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Home-based Care for Seniors: Awareness session on the Importance of Psychosocial Care for Older Persons – Shams Community Center, Aleppo

With the progression of age, a person faces an increasing number of major life changes that affect his mental health, including job changes, retirement, and loss of loved ones. Proper handling of these changes is key to staying healthy.

 That’s why the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, decided to implement a session on the importance of both the psychological and social care for the elderly within the home rehabilitation program for the elderly at Shams Community Center, Aleppo.

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The session targeted caregivers, and included a communication game and a video presentation on the role of the elderly in the lives of his children and how the children can pay back for what their parents provided for them all these years ago.

 Then, a scene about the mistakes of dealing with the elderly was presented, followed by a classification of positive and negative methods in dealing with the elderly, using emojis.

“We usually decide everything for the elderly, without even minding their opinion. I learned that we must ask to hear what they think and ask to see if they are comfortable or not.” One caregiver commented after the end of the session.

 

Community Services: FGD session with Representatives of Government and Community Agencies – Shams Community Center, Aleppo

In order to achieve the societal approach and ensure the participation of all parties within the local community in Al Shaar neighborhood, and to reach the most appropriate realistic solutions to the problems that the population suffers from, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, held a focused discussion session that included a number of representatives of government and community agencies. At Shams Community Center, Aleppo.

The session was attended by Mr. Jamal Najeh, a member of the Aleppo Provincial Council, Mr. Najib Al Atrash, director of the municipality sector in the region, and Mrs. Rawan, who is responsible for following up on the recovery plan issued by the Council of Ministers for the eastern neighborhoods, a number of mayors, neighborhood committees, and engineers from the Environment Department in Aleppo.

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The session included an introduction to the association, its objectives, the distribution of its centers and the services it provides, after which it moved to the problems raised by the local community, the mayors and committees of the neighborhood, such as the problem of heavily cracked buildings that are threatened to collapse, abandoned buildings and their danger to children and girls, in addition to problems within schools, the health sector, the traffic sector and other problems that people of the neighborhood suffer from.

The session witnessed a great interaction between the attendees and the exchange of views to solve many issues and work on several applicable ideas, whether through the intervention of government agencies or through the file of community initiatives within the center.

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The attendees expressed their gratitude for the activities, initiatives and events offered in the region, and stressed the need for everyone to join hands, from the local community, government agencies and humanitarian agencies, and that they are ready to provide the required support for everything that serves the interest and advancement of society.

 

Child-friendly Space: supportive environment for Child - Shams Community Center- Aleppo.

"This was the first time I made a handmade gift for my children. It made me realize how important it is to express my love to them.”

“This card will serve as some kind of an apology for the long hours I spend away from them.”

"Indeed, we need to remember the importance of our role in providing a comfortable environment for our children and that we are not too distracted and unavailable due to the pressure of work."

"I made a card for every one of my children, and God knows I have a lot more to say than what I used to express. But I have learned the lesson now."

Based on our belief that the child has the main responsibility regarding their own learning process which is made easier and more efficient in the presence of the proper materials that enrich it, and the people who support him in his decisions, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, held a series of awareness sessions for mothers about the importance of the early years in a child’s life, developmental characteristics and the environment that can promote and support its growth, at the Shams Community Center in Aleppo.

The series included some videos, representative scenes and a group of different activities. It concluded with handicrafts made by the mothers, as they made greeting cards for their children on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr.

 

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