projects
Refugees connecting refugees to essential services
Ongoing
Challenge
Refugees and asylum seekers in Brussels face barriers accessing essential services due to language, cultural and systemic challenges.
Solution
The Umbrella Refugee Committee will deploy refugee-led mobile teams providing translation, advocacy and support to help displaced people access services while collecting data on service gaps.
Impact
1,500 vulnerable individuals gain access to essential services while collected data helps improve service delivery and inform policy.
Project impact
165
asylum seekers and refugees reached directly through refugee-led outreach patrols.
115
surveys conducted to identify needs and barriers to accessing services.
15
refugee volunteers trained and mobilized as part of the Refugee Mobile Teams.
Other impact
165
direct
736
indirect