Unverified non-profit organisation

AREF is a humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental, voluntary development organization conceptualized with the 3-R strategy of RESCUE, REHABILITATION and RE-INTEGRATION of African Refugees, Evacuees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons.

AREF speaks for and supports African Refugees, Returnees, Evacuees and Internally Displaced Persons. Wars, ecological changes and disasters, ethnic tension and forced group removals are what drive people to leave their homes. Emergency relief only, does not eliminate these root causes; on the contrary, it may even contribute to them by creating further intergroup tensions, environmental problems and dependency.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

• Vocational Training Programmes;
• Voluntary Medical Corps Services
• African Garments for African Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons;
• Peace Advocacy Project [Workshops & Publications, especially the AREF Newsletter]
• Expanding the Training of Mediators and Peace Educators for African Communities
• Sustaining Public Deliberation within civil society.

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