RET's Past Relief InterventionsCountries Where We Have Worked Previously
في عام 2001، بدأت ريت الدولية مشاركتها في غينيا من أجل حماية الشباب ولتكون ذات أثر فعال في التخفيف من الآثار الطويلة المدى للعنف المسلح على الشباب في البلاد وبين جيرانها. عملنا مع الشباب المحليين والمهاجرين من سيراليون وليبيريا لضمان التعليم الثانوي المعترف به. في مخيم للاجئين “كونتايا”، “ريت” دربت المعلمين، وكذلك، في المساعدة في البنية التحتية في شكل بناء الفصول الدراسية وتوفير المواد المدرسية. تم تقديم الدعم النفسي والاجتماعي والتدريب المهني لكل من الشباب المحليين واللاجئين أيضا في المساهمة في رفاهيتهم والتنمية المعرفية والاجتماعية..
مع انحسارالأزمة، وقفت ريت الدولية أنشطتها في غينيا في عام 2005، لكنها ما زالت تعمل مع ورصد حالة الشباب المعرضين للخطر بعد أن نزحوا بسبب العنف والصراع المسلح، أو الكوارث في مناطق هشة أخرى من أفريقيا (جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية وبوروندي وتشاد وكينيا انظر في قسم “الحاضر” لمزيد من التفاصيل
تدخلت ريت الدولية في هايتي بعد وقت قصير من الزلزال المدمر الذي وقع عام 2010. والحاجة إلى الخدمات الأساسية (الحماية والمعلومات والتعليم) كان مطلوبا على وجه السرعة، مع وجود ثغرات معينة في التعليم الثانوي لأنه لا يوجد منظمات غير حكومية أخرى على الأرض.
“ريت” ساعدت الشباب الذين تأثروا من جراء الزلزال، من خلال السماح لهم متابعة دراستهم بنجاح، والتغلب على الصدمة النفسية التي تعرضوا لها واكتساب المواقف والمهارات اللازمة لتحقيق التكامل الاجتماعي الإيجابي. وتشمل الأنشطة دعم ما بعد المدرسة والمهارات الحياتية، بما في ذلك التفكير النقدي واتخاذ القرارات، وكذلك المهارات والعلاقات الشخصية والاتصالات. وعرضت للشباب المعرضين للخطر أيضا فرص التدريب المهني في الحرف مثل النجارة والبناء، وذلك لتكون قادرة على بناء مراكز المجتمع بأنفسهم.
توقفت عمليات ريت الدولية في هايتي في عام 2012، ولكن ريت ما زالت ترصد الأوضاع الهشة في المنطقة وتعمل على حماية المراهقين المعرضين للخطر والشباب بسبب التهجير والعنف والنزاعات المسلحة والكوارث انظر صفحة (بليز وكولومبيا وكوستاريكا والاكوادور وبنما و صفحة فنزويلا)في قسم “الحاضر” لمزيد من التفاصيل
مشاريع منظمة “ريت الدولية” المتعددة في باكستان، بدءات من عام 2001، اتبعت نهج شامل لتعليم للاجئين والشباب المحليين وتركزت في عين شمال غرب مقاطعة فرونتير (الإقليم الحدودي الشمالي الغربي) في كويتا بلوشستان. متخذت مقرات في كل من مخيمات اللاجئين والمناطق الحضرية، ساعدت “ريت” الأفغان الذين فروا من البلاد بسبب الصراع. وحاربت لتزويد الشباب المعرضين للخطر المهارات الحياتية والتدريب المعيشية وعملت مع النساء الشابات، لزيادة فرص حصولهم على التعليم الثانوي، وإنشاءت “ريت” أول مدرسة نموذجية في بيشاور ومركز التعلم الأول للشابات، اللوات قد غبن لسنوات عن المدرسة.
كان لمنظمة “ريت الدولية” ما يقرب من 30 مشروعا مختلفا في سبع سنوات من العمليات في باكستان، حتى عام 2008. واللاجئين الأفغان تم إعادة اللاجئين الأفغان طوعا لبلدهم، نقلت “ريت” قاعدة عملياتها أفغانستان، وذلك للحفاظ على الاتصال ومواصلة العمل مع السكان العائدين وأولئك الذين نزحوا داخليا في أفغانستان (راجع صفحة أفغانستان لدينا في قسم “الحاضر” لمزيد من التفاصيل.
The long-running conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been one of Africa’s worst; killing more than five million people both directly and indirectly. To this day, hundreds of thousands of refugees from DRC remain in neighbouring countries, including the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville).
RET International’s work in the Republic of the Congo, namely in Impfondo and Lukelela, between 2004 and 2006, consisted in aiding vulnerable young people displaced by the conflict in the Equateur province of DRC to gain access to formal education. Improving the quality of education through teacher training and providing young people with life skills allowed them to build their self-confidence and independence. This education allowed the youth to register in a school or university in DRC or to find employment upon repatriation.
