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Description
In Romania, 80,498 Ukrainian refugees were registered on 18.09.2022. Out of these, 67,064 are registered with temporary
protection status or other similar national aid schemes (UNHCR). Unofficial data reveals that there are approximately 7,000
Ukrainians in Iasi, most of them women and children. According to UNHCR, refugees need assistance and support to make informed
decisions, access to services and support that will ensure their sustainability through integration on the labor market that will
reduce their dependence on social aid, specific attention given to people with specific needs. The project aims to address the needs
of Ukrainian citizens through a complex of services provided based on the evaluation and constant monitoring of their progress with
the ultimate goal of sustainable increased in the quality of their life during their staying in Romania. Three large categories of
services will be provided: a).counselling and legal assistance (70 people), b).social counselling, psychological assistance and
emotional support (100 people) and c).services regarding the integration on the labor market – through information, counselling
and vocational or professional guidance, professional training programs, mediation and employment on the labor market (50
people). Direct activities with a social, educational and cultural aim are planned be offered through workshops for at least 200,
especially children and youths. The final beneficiaries are 300 people (adults and children), refugees from Ukraine who live
temporarily within Iasi county and they will be actively involved in all stages of the project through needs assessment, consultations
and support in making informed decisions. The Promoter (PP) will be responsible for activities from A1-A6, Partner P1 will have
activities from A7-9, while for the activities A1, A2 and A10, the partners will make contributions together.
Summary of project results
The project aimed to provide continuous support to approximately 300 Ukrainians seeking refuge in Iasi, by continuing the social counselling and Mhpss that Bethany was delivering since the start of the war, and adding an economic inclusion component, with vocational training and counselling .
The project supported 350 Ukrainians and for some their family members to increase their capacities for integration and adaptation in the new community, as well as resilience to the traumas produced by the war. To achieve all these, a package of services and activities relevant to the needs of the group was provided. It started from assessing the needs of the beneficiaries by applying a set of tools consisting of interviews supported by the project team and later by creating an action plan or referral either internally to the services of the center or externally to other institutions in the community.
A number of 293 Ukrainians participated directly in various activities and services offered within the project. Among them, 136 people benefited from social counseling, 91 benefited from psychological assistance and emotional support provided by the psychologist of Ukrainian origin . The educational activities (A6) in which 182 adults, young people and children participated consisted of creative workshops with a therapeutic role. Work integration services targeted a number of 57 refugees from Ukraine, participation in IT (22 people) and English language (20 people) training courses to increase skills (A8). A number of 32 employers showed their openness to hire people from Ukraine. 57 people benefited from orientation and mediation discussions with a view to employment and of these 9 people were employed and entered the job-coaching service