“All Services are not mean to all Returnees”
Although the project has a number of support services to various target groups at different levels, assistance to returnees under the project are mainly categorized into two, as mentioned below.
- Post-arrival Assistance
- Transportation services, within Addis Ababa
- Onward transport cash allowance, outside Addis Ababa
- Emergency referrals to access psycho-social and rehabilitation services
- Emergency referrals to hospitals with severe medical conditions
- Temporary access to meals and accommodation at the transit center
- Medical screening and health check-ups
- Psycho-social and reintegration advise
- Later Reintegration Assistance
- Health Further health care referrals and linkages for patients already on treatment for chronic illnesses
- Helping to continue/start education program
- Participation in different awareness raising activities such as story telling via TV & Radio programs
- Referral to job counseling and prospective employers
- Access to short-term vocational/occupational skills training program
- Provision of necessary materials/ equipment as well as business counseling during start-up of micro-businesses