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TunisiaHelping Syrian refugees deal with new stresses: EU programme trains refugees to become caregivers
January 9, 2017
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Zahed, 34, and Fatima, 28, escaped Syria to Turkey in the fall of 2014, after the war destroyed their homes in Kobane, Syria. Both have participated in an information volunteer programme. Like them, more than 100 Syrian volunteers have been trained and 7 000 refugees reached through an EU-funded programme implemented in coordination with CARE International in Turkey.
The volunteers visit other Syrian refugees in the community, providing information on topics including psychosocial support, early marriage, child labour, family planning, and gender-based violence.
“The idea is to encourage people to speak out and not hold all of their emotions inside. We encourage them to share their feelings,” Zahed explains. “There are tensions within families, between relatives, or spouses – there are a lot, due to what they have been through.”
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European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – Syrian crisis factsheet
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