By IsraAID Staff | IsraAID Colombia
Since 2019, IsraAID has been working in Colombia to support Venezuelan migrants and Colombian returnees with psychosocial support, integration-supporting education, livelihood training, and more. Below are a few updates from across our different activities.
In the city of Riohacha, our Protection team led a mental health and self-care workshop for other NGO staff members and female community leaders that work with vulnerable communities. These leaders are currently participating in a course aimed at understanding gender-specific issues within Colombia. The workshop that we ran offered tools to bolster emotional resilience for the staff members who are faced with new challenges every day. Including self-care tools in our programs provides essential skills that can be used by anyone, humanitarian workers and community members.
This month we launched a new cycle in all of our Child Friendly Spaces - Los Guacamayos, Ciudad Cangrejo, and Paraíso. During this cycle, each protective space will focus on addressing psycho-pedagogical issues to strengthen the skills of children and adolescents that have moved to the area in recent years and are dealing with integrating into a new school system. The staff will also work with family members and caregivers to promote active participation and support at home.
As part of our 'Resilient Youth' project, we further developed the soccer field outside our Barranquilla Child Friendly Space with an inclusive fence and supporters' benches with sun protection, strengthening this space as a hub for both sport and other community needs. To celebrate the upgrade, participants from our Livelihood program that now work in food or catering provided delicious treats for everyone involved.
We have been working to expand the reach of our Livelihood program by hosting information sessions in new communities. In Isla La Loma, we participated in a Services Fair where we spoke about our employability track and corresponding psychosocial support, later signing up 20 people for the program.
Thank you for supporting vulnerable communities in Colombia.
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