We have already benefited 3,746 children and 340 adults and in the next phase we will impact 12,757 children and 3,000 adults.
Our project focuses on sharing tools that improve psychosocial support, mental and physical health of refugees and the host community as well as the improvement of education. Over 51,000 refugees and asylum seekers live in Dzaleka. Over 30,000 are children of which more than 21,000 are out of school. Post-traumatic disorders, the precariousness of life in and around the settlement, added to the effect of the covid-19 pandemic, has worsened the mental conditions of the entire population.
To continue with the project from this fifth phase, we have partnered with the Jesuit Refugee Service organisation, which, in turn, are official partners of UNHCR. This partnership secures the strength and success of the project, which may bear more fruits when replicated in new refugee camps in the near future. Right now we are starting the selection process to award scholarships to 35 participants.