Voices of Resilience: Navigating Mental Health as Arab refugee
▶Summary
Voices of Resilience is a project that aims to increase awareness and mental health literacy of Arab-speaking refugees. This will be achieved by providing a dedicated podcast platform, empowering ...
▶Objectives
Voices of Resilience is a project that aims to increase awareness and mental health literacy of Arab-speaking refugees. This will be achieved by providing a dedicated podcast platform, empowering refugees to openly discuss their experiences, share insights, and contribute to the broader dissemination of awareness on mental health within their community. Through storytelling training and podcasts, professionals will gain insights into challenges, dispelling stigma in their community.
▶Activities
Activities encompass: Research on mental health challenges faced by Arab refugees. Development of a culturally and linguistically supportive podcast series, enhancing mental health literacy and voicing refugee stories. An awareness-raising social media campaign to boost refugee MHL and counteract stigma. Production of a handbook for professionals, incorporating research findings and storytelling guidelines. Training in storytelling methods for profesionals
▶Impact
The project will result in a dedicated podcast platform sharing Arab-speaking refugees' mental health stories, a research findings handbook for professionals, educational materials to enhance mental health literacy via social media and podcasts, training seminars for professionals, increased awareness, and long-term community impact through storytelling.