Anri Håvard Hebib

Photo by: Mughira AlSharif On the 31st March and the 7th April 2023, one-day refresher TRT trainings were delivered online to mental health and psychosocial workers in different organisations located in Syria and Turkey working on the Turkey/Syria earthquake response. A total of 35 participants took part in the trainings, split into two different training …

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From the 1st to 3rd April 2023 three-day TRT training was delivered online to MHPSS workers located in Syria, Turkey and Iraq.  The training was delivered in collaboration with training partner Hurras Organisation. A request for online TRT training was made by participants in 2022 and they names were placed on a waitlist.  The training …

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A systematic high quality study that is just being published has reviewed the effectiveness of group-based interventions. In total, 42 studies with a total of nearly 6000 children were included. The study found that such interventions, especially those based on cognitive behavioural therapy were helpful to reduce trauma symptoms and depression, compared to no treatment. …

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In January Unni Heltne gave a 2.5 days course on TrT for 30 psychologist students at Vietnam National University in Hanoi. The course was a part an exchange project funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Internationalisation (DIKU), and was one of several courses given to students as a Winter School. For Children and War Foundation, …

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The devastating earthquake on February 6th severely impacts the mental health and wellbeing of children in Turkey, Syria and neighbouring countries.  A number of partners are engaged in relief efforts. Children and War Foundation has been co-operating with partners in the affected countries for many years and will continue to offer our support. Teaching Recovery …

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