The Syrian Society for Social Development, our Syrian national partner, conducts mentorship programs at community centers and juvenile detention centers in Damascus – currently reaching around 500 youth.
Mentorship in Syria is conducted mostly on a one-to-one basis, but can also be established between a mentor and a group of youth. Mentors, with the help of case managers, also play a key role in referring youth to other resources like psycho-social counseling for help with war-related psychological pressures and trauma.
Questscope developed one of the largest civic engagement programs in Jordan, training thousands of student volunteers from Jordanian universities to mentor other thousands of young people at risk of juvenile delinquency.
Questscope’s success in this area led to a joint initiative with the Jordanian Ministry of Social Development and the World Bank, expanding the Questscope mentoring model to every juvenile center in the country. In 2013, Questscope adapted its mentoring program to the particular circumstances of young people displaced by war...
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Economic Inclusion
Helping the most marginalized and vulnerable participate in economic life.
Trauma Recovery
Our trauma recovery programs work to combat the negative stigmas of mental health struggles and help people on...
Questscope in Za'atari
Since 2011, some 6.5 million Syrian refugees have been forced to flee their country and seek refuge in...
Juvenile Justice
Questscope has worked for over thirty years in youth empowerment, implementing role-based mentoring programs...
Education
An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65
Mentorship
Questscope’s mentorship program matches a caring adult with an at-risk young person, designed with the simple...
Health & Well-Being
An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65
Emergency Aid
The conflict in Syria has fueled one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. Half of all Syrians have...
Entrepreneurship
The vision of Questscope is to walk alongside people who live in risk, to include them in articulating how...
Education
An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65
Mentorship
Questscope’s mentorship program matches a caring adult with an at-risk young person, designed with the simple...
Health & Well-Being
An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65
Health & Well-Being
An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65