Despite having ceased operations in the Republic of the Congo, RET International continues its operations in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (see our Democratic Republic of the Congo page in the “Present” section for more details).
RET International’s intervention in Sierra Leone between 2001 and 2002 aimed to strengthen educational and employability opportunities for young people made vulnerable by armed conflict. This was done by providing teacher training and a life skills centre that delivered pre-professional livelihoods trainings for returnee and local youths. The trainings consisted of building marketable skills such as carpentry and baking that could be used in the local community and to create self-reliance while expanding labour markets. The programme improved educational and vocational opportunities that promoted their social and economic inclusion upon return to their home communities.
RET International ceased operations in Sierra Leone in 2003, upon the consolidation of peace in the country. As the humanitarian needs decreased and the country entered a transition period, long-term development actors took over.
RET continues to work with and monitor the situation of vulnerable youth having been displaced by violence, armed conflict, or disasters in other fragile parts of Africa (see our Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Chad and Kenya pages in the “Present” section for more details).
RET International’s work in South Africa started in 2004, working primarily in urban areas of Durban and Capetown, to fill the gaps in secondary education for refugees. RET’s programmes in South Africa targeted vulnerable IDPs and refugee youth from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Burundi who were in the past unable to attend school, therefore finding themselves semi-literate or illiterate at a critical time in their lives. The programmes were designed to integrate these young people into local secondary schools through enhanced language, literacy and computer skills trainings.
RET ceased operations in South Africa in 2006, but continues to work with and monitor the situation of vulnerable youth having been displaced by violence, armed conflict, or disasters in other fragile parts of Africa (see our Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Chad and Kenya pages in the “Present” section for more details).
RET International’s intervention in The Sudan, starting in 2002, concentrated on improving the quality of and access to education, maintaining local community-based efforts and positively impacting schools, students and teachers alike. Working primarily with IDPs fleeing the civil war, but also with displaced adolescents from Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, RET International primarily assisted in helping schools acquire the necessary tools and materials to offer a sustainable education to those made vulnerable by situations of armed conflict and violence.
From 2004 to 2014, RET also worked in cooperation with the Sudanese Ministry of Education for Sudanese refugees in Chad, as the only non-governmental organisation to have its programme accredited and to have its secondary education exams certified by the Government of Sudan. This certification was needed for the diplomas of the refugees to be recognised upon their return to Sudan. Unfortunatly, peace remains elusive and repatriation is not imminent. As such, in 2014, the decision was taken by the UNHCR and the Chadian Government to have Sudanese refugees change to the Chadian curriculum instead of the Sudanese one, as a long term durable solution for the refuges remaining in Chad.
RET International has ceased ground operations in Sudan since 2003 and ended the specific accreditation programme with the Sudanese Ministry of Education in 2014. However, we continue to monitor the situation closely and maintain good relations with our partners. RET is registered in South Sudan and is in process in the Soudan. We also continue to work with vulnerable young people in many other fragile parts of Africa (see our Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Chad and Kenya pages in the “Present” section for more details).
Tanzania has provided shelter and protection to the largest refugee population in Africa for the past fifty years. Violent conflict in the region has affected millions of people during that time and many found themselves fleeing to Tanzania to find safety.
RET International’s work in the country began in 2002. It concentrated upon the improvement of the quality of and access to post-primary education for Burundian and Congolese refugee youth who were living in refugee camps along the Congolese and Burundian borders. Providing integral post-primary educational programmes that respected community-based self-determination was the main focus of the programme, as well as, improvement of school infrastructure and teacher training for over 2’300 Burundian refugee teachers and thousands of Burundian and Congolese learners.
As the programmes progressed, RET put specific emphasis on preparing the Burundian refugee youth in Tanzania for their repatriation, through quality language courses, in order to facilitate their reintegration.
In 2006, RET moved its operations to Burundi, leading the way for the repatriation of approximatively 500’000 Burundian refugees, while also responding to the needs of the local Burundian communities receiving the returnees. See our Burundi Page in the “Present” section for more details.
Uganda was among RET International’s first on the ground operations starting in 2001.
Our work aimed at protecting youth made vulnerable by armed conflict both in Uganda and in the region as a whole. The main goal of the programme was to improve the quality of teaching and learning through infrastructure enhancements, raising the students’ self-esteem and improving the level of education for both the Sudanese refugee students as well as the local community. Particular attention was paid to girls’ education, with a focus on their attendance and academic results.
RET International ceased operations in Uganda in 2003, but continues to have a strong and dynamic presence throughout Africa. Please see our Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Chad and Kenya pages in the “Present” section for more details.