Since the the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict, National Red Cross Societies across Europe have worked on integrating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into their services with support from the European Commission through the EU4Health programme. This collaborative effort has resulted in a range of evidence-informed MHPSS services designed to address the mental health and psychosocial needs of people displaced from Ukraine and the host communities that support them.
This compilation highlights Successful MHPSS Services implemented by National Red Cross Societies that have shown positive outcomes across several domains: subjective well-being, daily functioning, social connectedness, and coping mechanisms. These services reflect an adaptive, culturally sensitive, and person-centred approach to delivering MHPSS at the community level.
National Societies have responded with remarkable agility and compassion, adapting their services to meet the emerging mental health and psychosocial needs not only of displaced Ukrainians but also of volunteers and first responders, including health professionals, teachers, and social workers.
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has been acting as a central platform to coordinate, guide, and strengthen the quality of MHPSS services across the National Societies implementing the project. Drawing on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Framework, the Hub provides technical support, conducts humanitarian diplomacy with State Parties and international organizations, promotes best services, facilitates peer learning, and ensures the alignment of MHPSS services and programming with global standards. Through its collaborative and mentoring approach, the Hub plays a key role in building National Societies’ capacity and competencies to design, implement, evaluate and research, community-driven MHPSS services delivered by volunteers and tailored to local contexts.
The project is funded by EU4Health.
