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Street work in Tunisia
Edwin de Boevé - 15 September 2008
I had the pleasure to take part in a coaching mission for street social workers in the area of Nabeul, Tunisia, in June 2008. Implemented in the early 2000’s, street social work has gradually won its place in the Tunisian sphere of social work...
I had the pleasure to take part in a coaching mission for street social workers in the area of Nabeul, Tunisia, in June 2008.
Implemented in the early 2000’s, street social work has gradually won its place in the Tunisian sphere of social work. With a concern to prevent the emergence of a street children phenomenon in Tunisia, but also to address in the best possible way the issue of children at risk, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Tunisians abroad (MASSTE) has implemented a programme, for a number of years, to support and consolidate projects related to street social work. This UNICEF-sponsored programme is one of the follow ups of a mission of observation which took place in 2006.
Given the reality in which children live, the need to go and meet the children instead of waiting for them to show up at the institutions has soon become obvious for social workers. Some of them started to try out this approach they had learned from an exchange of good practices with their colleagues of the Moroccan NGO Bayti.
The role of social “general practitioner” played by street workers is made easier through the use of apprenticeship contracts. These contracts make it possible for a young person to follow training and to access professional experience during a maximum of 2 years, with an income of 50 dinars (+/- 30 EUR) a month at the start of the contract. This income increases gradually and reaches 220 dinars at the end of the contract (minimum wage in Tunisia).
I highly appreciated the quality of the work achieved by our colleagues, particularly by Mahmud. But what I appreciated the most was the warmth and hospitality of our Tunisian friends.
Many thanks to you.
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