GRT

Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali

Locations

Nairobi

GRT is a non-governmental organization, established in Italy in 1968, whose interventions focuses on Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Protection (SGBV- Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Street Children), support to ethnic minorities and (forced) Migrations, being expression of GRT’s core areas of expertise.GRT promotes international cooperation in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe with the ultimate goal of enforcing transcultural intervention among continents, thinking that differences among cultures are determinant to promote peace, stability and human wellbeing. Since the year of its establishment, GRT has grown in line with its core values and mission.GRT structure is flexible but as clear as its vision: acting and intervening in contexts where the exchange of competences and activities represent an occasion of mutual growth. The organization is mainly constituted by members which are involved in promoting social justice in the world, including social workers, psychologists, anthropologists, teachers, and doctors among others. This vision is mirrored in the implementation approach promoted by GRT: taking into account local available resources, empowering local staff and experts, promoting education and training to enhance local sustainability and project ownership. Since 1968, GRT has been providing a crucial and practical intervention outlook and tangible psychosocial support, towards the most vulnerable groups within the countries in which it operates. Added value of our action is working with and through local communities identifying resources, knowledge and practices which are culturally available and socially accepted. Since 2012, GRT has sought to promote rehabilitation and social inclusion of vulnerable children and empowerment of families.The objective is to establish and/or strengthen protection mechanisms for vulnerable children by involving local community, non-state actors and authorities in concrete protection of vulnerable children and youth, providing psychosocial support and rehabilitation, family reunification as well as advocacy and awareness activities. Currently the main projects being implemented in Kenya (Nairobi area) aims to contribute to the improvement of living conditions of the street children and minors refugees in Nairobi, by integrated preventive child protection activities in schools and street bases, First Psychological Aid and peer to peer intervention, including a tailored individual psychosocial rehabilitation plan, family tracing and capacity building of local institutions.

GRT sensitized more than 15.000 people during awareness activities. 157 parents received training, 94 have improved their economic condition, 168 received psychosocial support. Street children's access to social- health services has increased by 57%.

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