Emergency Response Programme (ERP)
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Emergency Response Programme (ERP)
In compliance with SOS Children’s Villages International vision to support refugees and vulnerable families, SOS Children’s Villages Jordan launched its first Emergency Response Programme (ERP) in March 2017 called “Women and Children Empowerment to Secure a Better Future for their Families”.
The programme was launched in partnership with a community-based organization in Northern Hashimi, Amman. The programme fulfilled the basic needs for the Syrian refugee families and vulnerable Jordanian families to improve their quality of life.
Through its planned lifespan of three years, the project worked to enable Jordanian and Syrian children to benefit from formal and non-formal education; while women (mostly mothers of aforementioned children) were trained on income generating vocational skills, business and employability skills. Socio-psychosocial support was provided for both children and women as well.
We implemented a second ERP to fulfil the need for psychological support for children victims of violence and trauma, the project also worked to empower the social support networks for children via training staff of relevant ministries and juvenile courts.
ERP2 ensured that the holistic needs of the target group are addressed. Through targeting students aged between (12-18 years), ERP2 aimed to prevent the deterioration of the situation of Syrian youth refugees living in Jordan, and support students enrolled in the non-formal education system, implemented by other INGOs, alongside Mental Health, Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), and life skills activities.