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Jul 2, 2024

PFA training for youth in Greenland

In this episode Communication Officer at the IFRC PS Centre, Villads Zahle interviews project manager, Erni Kristiansen and project consultant, Bebbie Petersen about youth to youth Psychological First Aid (PFA) in Greenland.

News
Jul 1, 2024

Support and safe corners for Palestinian children

Amid ongoing violence and unrest in the occupied territories, the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) staff and volunteers are providing safety and support for children.

News
Jun 13, 2024

The PS Centre shares 2023 Annual Report

In 2023, the PS Centre responded to 2,504 requests for assistance from 137 countries including 1,416 requests from organizations within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. PS Centre staff and management participated in 50 international fora as host, facilitator, presenter, speaker or participant and had 36 academic collaborations with 10 universities and 59 organizations.

News
Jun 11, 2024

Five new regional reports highlight the status of MHPSS activities in the wider Movement

The PS Centre has released five regional progress reports on the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The five regions are Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

News, Webinar
May 22, 2023

New webinar series on self-care for staff and volunteers working with Restoring Family Links

News
May 16, 2023

Implementing the MHPSS Policy and Roadmap at the Colombian Red Cross

News, Webinar
Mar 29, 2023

Webinar: Well-being for Staff and Volunteers

Tune in for a webinar on well-being for staff and volunteers. The webinar will introduce the PS Centre Well-being Guide: reduce stress, recharge and build inner resilience, have participants try out the exercise, and engage in dialouge with other MHPSS practitioners.

News
Mar 21, 2023

Three new training manuals

The PS Centre has released three publications addressing the need for MHPSS tools and guidance in Ukraine and surrounding countries.

Job opening, News
Mar 20, 2023

Vacancy: MHPSS Technical Advisor

News
Mar 9, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Mental health and psychosocial support in Eastern Africa

In this podcast of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer, Trine, interviews Guleed Dualeh, MHPSS Technical Advisor for the African Region and Psychological First Aid focal point, on Guleed's recent trip to Kenya, where he sat down with Red Cross MHPSS focal points for Kenya and South Sudan to talk about challenges and achievements of working with mental health in the Eastern African context.

News
Mar 6, 2023

Türkiye and Syria one month on: A mental health ticking time bomb

Nearly one month since two devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, IFRC warns of the urgent need of a sustainable short- and long-term response to the health and mental health and psychosocial needs to prevent a “second disaster”.

News
Feb 28, 2023

There are no 'natural' disasters

Often when we talk about ‘natural disasters’ there can be an underlying belief that there is nothing we could have done to prevent calamity. But there are many things we can do and much we have learned from disasters of the past.

Job opening, News
Feb 27, 2023

Vacancy: Research Consultancy

From the MHPSS Roadmap Project, Working Group 4 are inviting candidates to apply for a Research Consultancy to take place between April 202

News
Feb 24, 2023

One year on: The impact on the mental health of people affected inside and outside of Ukraine is growing

The IFRC Membership in Europe is running its biggest mental health response in history as over 6 million people have been affected by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict - and the need for more mental health and psychosocial support is growing.

News
Feb 22, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: One year into the conflict - The MHPSS needs of Ukrainians and the Red Cross response

News
Feb 21, 2023

Earthquake Response

The PS Centre has compiled guides, manuals and training material assisting the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in the psychosocial support of the thousands of people who have been affected by the recent earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.

The IFRC Psychosocial Centre (PS Centre) contributes knowledge and provides service to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. It assists in facilitating mental health and psychosocial support, promotes psychosocial wellbeing for affected groups, staff and volunteers, and increases awareness of psychological reactions in times of crisis or social disruption.

The PS Centre is hosted and supported by Danish Red Cross. It receives financial support from a number of National Societies, institutional and private donors including the European Commission and DANIDA.