Mwange Repatriation Center - October 2008
posted 11/20/08 14:32:20 by
Summary of project status and achievements:
The FORGE repatriation team conducted the following activities during October:
- A repatriation-focused short intensive seminar, offering skills such as business writing and conflict resolution to refugees interested in repatriation. Two seminars were held this month.
- Live Saturday evening Radio Okapi listening sessions at the library. These activities were led by two FORGE staff, who facilitated discussion and recorded questions following the broadcast. These events were well-attended; there was insufficient room for interested participants in the room, so some attendees stood to listen outside the window.
- CV and Business letter writing classes at the library. Conducted in two sessions during consecutive days, these classes taught refugees interested in repatriation to write CVs and Business letters. Upon completion of the class, participants receive printed copies of their CVs.
- Search for Common Ground and outreach activities. These activities were led by the staff members who were also conducting the Radio Okapi listening sessions. They identified locations in the community where many people can be expected to gather, and visited these locations on a rotating schedule to play audiotapes from Search for Common Ground concerning repatriation. They also informed community members about FORGE’s repatriation programming.
- Traveling workshops. These activities offered short workshops on reintegration skills such as conflict resolution and mediation. While they were popular with community members, they have been discontinued due to budget cuts.
Aside from the traveling workshops, all of these activities will continue during the month of November, albeit with a reduced staff level and under a reorganized system. A computer class targeting repatriating refugees will also be offered at the LISa lab starting in November.
Future goals:
PMs hope to closely monitor and evaluate the success of new programming, and to make changes as necessary to address any issues that arise in the new approach. A first step will be to establish and collect curricula for all of the programming that has recently begun.
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