Establishing social cohesion between displaced person and their host communities

Implemented in the Sila region, the project by reinforcing top-down mechanisms with bottom-up solutions, addresses the multiple and interrelated challenges faced by the communities in the region. More specifically, the project aims to:

1. increase access to safe water, food, health care and education;
2. reduce poverty and enhance opportunities for better employment through the provision of trainings on vocational skills and agricultural practices;
3. reinforce the rule of law and other support mechanisms in order to protect the human rights of vulnerable persons, regardless of legal status, origin or gender; and
4. strengthen the social cohesion between IDPs and the host communities so as to prevent a relapse into conflict.

The project directly engages 8,500 people in the Sila region as well as communities in the regional capital Goz-Beida to participate in training sessions and benefit from increased employment opportunities. In total, 80,000 members of host communities and IDPs will benefit from better health, education and sanitation services, along with strengthened local governance capacities and an improved legal system.

For more information:

• http://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/HSU/Chad%2013-001.pdf
• http://open.undp.org/#project/00078852

GFMD 2014-2015 Roundtable 3.1 "International cooperation and responsibility sharing to enhance human development and human security for people forcibly displaced across international borders"

UN Trust Fund for Human Security, UNDP,UNICEF, UNFPA