The network of UNHCR Community Centres in Syria is fundamental for the UNHCR Syria Protection and Solutions Strategy, bringing to the fore community participation, reaching out to affected populations, assessing protection risks and vulnerabilities using a participatory age, gender and diversity approach, identifying community resources, responding to the priority needs expressed by communities, strengthening community self-help networks, offering a wide range of protection services, and support to benefit IDPs, asylum-seekers, refugees, returnees and host communities.

UNHCR Community Centres are designed as a “one-stop shop” providing integrated protection services that include, but are not limited to, psycho-social support, gender-based violence (GBV) and child protection case management, legal awareness and legal aid, non-formal education programmes, services for persons with disabilities and older persons, provision of general and medical in-kind assistance, social and recreational activities, life and vocational skills development, income-generating support, health counseling, awareness raising on a range of protection issues as well as consultations with communities to ensure their meaningful participation.

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees