Developing youth capacities in volunteer work and post-conflict social cohesion in Sumel, implemented by Hariwan Organization in partnership with IOM, activities include training and participation groups of Youth from the displaced, host community, and refugees, and it forms a cooperative circle through which activities and discussions about conflicts and disputes, racial distinction, community integration, The importance of social cohesion and the exchanging of experiences and information are addressed by presenting the most important issues facing displaced persons and refugees in the host community and vice versa, In addition to strengthening communication between them and engaging and coexistence in society despite the different customs and traditions, and contributing to awareness campaigns to increase community interaction and participation. We provided our activities via online due to the circumstances and difficulties around the world which lives in fear of spreading coronavirus.
The team conducted training on the importance of volunteering in the community, The training was intended to foster a strong community and to increase the concept of cooperation and participation in society between IDPs, refugees, and the host community through volunteer work. Sumel community is suffering from a lack of job opportunities and unemployment, there must be a role for the organizations in activating the capabilities of youth in advancing their abilities, acquiring skills and awareness in order to increase social communication and the safety of dealing with it, volunteering work gives the individual a sense of psychological comfort and the individual’s development of his/her personal skills and communication skills with others and participation in volunteer work gives the volunteer opportunity to develop his/her skills, and special relationship related to communicating with others, especially as it deals with people from culturally, socially, and economically diverse backgrounds which makes it able to deal with a larger segment of personalities and to know closely about the conditions of people and increase unity between members of the same society, and strengthening of social relations and development of a society that push towards cultural enlightenment, intellectual and enhances the positive qualities of persons and support the strengths of personality to exploit the energies of youth, and investing their spare time in matters that provide benefit to them and the society, which it aims to build their capabilities and skills and increase their self-confidence in order to ensure that women and men have appropriate opportunities to become active in Society, and to face any difficulties faced by youth as well. After completing the training, the participants carried out an awareness campaign on COVID-19, and visited some families providing them awareness-raising supplies and preserves their safety, the supplies were (medical masks and gloves) to protect them from infection and help these families from exposure to Coronavirus and help them economically and reduce the responsibility of purchasing these supplies, the aim of this volunteering work was to enhance the sense of belonging to the community and group and to feel the importance of their participation and assistance within the available resources, and the social, educational and health advancement of society, thus the advancement of society as a whole and the improvement of the living environment incubating individuals.
