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Aug 26, 2024

Psychological First Aid Camp for Children in Gaza – A Moment of Safety in a Dire Reality

Khan Yunis in the Southern Gaza strip has been the scene of intense bombardments and violence and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has introduced a new way of supporting the children exposed.

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Aug 23, 2024

Mental health and the climate crisis

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks to Ana Mejia about mental health and the climate crisis. Ana Mejia is a former member of the Youth Advisory Group of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and a volunteer from the Ecuadorian Red Cross. Ana leads a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support team in the local Red Cross branch and she recently started to work as a consultant with the health team of the Red Cross Climate Centre.

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Aug 19, 2024

World Humanitarian Day: Remembering the Lost and Caring for the Living

On 19th October 2024 the IFRC, the UN and key humanitarian actors, are calling for an end to these violations of human principles and international law. The IFRC do so under the plea “Protect Humanity!” As the IFRC Psychosocial Centre we join that call because we know that too many of our colleagues across the globe have paid the highest price doing exactly that – protecting humanity.

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Aug 15, 2024

Disaster preparedness and disaster resilience

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks to John Richardson about disaster preparedness, disaster resilience and disaster risk reduction. And why it is a problem calling fires, floods and storms ‘natural disasters’.

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Oct 6, 2023

World Mental Health Day 2023

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, an international day for global mental health education, awareness and policy advocacy. This year’s theme is “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right”

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Sep 19, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Mental Health and Human Rights

In the latest episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Carmen Valle-Trabadelo about the linkage between Mental Health and Human Rights.

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Sep 13, 2023

First Aid app - now with a PFA component

The app gives instant access to critical information for handling the most common first aid emergencies and safety tips for crisis situations. The app includes a chapter on Psychological First Aid, provided by the PS Centre Technical Advisors.

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Sep 6, 2023

The Well-being Guide as activity cards

The PS Centre has released the Well-being Guide: reduce stress, recharge and build inner resilience as a deck of activity cards to be used for individual self-care, for peers, and teams who work together. Each card presents actions to try for a desired outcome like calming down or navigating anxiety.

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Aug 23, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Caring for staff and volunteers

In the latest podcast from the PS Centre, MHPSS Technical Advisor Arz Stephan interviews IFRC PS Centre Director Nana Wiedeman about the importance and challenges of caring for the carers.

Job opening
Aug 13, 2023

We are looking for a fundraising and partnership advisor

Responding to incoming requests for MHPSS during wildfires, the PS Centre has released a one-page guide on providing psychosocial support to people in distress during unfolding crisis situations.

News, Webinar
Aug 9, 2023

Webinar: Creating Access to Mental Health & Psychosocial Support across the Continuum of Care by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

This webinar will introduce how the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement addresses MHPSS needs of individuals, families, and communities through joint collaboration and coordination. From Ukraine to Iraq, discover the approaches National Societies apply to provide complementary services.

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Aug 8, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Creating access to mental health & psychosocial support across the continuum of care

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, PS Centre' Project Officer Veronika Dietz interviews Dr Sarah Miller, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and the Program Coordinator in charge of MHPSS at ICRC and Louise Kryger, psychologist and the MHPSS lead in the International Department of the Danish Red Cross, on establishing availability and opportunity for accessing MHPSS services throughout the entire range of healthcare services and interventions.

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Jul 26, 2023

New one-page psychosocial support guide for people in distress

Responding to incoming requests for MHPSS during wildfires, the PS Centre has released a one-page guide on providing psychosocial support to people in distress during unfolding crisis situations.

News
Jul 17, 2023

New thematic review on MHPSS in Afghanistan

Four decades of war, political upheaval, economic deprivation, and forced displacement have had a significant and negative impact on Afghan populations.

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Jul 17, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Are we doing the right things - and are we doing them right?

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Specialist, Rebecca Horn, on her recent evaluation of the functions and activities of the PS Centre.

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Jul 6, 2023

Are we doing the right things - and are we doing them right?

The last seven years' activities and functions of the PS Centre have been reviewed and evaluated by an independent consultant, Rebecca Horn. The 80-page Evaluation Report was finalized earlier this year, and now a summary of key challenges and achievements is available.

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.