Multi-Family Approach - the empowerment of families

The Multi-Family Approach (MFA) is a preventive intervention for groups of families. The central idea behind this intervention is bringing together different families suffering from traumatic stress, creating connections among them and thereby using their strengths and resources to empower each other. This approach has been successfully implemented in Palestine through local training, provided by ARQ International. The approach has been adopted in several Palestinian communities and is worked with up to this moment. Currently, MFA is further developed to apply to different geographical and cultural contexts.  

 

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The Multi-Family Approach is a preventive empowerment method which is applied to groups of families that are experiencing traumatic stress.

 

Multi-Family Approach manual

ARQ International, in collaboration with the Palestinian Institute of Community and Public Health (ICPH) of Birzeit University and with Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), developed a manual based on our Multi-Family Approach programme.

The manual ‘The Multi-Family Approach in Humanitarian Settings’ consists of three parts:

  • Part A: a manual for organisations, detailing the MFA method.
  • Part B: a manual for trainers, adjusting the MFA method to the cultural context.
  • Part C: a manual for social workers and facilitators, depicting best practices and lessons learned.

The manual enables community workers to claim local ownership over a project and allows them to expand and continue in the long term. The manual also contributes to the ongoing development of the MFA method and makes it available applicable to other programmes in similar circumstances.

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