The expanded Pathways to Inclusion project now has three dedicated workers covering the Letterkenny area, outside Letterkenny and also a women's outreach initiative.

Asylum & Refugee Outreach  – Pathways to Inclusion

WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OUR APPLICATION TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THIS WORK FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL CYCLE FROM DECEMBER 2025 TO DECEMBER 2026 WITH FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FROMTHE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HOME AFFAIRS AND MIGRATION! THANK YOU… WE WILL MAKE THIS FUNDING COUNT FOR PEOPLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM ACROSS COUNTY DONEGAL.

The Pathways to Inclusion Project now reaches further afield as it has grown to cover the county since its inception in December 2022. Having secured continuation funding through to December 2026 we will be expanding this work to offer support to residents of the IPAS centres across Donegal. The Platform’s enhanced funding comes through the Department of Jutice and formerly through the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).

The Pathways to Inclusion Project operates 5 days per week providing a drop-in advocacy clinic at our Letterkenny Intercultural Hub (eircode F92 D684) three days per week  – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday  – and the team also reaches out to the 28 accommodation centres in Letterkenny and across the county. We offer support with navigating the challenges of living in Donegal for International Protection Applicants from medical card issues, permits to enter the labour market, volunteering opportunities, laptop loans for people engaging in education courses and much more.  We are developing ‘Know Your Rights’ and sign-posting information in a number of languages and hoping to help improve collaboration across the agencies and organisations supporting IPAS residents. Through this work we are establishing International Protection Applicant participation in our wider Migrant Representation Initiative (MRI) to work towards the establishment a Donegal BME representative forum within the Platform.

We can also provide advocacy support through Arabic, French, Somali, Georgian and Pashto/Dari as well as Ukrainian/Russian with advance notice through the assistance of our Community Interpreters.

Main Activities

The Asylum & Refugee Outreach Project has four key strategic goals, all with education at their core but making links to employability, language, capacity building and intercultural awareness.

The current project workers are Majida Al Askri email: majidaala.dip@gmail.com  Tel: 083 458 6924 and Nolunga Shologu email nolunga.clw@interculturaldonegal.org Tel: 086 455 7475 The outside Letterkenny region worker is Katya Dmytriieva email katya.dip@gmail.com Tel: 083 802 2297
The project is funded by the Department of Justice (formerly by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth (DCEDIY)