Psycho-Social Support to Asylum Seekers
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Project Objectives
The project's aim is to provide social aid and psychosocial support to asylum seekers in Cyprus at a national level. It attempts to reduce psychological dysfunctions and other social problems as well as to inform them for their rights such as employment, housing, material standards for reception, medical care and public assistance. The suggested programme will offer the following services: • The development of interagency collaboration network for the smooth operation of the project as to make the transition of asylum seekers to the community the easiest possible • Provision of social support services to cover issues such as housing, job, human rights and other relevant to their residence in Cyprus • Provision of psychological support services The project aims to improve asylum seekers living conditions in Cyprus with regard to their social situation and their psychological state.
Our Involvement
To Future Worlds Centre will provides the space for psychosocial support, covering all of Cyprus, with particular focus in the province of Nicosia. In this context it hosts in its premises a professional Social Worker who is employed by the program, and two trainees that give additional support program's running. Due to our expertise we coordinate the whole project and we chair the meetings of the project's panel.
