QRC Participates in Regional Workshop to Improve Livelihoods in MENA

Doha, November 09 (QNA) - Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) participated in a four-day regional workshop held by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) at the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, UAE, under the title of 'Introduction to Livelihood', to examine ways to improve livelihoods in the Middle East and North Africa region. Attendance included representatives of eight Arab National Societies from Qatar, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Morocco. Delivered by instructors from IFRC and the British Red Cross, the workshop covered the following topics: What are livelihoods?, How do disasters and conflicts affects livelihoods?, People's coping strategies, different types of livelihoods assistance, What is involved in a livelihoods assessment and analysis? How to target effectively?, Job creation and small entrepreneur interventions, promoting durable solutions through socioeconomic empowerment and microfinance interventions, and enhancing the capacity of communities to generate income. The workshop's agenda included group exercises to exchange ideas, contemplate approaches toward the issues at hand, and share the outcomes with other trainees. The purpose of the workshop was to promote a better understanding of livelihoods among relief workers; identify opportunities to establish income-generating projects; raise awareness of how to integrate livelihood, food security, nutrition, and gender programs through discussions backed by examples and evidence; and explore possible options to support livelihood projects across the region. On the sidelines of the event, the participants made a field visit to IFRC premises and warehouses inside the International Humanitarian City to watch the relief items and processes of vehicle preparation and dispatch of humanitarian assistance to disaster-hit regions. (QNA)