Project profile — Psychosocial and Learning Activities for Children and Youth in Gaza - UN Consolidated Appeal 2011

The project aims to strengthen the resilience and coping mechanisms of conflict-affected children and caregivers through the provision of community-based child protection services, including psychosocial, educational, recreational, and health services for girls and boys, and their caregivers. The project works through 20 family centres in Gaza to provide multi-disciplinary protection services, after-school learning programs in literacy and numeracy, and recreational activities for youth. The project also supports workshops for caregivers, social workers, community volunteers and teachers to better respond to the diverse needs of boys and girls affected by conflict. This project is one of over 200 projects that make up the United Nations' 2011 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2011 CAP, worth over US$575 million, allows the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis by delivering humanitarian assistance, increasing the protection of civilians, improving the collection of humanitarian information, and strengthening the United Nations' humanitarian coordination structure. Overall, through this appeal, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations help restore human dignity and alleviate further poverty, institutional weakness, and instability in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2012) include: (i) approximately 60,059 children and adolescents received psychosocial care and protection support services; (ii) 833 staff, professionals and community leaders were trained on child rights and protection; and (iii) 20 Family Centers offered children and caregivers a safe space in which to learn, play and access a range of support mechanisms, including psychosocial support. These results have contributed to strengthening the resilience and coping mechanisms of conflict-affected children, adolescents and caregivers.