The project is a multilateral attempt of both Greece (through the collaboration of three organizations: ANTIGONE-Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non-Violence, Greek Council for Refugees and Smile of the Child) and Serbia to improve the living conditions of asylum seekers and refugees in the respective two countries.
Project goals for Greece:
– Enhancement of caring of refugee children and families with health problems.
– Provision of necessary hygiene – kits and relief items as well as of temporary hotel accommodation to refugee families
– Aiding persons in need of international protection to gain access to the rights enshrined in national and international legislation
– Development of activities within the Camp of Diavata enhancing the interaction between refugees and local communities
Specific project goal for ANTIGONE
– Development of activities within the Camp of Diavata enhancing the interaction between refugees and local communities
Target group for ANTIGONE’s activities
Refugees living in Diavata camp
Activities of ANTIGONE
- Conduction of recreational activities addressed mainly to youth and young adults, aiming to support the social life of refugees living in Diavata Camp and further to promote their creative skills, teach them some basic rules that would give them a framework for their peaceful coexistence in the camp. Through these recreational activities, refugees can potentially feel part of a wider community in which rules are not meant to repress them but to enable cooperation and community building.
- Organization of 20 socio-cultural events as part of an attempt to promote social dialogue between the local community and the refugees and further to build stronger bonds between the two cultures, improving also their interaction.
- Psychological support to new arriving refugees through activities aiming to address loss, death or grief and trauma, while support the mental resilience of children and further eventually address certain circumstances relating to isolated women.
- Psychological support to volunteers who help within the refugee camps so that the volunteers are well prepared to efficiently work with the refugees.
- Development of an internet platform in English and Arabic so that refugees in Diavata have access to transparent information with respect to the situation back in their countries as well as other issues of their interest.
- Training seminars addressed to intercultural mediators in order to enable and further improve their communication (as well as the communication on the part of the camp personnel) with the refugees.
Duration of the project
The grant period is 01.04.2016- 31.12.2016.
Donors for the project
German Federal Office (GFO/ DEU)
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