Pychosocial support to orphans after typhoon in Philippines
Summer School Summer School in Psychosocial Interventions in Emergency Displacement in Italy from 18-30 June. Find more information about the programme and aplication procedure here.
Watch how the Philippines Red Cross and the Singapore Red Cross provide psychosocial support to orphans after the typhoon Washi in Mindanao, Philippines. Click on the photo to watch the video link from Channel News Asia.
Worried about psychosocial impact of thypoon in Philippines
The psychological impacts on people in Northern Mindanao is one of the major concerns for the Philippine Red Cross after Typhoon Washi hit the area. Not only the losses and damages are hard to deal with but the fact that many cannot find their loved ones or identify and afford to bury relatives is additionally stressful. See full story here.
Team resilience training for Utoya staff and helpers
25 staff and helpers from Norwegian Red Cross have been in Israel for a team resilience training seminar held by Magen David Adom. Read more about the training seminar here.
New video about the psychosocial interventions provided for the earthquake survivors in China Learn more about the psychosocial interventions provided by Chinese Red Cross Society for the children affected by the earthquake in the Sichuan Province in 2008. Click on the picture below to download the video. If you cannot play the video you may need to download Windows Media Player (press here to download WIndows Media Player).
The Handbook on Psychosocial Interventions and Training Kit on Community-Based Psychosocial Support are availabe for download in English, French, Arabic and Spanish! It has been translated in many other languages by National Societies. To download the publications click here. To order hard copies send an e-mail to psychosocial.centre@ifrc.org. psychosocialpsychosocial
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