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Gaza City, July 2009 - REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

News
AlertNet
AP - The Associated Press
BBC World
IRIN - Humanitarian news and analysis
ReliefWeb
Reuters
UN News Centre


Central African Republic ŠICRC/C. Von Toggenburg

International Red Cross Red Crescent websites
Climate Centre - IFRC
DMIS Disaster Management Information System
ENPS European Network for Psychological Support
FedNet
ICRC
IFRC

Links/Info on all 186 National Societies - IFRC Directory
RCRC Movement on the Internet - IFRC Directory
Red Cross / EU office




Kiev, Ukraine, June 2009 - REUTERS/Aleksandr Kozachenko/American Red Cross

National Red Cross Red Crescent websites
RespectED - Canadian Red Cross Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme
Sunshine in your heart - Red Cross Society of China
Child advocacy and rehabilitation - Sierra Leone Red Cross/British Red Cross


Swabi district, Pakistan, July 2009 - REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Partner organisations and institutes
Disaster Mental Health Institute (DMHI)

Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth
Centre for Multi-Ethnic Trauma Research (MET)
Health and human rights info - Information on mental health and human rights
ICSSPE - International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education 
International Society for Health and Human Rights
Mental health and psychosocial network
REPSSI - Psychosocial Wellbeing for all children


Sudan, July 2009 - REUTERS/Andrew Heavens

United Nations Specialised Agencies
UNICEF / UN Children's Fund
UNDP / UN Development Programme
UNESCO / UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNHCR / UN High Commissioner for Refugees
OCHA / UN Office for Coordianation of Humanitarian Affairs
UNV / UN Volunteers
WFP / World Food Programme
WHO / World Health Organization


Mardan district, Pakistan, July 2009 - REUTERS/Ali Imam

Governmental and intergovernmental organizations
DFID - UK Department for International Development
European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department

IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and PS in Emergency Settings
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
ODI - Overseas Development Institute
UNICEF - Emergencies / Humanitarian Issues
WHO - Mental health



Mardan, Pakistan, July 2009 - REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

Non-Governmental Organisations
Amnesty International
Care International
Doctors without borders (MSF)
European Public Health Alliance - Belgium
Family Health International - Research and public health programs
HealthNet TPO
Human Rights Watch
International Crisis Group
International Criticial Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
International Rescue Committee
Oxfam
Peacebuild - The Canadian Peacebuilding Network
Physicians for Human Rights
Project Joy - fostering healthy development of young children
Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB)
Refugees International
Terre des hommes (TDH)
War Child International
Women's Refugee Commission
Youth Advocate Program International (YAP)


Khan Younis, Gaza Strip June 29, 2009 - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Journals and databases
British Journal of Psychiatry
Eldis
Intervention - International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict
International Journal of Mental Health Systems


Swabi district, Pakistan, July 2009 - REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Research and documentation
Alertnet - Humanitarian aid and disaster news
Bernard van Leer Foundation - Early childhood development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC - Online Source
Forced Migration Online (FMO) - Psychosocial Working Group
Forced Migration Online (FMO) - Psychosocial issues
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2009
HazardsEducation.org
Health and Human Rights Info
Impact - knowledge and advice centre for post-disaster psychosocial care
The International Resilience Project
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
Psicosocial.net - document library in Spanish and English
Psychosocial care for children in conflict - A resource package
Psychosocial Support and Children's Rights Resource Center
Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
Source - An international information support centre on health and disability



Damascus, Syria, November 2008 - REUTERS/Ed Giles

Staff Support and Training
Antares Foundation, Netherlands
Centre for Humanitarian Psychology
People in Aid, UK



Baghdad, Iraq, January 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

Networks
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association - International disaster response resources
Amnesty International Health Professionals Network
Childwatch - International Research Network
CPC Learning Network - Agency Learning Network on Care and Protection of Children
European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Humanitarian Practice Network - A forum for improving humanitarian action
The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
People in Aid - A network of development and humanitarian agencies
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict



Wolayita region in southern Ethiopia, September 2008. REUTERS/Jose Cendon/IFRC

Psychosocial Programs
NMFRD - Identifying Needs of Medical First Responders in Disasters
War Child Netherlands
10 million memories - Memory work



Children and psychosocial support
Children and armed conflict - Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
World Vision


Khan Younis, Gaza Strip June 29, 2009 - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Conflict and psychosocial support
Psychosocial Care for Children in Conflict


Gansu province, China, July 2009 - REUTERS/China Daily

Climate change and psychosocial support
Children in a changing climate
Climate Ark - Climate Change and Global Warming Portal

Climate Change Adaption - Eldis
Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Research Institute for Climate and Society


Bhugaon, India, January 2008 - REUTERS/Arko Datta

HIV/AIDS and psychosocial support
Global Aids Alliance
Psychosocial effects of HIV/AIDS - OVCSupport
REPSSI - Psychosocial Wellbeing for All Children
WHO and HIV/AIDS


Lilongwe, Malawi, March 2009 - REUTERS/Antony Njuguna

Sport and psychosocial support
The Glocal Forum
International Council of Sport Science and Physical Activity
International Platform on Sport and Development
Magic Bus
Mercy Corps
Right to Play - RTP
Sport and Development Toolkit
Sport Sans Frontieres
Survivor Corps
Swiss Academy for Development - SAD