Social Protection Team

Social Protection as a concept refers to a structure that addresses the needs of peoples by reducing risks and creating opportunities in the social, cultural and economic context.

INTERSOS’ main strategy on social protection is community mobilization and self-reliance to assist the communities in their way of recovery to cope with their present state of vulnerability and to be the main actor in the process. This strategy is also referred as community based approach. Living with the people of concern and coming up with solutions with the communities has traditionally been a distinctive quality in INTERSOS’ work around the world.

INTERSOS Social Protection is made up of preventive and responsive

• community services (including, coordination of water, food, shelter, income generation, health, security),
• dialogue initiatives among conflicting parties,
• civil society strengthening with national organizations
• non-formal education
• repatriation and reintegration
• psychosocial support

While working with entire community both displaced and surrounding communities, INTERSOS pays special attention to

• children,
• gender,
• elderly,
• people with special needs

in camp, urban, rural, collective centers and nomadic settings

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