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Through RAZOM project, ICAR Foundation aims to contribute to improving the physical and mental health of people forcibly
displaced from Ukraine (PSFU) by preventing long-term effects of the war, that can affect their quality of life forever, acting through three complementary directions:
1. Adapting and improving the emotional and relational health services offered to mothers and children from Ukraine hosted by
General Directorates of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPCs) in Bucharest through the implementation of a psychosocial
program for at least 100 PSFU. The program will be implemented with the support of the partner – "Memoria" Center from
Republic of Moldova, and will benefit from the good collaboration that ICAR has with the DGASPCs in Bucharest. The main activities
of the program will envisage the establishment of a Preschool Children''s Club aiming to stimulate/develop children’s social
interaction and emotional abilities, organizing recreational mixed leisure sessions and thematic field trips for mothers and children to improve the parent/child relationships in the post-migration context, as well as developing a good practice guide to be used by health professionals and social assistants working with PSFU aiming to avoid the occurrence/exacerbation of post-traumatic mental disorders (the major, invisible danger in the way of preserving the human capital so much needed for the future reconstruction of Ukraine).
2. Developing a new service of intercultural health mediators to support the provision of health services to PSFU offered by different public or private medical and mental health service providers. The intercultural health mediators will be recruited from
Ukrainian/Russian speaking communities and trained by ICAR specialists and the partner’s specialists.
3. Mapping the health services available for PSFU in Bucharest to be easily accessible through a dedicated webpage (a map of
available medical services).
Summary of project results
Through the RAZOM project ICAR Foundation aimed to contribute to improving the physical and mental health of people forcibly displaced from Ukraine (PSFU) by preventing long-term effects of the war, acting through three complementary directions: 1. Adapting and improving the emotional and relational health services offered to mothers and children from Ukraine hosted by General Directorates of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPCs) in Bucharest through the implementation of a psychosocial program for at least 100 PSFU. 2. Developing a new service of intercultural health mediators to support the provision of health services to PSFU offered by different public or private medical and mental health service providers. 3. Mapping the health services available for PSFU in Bucharest to be easily accessible through a dedicated webpage (a map of available medical services).
ICAR Russian/ Ukrainian native speaking psychologist and cultural mediators offered social and recreational activities for the Ukrainian children living in the accommodation centers run by DGASPC Bucharest, organized over 50 periodic mixed recreational sessions for mothers and children (e.g. visits to museums, children theatre shows, circus, cinema, Zoo etc.) and carried out 20 thematic trips outside Bucharest (e.g. Curtea de Arges, Bran, Sinaia, Busteni, Mud Volcanos, Slănic Prahova salt pan) in order to familiarize the FDPUs with Romanian history and culture and to offer them the opportunity to relax and socialize in a safe and pleasant environment.
Within the same project, ICAR developed a local network of 21 intercultural health mediators for the Ukrainian community. They benefited from 2 training sessions delivered by Moldovan, Swiss and Romanian experts (28-30 June 2023, Bucharest, and 11-13 October 2023, Costinesti). Also, together with the Moldovan partner (Memoria Center), ICAR had working meetings with Romanian specialists from DGASPC Bucharest aiming to share and gather good practices in order to draft a working guide for professionals.
In total, almost 600 Ukrainian beneficiaries attended the psycho-social, educational and recreational activities offered by the project, out of whom 314 were children and 229 women (mothers and grandmothers).
ICAR developed a local network of 21 intercultural health mediators for the Ukrainian community that accompanied 241 refugees.
A best practices guideline in preventing and/or managing post traumatic disorder among Ukrainian refugee was published online. The document is dedicated to health and social assistance professionals. Also, a road map for accessing public health services in Romania was published on the website