Tag: Somaliland

supporto ai rifugiati
Forced migration, Mental Health

Psychosocial support for refugees

Thanks to funding from UNHCR, GRT was able to set up an integrated project in Somaliland of both prevention and psychosocial intervention activities. The project targets asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons in Hargeisa. The focus is in particular on children, adolescents and young refugees. GRT conducted several activities with different methodologies: Training to […]

Children in Adversity, Gender Based Violence, Mental Health

Protection of victims in Somalia

GRT’s main objective for this project was to provide medical care and psychological support to displaced persons, asylum seekers and victims of gender-based violence, particularly children, in Puntland, Garowe.   The project The project aimed to provide this type of care and services during the project period and afterwards. Strengthening of institutions combating gender-based violence […]

Mental Health

Somalia on the move

GRT, in collaboration with Terre Solidali, the University of Milan, the Ministry of Health and Development – Somaliland, the Ministry of Health – Federal Republic of Somalia, IIDA, Save Somalia, GAVO is carrying out a series of interventions in Somaliland and Mogadisho to support and improve the country’s paediatric and mental health systems. The project […]

Locandina Evento
English News, Mental Health

Chains of Prejudice

Thank you! Nearly 1,000 people participated at the live broadcast or watched the recording of the meeting on Mental Health in Africa, that took place on 30 November. We are very happy and excited to have been able to share our knowledge with you. During the meeting we talked about how still hundreds of thousands […]

English News, Mental Health

Somalia on the move

GRT, in collaboration with Terre Solidali, University of Milan, Ministry of Health and Development – Somaliland, the Ministry of Health – Federal Republic of Somalia, IIDA, Save Somalia, GAVO is implementing a series of interventions in Somaliland and Mogadisho to support and improve the socio-health systems in the field of pediatrics and mental health in […]

Mental Health

Building hope and healing invisible wounds: a psychosocial intervention in Kismayo

The project aims at addressing the psychosocial needs of the population that has been suffering from various traumatic experience, lack of resources and deprivation. In Somali context a relevant gap between the high prevalence of mental health issues and the limited services available is registered. Therefore, the specific objective is to create new services or […]

supporto ai rifugiati
Forced migration, Mental Health

Refugees and asylum seekers support

In the independent region of Puntland, north-east of Somalia, people living in Bosaso, Bashan and Garowe continuously suffer from drought, uncertainty, deprivation. The project aims at improving life conditions of refugees and asylum seekers, facilitating and supporting primary health care and education, preventing and intervening in gender-based violence cases. The main activities of the project […]

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Gender Based Violence

Gender-based violence in Puntland

Thanks to UNICEF funds, GRT implemented this project  to ensure psycho-social support to women and children victims of violence, to improve prevention and intervention services,to support awareness compaigns on GBV issues and Child Protection. GRT activities included: Identification and warnings alerting services about cases of violence Psycho-social, legal, medical support Monitoring work in the focal […]

prevenire la violenza di genere
Gender Based Violence

Preventing gender-based violence

Project: This project aims to identify and support vulnerable populations, including children, to prevent gender-based violence. The project deals with both prevention and response mechanisms through a combination of activities that are based on the established experience in the field and the long-term presence of Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali in the area of intervention. […]

Children in Adversity, Gender Based Violence

Girls Education Challenge

This project aims to ensure that marginalized girls have the opportunity to obtain an education through school. The aim is to enable girls to support themselves and get out of the extreme poverty in which they live. The project wants to intervene in the decrease of the school dropout rate that, without this intervention, would […]