Reporting Organization: | UNHCR |
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Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 2,000,000 |
Timeframe: | March 24, 2022 - June 30, 2026 |
Status: | Implementation |
Contact Information: | Unspecified |
UNHCR
Unspecified
Peru - $ 2,000,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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Primary Health Care (50.00 %) | |
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Health Systems, Training & Infrastructure (35.00 %) | |
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Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (15.00 %) | |
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This project aims to increase the economic independence of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, particularly women with professional qualifications in Peru’s health sector. Project activities include: (1) facilitating the degree revalidation processes; (2) supporting skills upgrading of revalidated professionals through access to continuing online education; (3) promoting the recruitment of certified Venezuelan professionals by employers in the health sector and other sectors; and (4) assisting professionals in gaining experience in the local job market through subsidized, short-term placements with local health facilities, health service providers, and other organizations in the public and private sectors. The project targets at least 2,500 Venezuelan professionals (50% women) in the health sector and other sectors, including at least 600 professionals in sectors other than health. It aims to focus primarily on Lima, a concentrated area in Peru with 85% of the Venezuelan population, other regions with refugee and migrant populations, and where they are most needed.
Gender and age: | Unspecified |
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Total Direct Population: | 2,500 |
215 | Certified Venezuelan refugees and migrants as health professionals in Peru |
122 | Venezuelan refugee and migrant health professionals have received a job placement according to their degrees |
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved professional qualifications of Venezuelan refugee and migrant professionals, particularly women, recognized by Peru’s health sector and other sectors; (2) increased equitable, decent, formal employment opportunities for qualified Venezuelan refugees and migrants, particularly for women; and (3) increased acceptance of Venezuelan refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, particularly women, in the Peruvian host society.
Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) supported 275 Venezuelan refugees and migrants (77% women) to become certified health professionals in Peru. It does so by revalidating their degree with the National superintendence of higher education or registering with the relevant Professional Board; (2) 209 Venezuelan refugee and migrant health professionals (80% women) received a job placement aligned with their educational credentials and experience in 7 private and 1 public health centre; (3) improved professional qualifications recognized by Peru’s health sector by increasing equitable, decent, and formal employment opportunities for qualified Venezuelan refugees and migrants, particularly women; and (4) increased independence and empowerment of Venezuelan refugees and migrants with professional qualifications in Peru’s health sector, particularly women.