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Sea arrivals

Project summary Name of the project Early identification at Pozzallo's port and hotspot, of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT) survivors Type of intervention medical and psychological support. Advocacy. Target groups Migrants through the mediterranean sea arriving. Intervention Area Eastern Sicily: Pozzallo, Catania, Augusta. Period June-November 2018 Cofinanced...
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Project: Sea arrivals

Health care and psychosocial assistance for forced migrants living in Egypt.

Project name EXODI. Health care and psychosocial assistance for forced migrants living in Egypt. Type of intervention Health care and psychosocial assistance, migrants and refugees. Target groups Forced migrants Period Since 2016 (ongoing) Location Egypt-Cairo Cofinanced by: 8 per mille Chiesa Valdese Regione Toscana How to become a volunteer Write...
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Unsafe Harbours

Beneficiaries  Direct: forced migrants (coming primarily from Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Eritrea) in transit from Greece to Italy Indirect: civil society, migrants, institutions. Period 2012  Cofinanced by: Open Society Foundations, MEDU

Observatory on Italian Centres for Identification and Expulsion for immigrants

Beneficiary Population  Direct beneficiaries: Migrants detained in Identification and Expulsion Centers. Indirect beneficiaries: Civil society, migrants, Institutions. Financed by: MEDU

Amelioration of primary health care services for woman’s health in Bajo Atrato (Colombia) – Phase III

The Beneficiary population Direct: 10,000 people belonging to 48 Indirect:  the remaining population of the communities of Rio Sucio and Carmen del Darién (approximately 20,000 people) who benefit of the outputs of the project. Partner Pastoral Social – Area de salud in Apartadò, National and international: MEDU, CONCERN America, Municipality of Cascina, ASL 6...
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Community health project within the area of conflict in Bajo Atrato (Chocò Department – Colombia)

Beneficiary population Direct: 5,000 people belonging to 25 indigenous, Afro and Mestizo communities settled in the cuencas (basins) of the Salaquì River and the Truandò, Cacarica, Curvaradò, La Larga and Jiguamiandò, Atrato River’s tributaries. Indirect: the remaining population (approximately 18,000 people) of the communities of Rio Sucio and Carmen del...
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Chocò I – Colombia Development of primary health care and woman health services in Bajo Atrato

Location: 48 communities Municipalities of Rio Sucio and Carmen del Darièn Chocò Department , Colombia Partner Health department of social pastoral care body in Apartadò, Municipality of Cascina, Concern America. Project’s duration: 24 months (start in April 2011) Period 2011 Cofinanced by: Region of Tuscany, Municipality of Cascina, MEDU.

Health and testimony for palestinian women and refugees in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel

Project summary Name of the project Health and testimony for palestinian women and refugees in the occupied palestinian teritories and israel Type of intervention Health care services for Palestinian women and children and refugees Target groups Palestinian women and children from the villages of the intervention area in the West...
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ON.TO. Stopping the torture of refugees from Sub-Saharan countries along the migratory route to Northern Africa

Project summary Name of the project ON.TO. Stopping the torture of refugees from Sub-Saharan countries along the migratory route to Northern Africa Type of intervention Psychological and medical support and advocacy Beneficiaries Refugees disembarked in Sicily and resident in reception centers in Ragusa, who have experienced torture and other inhuman...
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Mobile clinic in Florence

Project summary Type of intervention Primary healthcare, as well as counseling on social and health careservices, for people without a permanent dwelling in the cities of Florence and Prato. Beneficiaries Forced migrants (asylum seekers, refugees and people in transit) without a home or in precarious living conditions in Florence. Period...
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