Projects Project: Community support training for asylum seekers Posted on 19. October 2020. 1 min read 0 0 219 The aim of the project is to empower and support asylum seekers to provide adequate and efficient help and support to other persons who are in the same or similar situation. The training is designed for asylum seekers accommodated in asylum centres who will be able to knowledge gained in the training, use to communicate effectively with each other in the community and influence their status and the status of others in the community in which they live. The goal of the training is to enable trainees through specific knowledge about mental health and self-help techniques to help themselves but also to be able to support other asylum seekers, with whom they live in centres and who need support. Selected participants will be trained and sensitized regarding traumatic experiences – their own and those survived by others, will gain some knowledge about torture and other topics that make them vulnerable, psychological problems, mental health disorders, LGBT, violence, STI. Project implementation period: 15.9.2020 – 31.12.2020
