In the autumn of 2014, Un Ponte Per initiated together with UNHCR an assistance, orientation and communication programme for displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees in the Dohuk and Erbil areas.
People often lost, alone, without reference points, to whom we provided the tools for orientation in this difficult situation of displacement. Through a mass communication programme, we have carried out information and awareness-raising campaigns, which have ranged from birth registration to camp fire prevention; from the rational use of water resources to health prevention; from raising awareness against gender-based violence to the necessary information on the humanitarian services in the camps to which displaced people and refugees are entitled, and can access. To build efficient communication that responds to the real needs of people in crisis situations requires the cooperation of all.
This is why we have dedicated part of our work to building positive relationships between the many humanitarian organisations working in the emergency, local communities, authorities and the regional government. Our campaigns aim at intercepting and empowering the most active people in the communities, so that they themselves can handle the major problems encountered in these situations, always with our active support.
We achieve this through the production of simple and immediate graphic materials, building workshops and focus groups, using traditional media and social networks.
Finally, with the offensive to liberate Mosul in October 2016, a team of project workers was engaged in orienting displaced people arriving in Debaga camp from the area, offering information on the services they are entitled to, promoting campaigns for their safety, and monitoring people's needs and requirements.
