'Darfat' (Opportunity) is a new project designed to provide vocational training and facilitate access to the labour market for the most vulnerable people due to war and displacement in Iraq. It contributes to the creation of decent and sustainable job opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan, especially for those people experiencing the most difficulties: women victims of violence, Syrian refugees, Iraqi internally displaced persons, unemployed young people from the Kurdish host community.
During 10 months of work in Sulaymaniyah (Iraqi Kurdistan), technical and vocational training will be organised in four areas: humanitarian, multimedia/visual arts, textile and industrial.
Vocational training courses in the humanitarian sector will be organised in the Syrian refugee camp in Barika, providing 40 paid internships in local and international non-governmental organisations for young refugees.
In the youth centre that UPP runs in the camp, as well as at the Deir Maryam Aladhra monastery in Suleymaiyah, vocational training courses in the media and visual arts - radio production, sound technology, web designing and video editing - as well as language and IT courses will also be offered.
In the shelter for women victims of violence in Sulaymaniyah and in the camp in Barika, women will be involved in technical and vocational training courses in the textile sector.
This will be complemented by awareness-raising and social cohesion activities as usual, aimed at bringing together refugee, displaced and host communities and creating opportunities for dialogue and mutual understanding.
