« Of the 23,000 people welcomed by Fedasil, Federal [Belgian] Agency for the reception of asylum seekers, 49% are families. For a long time, women are now a minority. half the migrants. They are subject to increasingly frequent violence », declare Ulysses, Mental Health Service which aims to facilitate access to mental health assistance for those exiled in precarious conditions of stay and psychological suffering, regardless of their country of origin, membership and reasons for their departure.
Ulysses therefore created Aida, a section for mothers, future mothers and parents in exile. It is an accompaniment for people with a child's desire, but also for pregnant women facing isolation and for parents, sometimes administratively separated, who simply want to see the children again. A variety of delicate situations amplified by exile.
« Family and parental ties » is a training course for social workers at the CPAS in Brussels and Wallonia. Prepared by Ulysse and organised by the Training Centre of the Federation of CPAS of the Union of CPAS andUnion of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia.
Here are a few boards of visual facilitation produced in October 2021 and broadcast live during this training.
Tabletop on parenting and exile
Background
Visual facilitation via Zoom and iPAd.
To lead this workshop and to visualize concrete examples, I have produced other drawings. I don't publish them here. They indeed require a far-reaching contextualization outside of this Ulysse formation.
