Youth work & refugees: psychological approach as a first step

The training activity took place

in Kenya

organised by Active Youth

February 2022

Reference person

Stan Karmysov

(Organizer, Coordinator)

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Aims & objectives

a) RAISE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES OF YOUTH WORKERS BY DEVELOPING NEW METHODS FOR REFUGEE INTEGRATION
b) FOSTER CAPACITY BUILDING AND NEW SOCIAL INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH WORK RELATED TO REFUGEES
c) INCREASE TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION & EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES ON ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF REFUGEES INTEGRATION
d) LOWER XENOPHOBIA, RACISM AND FOSTER MULTILINGUALISM OF THE YOUTH
e) EXCHANGE GOOD PRACTICES BETWEEN COUNTRIES ON ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF INTEGRATING REFUGEES WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
f) HELP YOUTH LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH REFUGEES AND INTEGRATE THEM BETTER THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Youth Workers from Sweden, Lithuania, Kenya, Colombia and Myanmar

Training methods used & main activities

Non-formal education tools. Ieva was specifically responsible for the psychological approach and Mindfulness tools

Outcomes of the activity

Project website:
https://migration-integration.eu/

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Ieva was responsible to deliver non-formal education workshops to introduce mindfulness tools to be used for personal wellbeing as well as in the work with refugees.