Refugee / Migrant Family support program

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Refugee and immigrant parents are under extreme stress as they try to build new lives for their families in new regions all over the world. Having fled from dire circumstances, they must learn a new culture, manage their trauma, and provide support for their children all at once.

Like all families, immigrant families are diverse, complex, and have strengths and challenges. The process of migration itself is often traumatic and not uniform. Many families are transnational, that is, they maintain connections across borders, as some family members may migrate first and bring children later. Once here, children may acculturate and learn English faster than their parents, creating stressors that might bring the family to the attention of child welfare.

Culturally competent assessments are key to identifying the strengths and stressors in families. Professionals may need to consider families across borders and be prepared to do an international home study for kinship placements, if necessary. They need to understand the process of acculturation and the stress it may cause in marriages. When assessing an immigrant family, professionals must take into account the family’s immigration status, language, and culture—all of which may affect a family’s ability to qualify for and/or access services.

The migration trajectory can be divided into three components: premigration, migration and postmigration resettlement. Each phase is associated with specific risks and exposures. The prevalence of specific types of mental health problems is influenced by the nature of the migration experience, in terms of adversity experienced before, during and after resettlement. Specific challenges in migrant mental health include communication difficulties because of language and cultural differences; the effect of cultural shaping of symptoms and illness behaviour on diagnosis, coping and treatment; differences in family structure and process affecting adaptation, acculturation and intergenerational conflict; and aspects of acceptance by the receiving society that affect employment, social status and integration. These issues can be addressed through specific inquiry, the use of trained interpreters and culture brokers, meetings with families, and consultation with community organizations. Also very important role is the support or in most cases the migrant/ refugees exclusion from local citizens.

What more can we do to manage refugee / migrant family support program?

  1. With your support we can make a big impact to solve the issues of refugee /migrant wellness in new environment – we will make a research, collaborate with activists and organizations who support and help this target audience and together will find a better solutions how to improve refugee and migrant family lives.
  2. With the results from the our researcg we will make a public campaigns to spread the awareness about this issue, we will search for more volunteers and activists who are willing to help refugee and migrant families, as well we will develop new programs for this target group.
  3. Our long term aim is to develop a parenting support programs which are designed to help refugee and immigrant parents from various countries to navigate all of the challenges in positive ways, as well we will develop family well being program, parenting and children education and integration program and many more worldwide – working with same principles as a unite system.

Thank you for your compassion and support for the Refugee/ Migrant Family support program!