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       |project_title=[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2006]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2007]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2008]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2009]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2010]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2011]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2012]]<br>[[Strengthening Asylum for Refugees And Asylum Seekers in Cyprus, 2013]]

       |contract_number=06/CYP/LS/400(b)<br>07/CYP/LS/400(b)<br>08/AB/CYP/LS/400(b)1<br>CYP/AB/400/LS/400(b)<br><br>BU: CYP01, Agreement No.: 0000000016, Budget Year: 2010<br><br>

       |funding_period=1 May 2006 - 31 Dec 2006<br>1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007<br>1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008<br>1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009<br>1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010<br>1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011<br>1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012

2011:€98,600.00      

       |website=http://www.StrengtheningAsylum.info

The team implementing the project consists of two Legal Advisors and one Social Advisor who offer individual consultation to the beneficiaries, and a Public Information Officer who seeks to raise awareness within the Cypriot community on refugee and asylum matters.  

* Psychological support for torture victims

We are collaborating with the [[Centre for Training, Therapy & Research]] in an effort to offer support to victims of torture. Our collaboration has been a reaction to the fact that at present there is no free psychological support provided by the state authorities to victims of torture.

In the last years, several projects offering such services run by NGOs have been terminated and as a result many people who were receiving psychological support have been abruptly left without any support. 

KESY offers free psychological support to victims of torture referred by the Future Worlds Center team. Students completing the practicum of the Master’s in Clinical Psychology, who are in turn supervised by experienced professionals, are offering these services.  

* European Refugee Fund Community Actions project

The Future Worlds Center has been a partner in a [[European Refugee Fund]] Community Actions project, for the promotion and dissemination of good practice in addressing specific needs of vulnerable groups – especially victims of torture and human rights violations.  

The project was based on a transnational in-depth study and evaluation of working and treatment methods, and it run under the German Association of Psychological Centers for Refugees and Victims of Torture (BAFF). The project was funded by the European Commission’s European Refugee Fund Community Actions 2009.

* Empowering Women Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Workshops on Sexual Health and Contraceptive Methods June 2012

To celebrate World Refugee Day, the Future Worlds Center team working on the project "Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus" in collaboration with the [[Cyprus Family Planning Association]], organised two interactive workshops on sexual health and contraceptive methods. The workshops was primarily for the benefit of women asylum seekers and refugees. The first workshop was interpreted from English to French, and the second one from English to Arabic.During the workshops, participants were given grounding information on sexual health and contraceptive methods by experienced trainers of the Cyprus Family Planning Association, and had the opportunity to raise questions in a friendly and confidential environment.

 

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