The SDC is helping children affected by war and disasters to regain some normality. It is working to rehabilitate schools in Jordan to accommodate children of Syrian refugees and to set up psychosocial services for girls and boys who have fled the atrocities committed by Boko Haram in Niger.
The SDC’s Skills for Life pilot project teaches vocational skills to refugees and residents of Kakuma, to enable them to work and earn a living.
In Niger, the SDC is investing resources to provide child victims of conflict with recreational activities and psychosocial support.
Following the rehabilitation of 28 schools in northern Lebanon in the first phases of the project, the SDC is expanding its engagement to 24 other schools in the same region.
The SDC partners with the Jordanian Ministry of Education in rehabilitating public schools in the north of the country.
In 2010, Pakistan was devastated by terrible floods. After providing emergency aid to the people, Swiss Humanitarian Aid began to rebuild schools and sanitary facilities.
Through its contribution to UNRWA Switzerland seeks to support the relief agency’s efforts to continue performing its important mandate under the current difficult conditions in the Middle East.
