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Counseling support for the Refugee Community
WISE counselors at the Buduburam and Krisan Refugee Settlements :
In 2004, WISE began to provide services to refugees who had been referred to them by UNHCR for psycho-social counselling. Now WISE provides services to any refugees seeking support and has an integral role in supporting the refugee community. WISE, with its wealth in psycho-social counselling and a wide range of related activities supports refugees who have fallen victim to domestic and sexual and gender based violence, with particular attention to women and children. Furthermore, we address the counselling needs of all refugees and ensure the necessary follow-up on individual cases, including medical, social needs, legal issues and police liaison.
Buduburam:The settlement is located in the central region, 90 minutes from Accra. The settlement is home to 42,000 refugees, majority of whom are Liberian. WISE counselors provide services at the Buduburam Mondays- Wednesday. Since we extended out services to the Buduburam refugees we have counseled over
In addition to the one-on-one counselling we provide, we have also established a group counselling program. Previous groups included victims of spousal abuse and rape, our current group consists of 10 teenage mothers. The aim of this approach is to empower women with a team-centred support group and to allow the women to eventually support each other.
Krisan: The Krisan refugee camp is located in the Western region, near Takoradi. The refugee population of 2,000 at Krisan also receives support services from WISE counselors. The two WISE staff permanently posted at Takoradi provide counseling, focusing on domestic and sexual and gender based violence.
The counselors also help the UNHCR staff process asylum seekers, refugees seeking resettlement and repatriation and refugees seeking services under the UNHCR mandate.
Counseling and Psycho-social services
WISE/UNHCR Protection
WISE Advocacy
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