Ukraine emergency: an hope for future

by Mission Bambini
Ukraine emergency: an hope for future

Project Report | Nov 17, 2022
Education is the key

By Maria Elena Di Fazio | International Development

More than nine months after the bloody invasion of Ukraine, the situation seems to find no real turnaround, with the impact becoming increasingly dramatic on the lives of the population, both those remaining in the country and those forced to flee. Children continue to be among the main victims, vulnerable and dazed, often separated from their families of origin and forced to settle in a new country, learn a new language and adjust to life in a distant and unfamiliar country. Children, youth and their parents arrive with a potentially traumatic experience leaving behind their homes, sometimes their families, and especially war. Refugee families may feel relieved when they are welcomed in
Italy. However, the difficulties they face do not end when they arrive. Once they arrive and
integrated into the local community, refugees often face numerous difficulties that may
further test the resilience process. Refugees carry on their shoulders the stress
trauma of having experienced war and the migration process that have threatened or
damaged their emotional and physical well-being. In addition to the stress of resettlement, these children and their families may experience severe isolation caused by being part of a minority in the
new country. Finally, stress due to the acculturation process may persist for a long time as the
newcomers try to adapt to the new culture and, at the same time, maintain their
culture of origin. 

Against this difficult background, Mission Bambini is working to mitigate the traumatic impact that the war has had on the lives of the thousands of young refugees who have come to Italy by offering them paths of psychological accompaniment. Based on a program that has already been widely validated in educational poverty settings (i.e., Trauma Informed School Programs-NCTSN), a three-tiered intervention is conducted: primary prevention, secondary prevention and finally individualized intervention. A  support network has been activated in the area thanks to which we propose
psychological support meetings with the aim of responding to the main needs found
in parents, children and youth and to offer a psycho-educational basis useful as a tool
to facilitate the process of adaptation.
The proposed activities are consequent to:
- an initial project of welcoming children and youth into the schools through which a
a thorough needs analysis was carried out also by organizing a first series of
meetings in schools (April-May 2022);
- a pilot support phase at some communities that are hosting families
refugees (June-August 2022) to monitor needs, create social support networks
among the children, with and in the area, offer initial psychological support interventions;
- a survey with key entities in the area (schools, municipality, prefecture) to build
as realistic a picture as possible of the families received and the main needs detected.

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Mission Bambini

Location: Milano - Italy
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Twitter: @missionbambini
Project Leader:
samuela castellotti
Milano , Italy

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