Catch Up with RET (July 2024)
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Welcome to Catch Up with RET, the official newsletter of RET. Keep reading to learn more about our work and how we’re making a difference promoting education for women and youth around the world.
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Featured Photo
This month’s featured photo comes from our team in Peru, and the story is available in Spanish and English.
Este grupo de niños está leyendo “La diversidad y el respeto: Nos hace más chéveres en esta escuela,” parte de una campana RET en las escuelas de Lima y Tumbes en Perú. Contiene consejos para que la escuela sea un lugar chévere (cool) y libre de violencia, con el objetivo de promover la inclusión, el respeto mutuo y la diversidad cultural entre la población migrante, refugiada y la comunidad de acogida. La campaña involucra activamente a estudiantes, profesores, directores, padres y madres de familia, utilizando un enfoque práctico y participativo en el aprendizaje de estos principios. A través de las campañas no solo buscamos educar sino también construir puentes de entendimiento y convivencia entre las distintas comunidades promoviendo un ambiente escolar más respetuoso para todos. Esta campaña fue financiada por el Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the United States Department of State, en el marco del Proyecto “Building Bridges of Assistance, Protection and Integration for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Peru, 2019-2021.”
This group of children is reading “Diversity and respect: It makes us cooler in this school,” part of a RET campaign in the schools of Lima and Tumbes in Peru. It contains advice to make the school a cool place free of violence, with the aim of promoting inclusion, mutual respect and cultural diversity among the migrant, refugee and host community populations. The campaign actively involves students, teachers, directors, parents, using a practical and participatory approach in learning these principles. Through campaigns we not only seek to educate but also build bridges of understanding and coexistence between different communities, promoting a more respectful school environment for all. This campaign was funded by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the United States Department of State, within the framework of the Project “Building Bridges of Assistance, Protection and Integration for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Peru, 2019-2021.”
Impact Story
In vulnerable communities in Venezuela, RET has been working with IOM to improve WASH services and infrastructure in 19 health centers and 20 communities. Our latest video (Spanish with English subtitles) takes a look at the impact it’s had on communities and healthcare workers and why this work is so important.
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In Brief
We’re on the ground in 14 countries. Here’s what we’ve been up to recently in just a few of them in the last month…
- In partnership with World Vision, we provided dignity kits to 834 vulnerable girls in Burundi at Rugombo’s 32 basic schools as part of our “Komezawige” project. Read more here.
- How are we promoting peace in Mali? In partnership with local NGO ALPHALOG, we’re working with local communities to teach conflict resolution and peacebuilding techniques to ensure that local disputes don’t become larger conflicts. Read more here.
- We also joined forced with Action Against Hunger to represent the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for the Defense of the Rights of Refugee, Migrants and Displaced Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC WDN Coalition) at the Third Thematic Consultation of the Cartagena +40 process focused on forced displacement and disasters, which was held on June 19 and 20, 2024 in Bogota, Colombia.
Longer Reads
Here’s a roundup of articles we posted last month…
- In Türkiye, we’re working with vulnerable refugee and host community members in Kayseri, Aksaray, Çorum, and Samsun to empower women through recreational psychosocial support workshops and creative endeavors, such as soap making, painting, cloth bag making, candle making, and artistic workshops. Read more about this inspirational initiative here.
- “I am respected in my community.” Those are the words from Mapenzi Muhindo, a demobilized youth living in eastern DRC. He spoke to RET Germany about his experience with one of our disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DRR) projects and how our work is helping provide hope and stability to a fragile region. Read his story here.
- In Lebanon, we’re helping women unlock new opportunities. We featured the stories of three women who showcase how we’re providing training, support, and opportunities for them and their communities to become more resilient, financially independent, and overcome challenges. Read more.
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