Evidence of meeting #59 for Subcommittee on International Human Rights in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was refugees.
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Humanitarian Representative to Canada, Doctors Without Borders
It's not my area of expertise, but I'd be happy to submit some additional information on that to the committee.
Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees Protection Expert, for 12 years in sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeastern Europe with UN Humanitarian Agencies, As an Individual
I can just quickly touch on it, and I can speak from, for example, UNICEF's standpoint. They do things like child-friendly spaces, so that is anybody under 18. They're often play spaces. It's like play between kids and things like that. It's used as a sort of psychological stress release, rather than individual one-on-one types of counselling. It's that triage-level type of stuff. They are quite specialized in that. They have things called education kits, “EiE kits”. They are literally metal boxes and children's play kits, so that is actually one of the more useful things that is done en route and in IDP or refugee areas.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Fayçal El-Khoury
Thank you, Mr. Johns.
Thanks to all our witnesses. Thank you for your participation in this important study. Thank you for your testimony. If you feel that you have other information to share with the committee, feel free to write to the clerk.
Is it the will of the committee to adjourn the meeting?
