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MENTORSHIP

Questscope’s mentorship program matches a caring adult with an at-risk young person, designed with the simple belief that everyone deserves a person who believes in them, no matter what.

The mentorship program aims to develop pro-social behavior among youth, support positive adult- youth relationships, and increase youths’ engagement and acceptance in their communities.

The program’s Theory of Change has three pillars: (1) activities that provide leadership and personal development opportunities for youth, as well as contribute to their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being, (2) activities which target problematic or anti-social behaviors in youth, and (3) a structured personal relationship with a trained mentor from the local community.

The mentor-mentee relationship is carefully constructed with clearly defined roles for mentors and mentees, and is professionally guided by a case manager from the local community who monitors and provides guidance for each pair.

For mentors, the process of mentoring restores agency and confidence in their own capabilities. And mentees who were once labeled as high-risk grow into leaders and problem-solvers with friends and adults who believe in them.

Our pro-social approach to mentoring creates a triangle of mutual support between mentor, mentee, and case manager, and also a community support structure which helps reconstruct the ecosystem around each child.

SSSD mentorship

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.

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Civic engagement programs

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 and violence in the Za’atari Refugee Camp.

Questscope launched a Youth Center that has reached more than 3,000 young people in the camp, led and directed by a core team of 50 visionary Syrian volunteers. A central goal in developing leadership in youth involves reconstructing their identities after the crisis of displacement and violence – equipping them with the capability to negotiate the uncertainty and unpredictability of being a refugee.

About Questscope

For 30 years, Questscope has built a reputation in the Middle East that is unparalleled. We partner with refugees and communities

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