In the project NAVIGATION BERLIN OlamAid, together with the Central Jewish Welfare Board (ZWST), has created a synergy of intercultural psychosocial support (PSS) and integration work through leadership groups.

A stable psyche is a basic requirement for a successful integration process. The intercultural mental health care project – available in Arabic, German and English – therefore offers project beneficiaries low-threshold psychosocial first aid. The psychosocial counselling and art therapy programs offer support in reducing stress and have a stabilizing effect on traumatic symptoms. If necessary, the communication of strategies for coping with trauma bridges the transfer to psychological support beyond the confines of the refugee shelters.

​At the same time, social participation and empowerment processes have a positive effect on maintaining psychological well-being. Thus, by taking a holistic approach, NAVIGATION BERLIN combines psychosocial support with integration programs, in which participants with a refugee background act as navigators in the leadership groups. They implement social projects for members of society and other refugees on their own initiative. In this way, the project participants actively participate in society and, acting as disseminators, they act as role models for other refugees.

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