Increasing Access of Refugees with Disabilities to Protection Services in Türkiye Project

Implemented through an implementing partnership between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and ASAM and run with the financial support of ECHO (Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations), the Project aims for refugees with disabilities and their support persons living in Türkiye to be in a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and to have access to social protection services.

Awareness Raising on MHPSS for the Refugees Living in Türkiye Project

The “Awareness Raising on Mental Health Psycho-Social Support for the Refugees Living in Türkiye”, implemented with the financial support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to generate and spread content with regards to mental health and psychosocial support to come up with solutions for the challenges experienced by refugees and primary health care providing institutions in terms of MHPSS.

Social Cohesion and Life Trainings Programme

The Social Cohesion and Life Trainings Programme has been designed to facilitate the cohesion of foreigners under temporary protection and international protection to social, economic and cultural life in our country in scope of the Cooperation Protocol signed between the Directorate General of Migration Management and Directorate General of Life Long Learning as per Law no. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection, and has started being implemented in 2019 in the pilot provinces of Istanbul, Ordu and Karabük. Within the Social Cohesion and Life Trainings Programme, 8-hour trainings are provided at beginner level under the headings of Türkiye’s cultural structure, communal living rules, access to means of livelihood, and fundamental rights and services.