HIV/AIDS in Humanitarian Settings “ Peer educators working with Syrian refugees”

HIV/AIDS in Humanitarian Settings

“Peer educators working with Syrian refugees”

Wednesday 23.7.201414:30-15:30

Because everyone has right to life, we dedicate this session to the 571 Martyrs and 3550 Wounded in Gaza-Palestine, over the past 15 days

#GazaUnder Attack#FreePalestine

Maha Al Saad

Focal Point In-Charge

Y-PEER Jordan

Thuria Ibrahim

National trainer

Y-PEER Jordan

Presented By:

What is Y-PEER?

Y-PEER is the Youth Peer Education Network; a comprehensive

youth-to-youth initiative pioneered by UNFPA since 2002.

Y-PEER is concerned with various issues surrounding young sexual and

reproductive health & rights (SRHR)

Y-PEER is a network of more than 500 non-profit organizations and

governmental institutions

Our Objectives

connecting

young people

promoting healthy life styles

empowering young people

Strengthening knowledge base of

our peers

Sharing lessons learned across borders

between cultures

Who are the Y-PEERians?

Youth Peer Educators Trainers Health

workers

What makes us unique ?• Knowledge hub (Cyberpeer, PETRI center, newsletter)

• Peer-to-peer education using alternative methods of education (edutainment)

• Expertise in the field of SRHR education and consultation

• Partnership with various institutions and sectors

• M&E and Experts Data bases

• Interactive capacity building approaches

• Annual campaign

• Fellowship program

• Celebrities

•PEER

•EDUCATION

•TRAINING

•RESEARCH

•INSTITUTE

PETRI - SOFIA

Structure

International Coordinators (ICs)

Global Advisory Board )FPCs & ICs(

National network

Focal points in-Charge (FPCs)

Peer educators, national trainers, Focal points, member NGOs, local partners, etc.

UNFPA Head Quarters

UNFPA Regional

Office

UNFPA Country Office (fellow)

Alumni Council

International partnership

PETRI center

Y- PEER Jordan

2008

- Post-2015 national / regional consultations

-Conferences & Festivals (WCY, Citizenship , film festival)

-Youth-led Initiatives (blood donation, Debate, KAROHAT, WPD……..etc) - Arab children congress

Y-PEER Jordan Accomplishments

- Humanitarian settings TOT

- Peer education trainings in HCY centers -Advanced Training of Trainers in Jordan

-Regional Training of Trainers on civic engagement & campaigns

- Regional Theater- based Trainings

Y-PEER Jordan Accomplishments (cont’)

Supporters• UN agencies• National NGOs• INGOs• Governmental organizations• Private sector

Syria Humanitarian Appeal as of July 2014

2,912,783

Number of refugees registered

or waiting registration

>6,500,000Number of internally

displaced people

>9,300,00People in need of

humanitarian assistance

Registered Syrians in Jordan

605,719Refugees

2.2%Child at

risk

16.3%In

camps

%83.7In Urban

28.8%Male Youth

25.4%Female Youth

3.2%Woman

at risk

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107

“I do not have a job for you, but could marry you if you like,” is what Aisha was told when she went looking for job.

Early Marriage

“Farah, a 28-year-old woman refugee from Syria and a mother of three, is an example of the problem. Farah told me that on one occasion she preferred to endure thirst for a whole day until her husband returned from work, rather than contacting the company which supplies drinking water to their neighborhood , out of fear the delivery men might harass her

and her husband’s jealousy would be fuelled”.

Harassment

Sexual Exploitation

“Vulnerable young Syrian women are being sold into marriage, trafficked and exploited by predatory men,

they called themselves aid workers”

"I was a virgin before I married, but after three months he got bored and divorced me. I cannot go back home to my family and tell them what has happened, I feel ashamed," she admits. Now she works as an escort and sends some of her

earnings to her family in Damascus ."I give them money every month, which helps them, but I don’t

tell them what I do. They think I am studying"

sexual exploitation (cont’)

HIV/AIDS in law

• The 1951 Refugee Convention states that refugees should enjoy access to health services equivalent to that of the host population, while everyone has the right under international law to the highest standards of physical and mental health.

• Jordanian law states that refugees who are HIV positive can the deported, which may reduce HIV testing and availability of treatment among refugee population

Services

• more than 80 organizations are currently responding to the Syrian crisis in Jordan, only 3 of them provide RH services (UNFPA, IRC, IFH) *

• The voluntary counseling and testing center that belongs to MoH, provides free testing, treatment, and psychological care to HIV carriers. There is one center in each governorate that is accessible by all regardless of their nationalities

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107

UNFPA Main Interventions

- Gender-based violence (GBV) -Reproductive health (RH)

- Youth4,824,677$

for 2013

http://www.unfpajordan.org/images/stories/Publicaton_2014/UNFPA_Response_to_Syrianfinal.pdf

Y-PEER in Humanitarian Settings

• Development of “Peer Education in Humanitarian settings” manual

• Regional TOT in Amman, July 2012 (25)• National ToT in Amman, Nov 2012 (20)• National ToT in Amman, May 2013 (20)• working with refugees Peer education trainings 10 DoA ToT

http://www.unhcr.org/syriarrp6/docs/syria-rrp6-organizations-in-the-response.pdf

Peer Education Trainings

• 4 Peer education trainings were conducted in Zaatari camp, qualifying 100 persons to become peer educators

• This was followed by a number of initiatives, led by the Syrian youth themselves to reach out to their peers

Training of Trainers

• One ToT was held in Zaatari camp back in March 2014, qualifying 65 persons

• What’s interesting about it:- Not only peer educators, but also trainers- Staff and volunteers - Jordanians and Syrians - Young and adults

Evaluation

• Pre/post• Trainers evaluation• training evaluation• Trainees evaluation

Note: All data is entered and analyzed on survey monkey

Pre/post

Overall training

Challenges

• Access to camps• Different age group• Different backgrounds/interests • Follow up and sustainability • Logistics• No full commitment

Way forward

• doing similar trainings/activities more often• Advocating on different levels for the

provision of relevant services• Establishing Youth-friendly spaces that are

accessible , safe, and free of charge• Exploring potential collaboration between

different actors

How to reach us ?

• Y-PEER international Y-PEER• Y-PEER Jordan Y-PEER Jordan “Official page”

[email protected]