AIFO’s psychosocial project was designed to address the psychosocial needs of Ebola affected children including survivors, family members and communities that were isolated as a result of the outbreak. The project focused on 12 districts throughout the six counties, as this was where a good number of EVD related cases and incidences were concentrated. The majority of beneficiaries where survivors, affected families, children and communities earmarked for the project. However, other children did benefit indirectly through the assistance given to their parents.
However, in practice, the projects aimed to provide basic psychosocial assistance to the entire population of EVD victims in the targeted districts and communities, and prevention activities (i.e. counselling) to children experiencing more problems. The direct beneficiaries of the population in need of psycho-social support within the 34 targeted communities were 1,800 people while the total number of indirect beneficiaries of the project was put at 113,060.