Shelter… a perfect surroundings for victims of violence

Lakbira Al Tunisi (Abu Dhabi)

As you enter the Abu Dhabi Middle for Shelter and Humanitarian Care – Ewaa, you’ll find your self surrounded by a staff devoted to caring and supporting a gaggle of individuals whose tough circumstances have led them to hunt refuge on this compassionate residence amongst certified and certified folks to stay human cadre of social and psychological specialists who present superior human care and search to revive hope and convey pleasure to inmates’ faces.

The Abu Dhabi Middle for Shelter and Humanitarian Care – Ewaa was established in 2008 to supply care, rehabilitation and empowerment to victims of human trafficking within the UAE and expanded its mandate by 2020 to comply with the Ministry of Group Growth and comprise varied circumstances of violence and abuse in Abu Dhabi, offering built-in providers for the classes of home violence, violence in opposition to youngsters and human trafficking, in addition to some human circumstances. Its providers embody: reporting, referral, offering help and social rehabilitation, particular person and group psychological help, conduct modification, counseling, authorized help and empowerment, conducting household counseling periods, social providers, offering non permanent housing that meets primary and instant wants when required , Put together and take part in research, analysis and questionnaires on violence, abuse and human trafficking, Present neighborhood and institutional enter on circumstances and their administration.
Concerning the progress of the work on the heart and the providers provided, Suad Saeed Al-Zadjali, Head of the Housing and Care Division, mentioned that the middle’s “lodging” and because it acquired new powers, a number of amenities have been added to it, as two new shelters opened introduced the whole to three. This position. From the middle’s zeal to supply the very best service for circumstances, a number of amenities have been developed, together with: inpatient clinics, particular rooms for moms with their youngsters, rooms for the direct admission of circumstances, lecture rooms for college students, youngsters’s playrooms, an exercise corridor and rooms for resident caregivers in the course of the week.

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youngsters’s residence
The youngsters’s residence that Al-Ittihad visited incorporates particular rooms the place youngsters have interaction in varied actions, in addition to classrooms, rooms for moms, an geared up kitchen, rooms for nannies, locations for decided youngsters, and an outside patio for holding day by day occasions and actions as effectively the group of journeys overseas. The middle strives to work with educators and consultants to assist youngsters residing in shelters proceed their schooling by organizing cultural packages reminiscent of literacy and craft actions, human growth packages and artwork remedy to create a psychological Obtain stability, construct character and proper conduct.

Concerning the varieties of violence circumstances the middle receives, Al-Zadjali mentioned most varieties of violence circumstances are home violence and the middle additionally consists of uncared for youngsters, human trafficking and humanitarian support.
On this residence you’re feeling a optimistic power that’s principally household in nature and there’s a lot of affection and a spotlight because the boarding consists of psychologists and social specialists to evaluate circumstances and develop a complete rehabilitation plan which incorporates psychological care and social help and Conduct change in line with a well-researched built-in plan.

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receiving channels
Concerning the strategy of speaking with circumstances, Al-Zadjali defined that that is finished by the channels of receiving circumstances on the heart, together with: hotline 8007283, locations of worship, hospitals, embassies, social media, social sector establishments and strategic companions. These circumstances are from totally different nationalities and folks, together with youngsters, are admitted at any time together with public holidays and their situation is evaluated by psychologists and social specialists, noting that the specialists are educated to comprise the kid and make him really feel protected give to be liked and protected, particularly since he’s anxious and confused when receiving him. . After offering the private primary wants, he’s launched to a day by day program and adopted up on behaviorally, psychologically and socially.
She added: “Workers will assess the case upon getting into the shelter and decide whether or not they’re affected by psychological or medical points, signs requiring therapy, or emergency procedures that must be contained and accommodated with a excessive degree of professionalism to construct mutual belief between the 2 events .

Humanitarian masseuse
Concerning the size of keep in shelters, Al-Zadjali identified that that is finished after the evaluation of the precise case and the extent of its response to care, rehabilitation and empowerment packages, significantly these associated to home violence, by a individual to individual, and there are circumstances that may final 6 months or extra. As for probably the most tough class to handle, it’s represented within the adolescent woman class given the hormonal modifications and psychological state that the woman goes by at this stage. Al-Zadjali delivered a message to the viewers during which he mentioned: “My message to the younger man and the younger woman in beginning a household is that they’ve a excessive sense of accountability in order that the kids are usually not the victims and harassed that that the kid has the proper to schooling, well being, play, love, safety and stability, including that the steadiness of society begins with the formation of a secure household, protected and legitimate. Concerning the care of the kids within the residence, she mentioned: There’s a fixed phone alternate with the dad and mom and we’re glad to arrange visits for the 2 events as a result of there’s a rapprochement between them and us. We’re additionally in search of second-class households reminiscent of grandfather, grandmother, uncle, Aunt, uncle and aunt to attain safety and psychological stability for the kid.

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day by day program
Suad Al-Zadjali reported that, in line with a day by day schedule, the kids drive to highschool within the morning in a automobile geared up with female and male supervisors and are cared for by certified professionals. After getting back from faculty, they’ve lunch, take a nap, after which the homework part begins underneath the supervision of the lecturers, after the break they’ve dinner and fall asleep. Weekends differ with the intention of breaking the routine and benefiting from the centre’s actions, significantly journeys overseas. Women additionally profit from cooking workshops as a part of ‘My Little Kitchen’.

Psychological assist
Maryam Al-Rashdi, an Assistant Psychologist at Ewaa Centre, is liable for offering psychological help to circumstances together with home violence and human trafficking. She additionally works on psychological evaluation in line with weekly help periods and workshops to attain social inclusion. She acknowledged that in her discipline of labor she has to take care of circumstances that contact her personally, making it a double effort for these teams. She added: When the case joins the middle we assess them by observing their urge for food for meals and their interactions with others and they are often referred to a psychologist if wanted.

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competence growth
Naameh Muhammad al-Shehhi, a social employee on the Ewaa Middle, defined that her position is summarized in an preliminary and complete evaluation of the case with a versatile rehabilitation plan suited to every case, emphasizing that circumstances are handled socially and familially be , financial and authorized help. Work is being finished to develop the circumstances’ abilities, be they life-related, sensible or private, whereas on the identical time attempting to combine the case into its household, fixing among the points associated to it and offering steering to the household by the optimistic consciousness periods . She harassed the necessity to search social and psychological assist earlier than the issue escalates.

oppose violence
Salama Al Mansouri, a authorized specialist in Ewaa, mentioned: With the Govt Council Decision No. 118/2020, new areas of accountability have been added to the middle, specifically circumstances of home violence and types of abuse in Abu Dhabi, since they solely handled circumstances of victims of human trafficking within the nation. Features embody: Provision of care and rehabilitation, together with making certain satisfactory housing, Growth and implementation of rehabilitation packages to empower victims of violence and reintegrate them into society, Institution of an acceptable mechanism to get better them after leaving housing help them, meet their wants, defend their rights, present the mandatory consultations and resolve their issues, obtain monetary and in-kind help in accordance with the relevant laws, help in elevating investigations, guarantee the proper of protection and initiation into their rights and obligations packages to stop and cut back crimes of human trafficking, violence and abuse in all its varieties, in coordination with the authorities involved, partnerships associated to the specialization of the middle, preparation of specialised analysis and research, overview Discovering native, regional and international finest practices and proposing the very best options and suggestions.