurses and protection staff.
The project included activities that aimed at empowering and enhancing the resilience of adult and child Palestine refugees through community engagement, participation and family/parent support. Over 300 community members participated in awareness sessions on psychosocial support and wellbeing, including members of the Parent and Teacher Committees as well as Women’s Committees.
UNRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the UNRWA program budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall.
UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.4 million Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA across its five fields of operation. Its services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.
