PRESS RELEASE —
Generations For Peace (GFP) and the
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
have established a new partnership under the “Provision of sustainable health
and protection services to refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan”
Program, in strategic partnership with the
Ministry of Youth (MoY) and
Ministry of Education (MoE).
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For its role in the two-year
Program,
GFP will implement a series of trainings, activities, and awareness
sessions to
MoY staff and MoE teachers, youth volunteers, adolescents, and mothers, at
youth centers and schools in Ajloun and Al Ghour.
Integrating its Sport and
Arts For Peace curriculum with IRC’s
Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) and
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) interventions,
GFP will provide support to 2,040
Syrian and Jordanian beneficiaries, particularly women and girls in host communities,
to enhance their safety, protection and access to support.
Commenting on this
new partnership, GFP President Dr Mohanned
Arabiat said, "We are honored to expand our partnerships with stakeholders
dedicated to working in the sustainable health and protection sector. Together
with IRC, we are committed to enhancing social cohesion and protection among
Syrian refugees and host communities, with a specific focus on women and girls.
We look forward to seeing the positive impact of this program as the first step
towards a fruitful and long-standing partnership."
Adding to this, IRC Country
Director, Nivedita Monga, said, “We are
delighted to partner with GFP to ensure
that those most in need are able to benefit from lifesaving and life-changing
interventions. The IRC works in close alignment with government policies and
priorities and this collaboration seeks to build on the good work being done by
our partners and
allies like GFP, MoE, and MoY.”
The “Provision of
sustainable health and protection services to refugees and vulnerable host
communities in Jordan” Program implemented by the IRC with different partners,
integrated health services to improve community access to Non-Communicable
Diseases and secondary obstetric health services to ensure that women and girls
are safe and receive support. These activities will reach 33,994 direct
beneficiaries, including women, girls, men, and others at risk of
Gender-Based violence (GBV) and survivors of GBV.
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