Our TASKs
Our Projects
Disability Awareness and Support
Disability Awareness and Support
Migrants with disabilities are falling under the radar in the current refugee crisis. With no dedicated statistics, only anecdotal information is available concerning migrants with disabilities arriving in Europe.
The invisibility of migrants with disabilities in policy, practice, and research highlights the silences and gaps in our knowledge of this group. Migration policies often imply a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach, which neglects the diversity characterizing this broad group of individuals with specific needs, stories, and rights.
Our focus is to engage individuals from a migrant background with various physical and intellectual disabilities in positive forms of self-expression which will increase their self-confidence and facilitate their becoming more active and visible members of their community, including education and workplace settings. We use drama and arts workshops activities to enable participants in exploring themselves in a safe and supportive environment as well as develop and nurture their talents and interests.
We hope that bringing the realities of individual lives to the public and policy makers will be a catalyst for change.
Objectives:
- Building confidence and capacity in participants to engage with healthcare services
- Facilitate linkages to community health services, GPs, and support networks
- Reduce barriers to access care, including stigma, language, cultural misunderstanding, and fear
Mental Health Awareness and Support
Youth Strive Mental Health Awareness
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Health Education and Information
We have broken health education and information into two projects described below.
Bridging Health Gaps is a 12-month capacity building and health education project aimed at improving health access, awareness, and equity for individuals from migrant communities. Through a structured 12-session community outreach and education program, the project will address key health issues, including cancer, diabetes, heart health and many more to empower participants with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate health and social care systems confidently.
Some of this project’s objectives include:
- Building confidence and capacity in participants to engage with healthcare services
- Facilitate linkages to community health services, GPs, and support networks
- Reduce barriers to access care, including stigma, language, cultural misunderstanding, and fear
MHAI’s Care & Research for All (CARA) education and awareness project focuses on health access and research involvement among migrants. This project aims to provide health education, awareness, and advocacy programs, empowering migrant communities with the knowledge and resources needed to access essential health and social care services. It is a project that encourages multi-Sector collaboration by connecting healthcare providers, social workers, researchers, and migrant communities—a holistic model that ensures long-term impact beyond traditional awareness campaigns.
Most migrant health projects focus on basic healthcare access. CARA Project goes beyond that by actively encouraging research involvement. Especially, when migrants are often underrepresented in health studies, leading to gaps in policy-making and treatment approaches. The CARA Project directly addresses this by:
- Encouraging participation in research studies by partnering with universities and healthcare institutions to develop inclusive research
- Using real data from migrants with lived experiences to influence healthcare policies
- Developing multilingual educational informational materials and programs
- Using faith-based and cultural engagement strategies to overcome stigmas around healthcare and screenings
- Use of storytelling integration, community events, and digital outreach such as social media and newsletters to make information more accessible and engaging
- Encouraging cancer screening and routine checkups
- Educating on preventable diseases and early detection
- Reducing late-stage diagnosis among migrant populations
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Project 5
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