Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
The report will describe how the Ebola Response MPTF, which has attracted contributions from 38 Member States, one business and many individuals, has offered a transparent and strategic tool to support the Ebola response. As of 31 January 2015, the Fund had total pledges amounting to US$142 million,... out of which US$132 million have been deposited
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Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
This brief guidance note seeks to provide advice on protecting and supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe. It describes key principles and appropriate interventions to guide all those who are designing and organizing emergency servi...ces and/or providing direct assistance to the affected people
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Ratgeber für Flüchtlingseltern, der sich an Eltern von Flüchtlingskindern wendet, die wissen möchten, wie sie ihrem Kind helfen können, wenn es Schreckliches erlebt hat. Der Ratgeber enthält Informationen darueber, wie sich traumatisierte Kinder je nach Alter verhalten und zeigt an vielen kon...kreten Situationen, wie Eltern richtig reagieren können. In Sprachen Englisch, Deutsch und Arabisch
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Es handelt sich um Hilfen für den psychosozialen Notfall, die - in den USA entwickelt - in Kooperation mit der TU Braunschweig übersetzt wurden. Es handelt sich dabei um unterschiedliche Texte für verschiedene Situationen - von einer einfachen diagnostischen Hilfe über allgemeine Informationen ...ber den psychosozialen Notfall und seine möglichen Folgen bis zu Empfehlungen für ganz spezifische Gruppen von Betroffenen.“ Die Hilfen für den psychosozialen Notfall stehen in den folgenden Sprachen zum Download zur Verfügung: Deutsch, Englisch, Türkisch, Russisch, Persisch, Italienisch
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In March 2017 MSF and St Josef Hospital in Schweinfurt (Germany) began a pilot project for low threshold psychosocial support for refugees and asylum seekers. The project has been independently continued by St Josef Hospital from August 2017. Refugees and asylum seekers are approached with an inform...ation and counseling service from psychosocial peer counselors with relevant backgrounds (regarding language, culture and refugee experience). The psychosocial peer counselors undergo training with a specifically tailored curriculum and are supervised in their work by qualified staff.
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This guide is intended for shelter operators, planners, and staff, as well as emergency managers, public health professionals, and radiation protection professionals who participate in shelter planning and could be called upon to support shelter operations. This guide provides information on the inc...ident-specific considerations that shelter operators will
need to take into account in a radiation emergency. Shelter operations include other mass care and emergency assistance activities that are required to support a sheltered population, such as feeding, providing essential supplies, and assisting with reunification of family and friends. Guidance to support such activities can be found in other planning resources. The information in this guide is intended to complement, not supplant, existing shelter protocols and responsibilities.
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(kurdish version) Information brochure for parents on how to help traumatized children.
The 40-page field guide outlines possible causes of separation, discusses the psychosocial impacts of being separated, such as how we experience loss, and provides guidelines on how to support those who have been separated from family members – including delivering difficult news to loved ones, ba...sic helping skills, interviews, on-going support and referrals, and reunification. There is also a chapter on self-care for staff and volunteers. The materials provided here will need to be adapted to suit local contexts. The aim of this field guide is to build both confidence and skills in responding to disaster and crisis situations, and to raise awareness of the broader goals of the Movement’s work in supporting families separated from their loved ones
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This guide provides an overview of important points to consider in the assessment and treatment of PTSD and ASD in children and adolescents. The practitioner checklist later in this document can help
to guide assessment and treatment planning.
Am Beispiel des Kontexts der Syrien- und Irakkrise
Das Positionspapier zeigt auf, was gute psychosoziale Arbeit mit Geflüchteten ausmacht und welche Risiken es zu berücksichtigen gilt. Es richtet sich an Akteur*innen aus dem MHPSS-Sektor, die im Kontext der Syrien- und Irakkrisen mit Flüchtlinge...n im Nahen Osten arbeiten sowie an Ministerien und wissenschaftliche Institutionen.
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