1. Project Goal: Establish a network of experts in communities through offline training and strengthen the capacity of local psychologists and other social work, education, and youth work professionals in providing psychological assistance in communities.
2. Target Audience:
- Communities affected by armed conflict or located in conflict zones.
- Social sector professionals, educators, and youth leaders.
- Vulnerable population groups residing in affected communities or communities experiencing armed conflict.
3. Project Activities:
- Development of the educational program “Community Psychological Resilience Model.”
- Organization and implementation of a 3-day training on “Community Psychological Resilience Model” for 24 experts in 6 communities, working with social work, education, and youth leaders.
- Conducting trainings on “Community Psychological Resilience Model” for 960 social sector professionals, educators, and youth leaders in territorial communities.
- Providing psychosocial support by experts in territorial communities to their colleagues (social work and education representatives, youth) and affected populations.
4. Project Geography: Ukraine, Sumy region (territorial communities of Sumy, Okhtyrka, Romny, Lebedyn, Shostka, Konotop).
5. Donor: International Organization for Migration (IOM).