This group is for sharing resource and updates related to the MHPSS Response to the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/sri-lanka-bombings-latest-updates-190421092621543.html
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 3 years, 2 months ago
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
Dear members of this group,
We are writing to invite you to participate in a study that is exploring how connections and trust impact the quality of work that we do in the MHPSS sector in Sri Lanka. It is looking in particular at how communities of practice (like this group) may play a role in this. Your participation…[Read more] -
Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
This short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGi-C8Ks3sA introduces the “UNICEF Operational Guidelines on Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families”, which takes a social-ecological approach to MHPSS intervention…[Read more]
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
This webinar deals with how sensitivity to religious and spiritual identities can contribute to mental health & psychosocial support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxXt0DbbwI this is related to the manual “A faith-sensitive approach in humanitarian response – Guidance on mental health and psychosocial programming” which is closely aligned w…[Read more]
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
The MHPSS.net Emergency Toolkit 2018 version contains general technical guidelines and resources: MHPSS and non MHPSS Assessment resources, tools, and examples; mapping tools, Program implementationcore packages/resources for different areas of intervention. Do please note that all tools and approaches need to be used with contextual sensitivity…[Read more]
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
Strongly recommend that ALL responders to #EasterSundayAttacks read this document https://app.mhpss.net/resource/iasc-mhpss-guidelines-checklist-for-field-use, which summarises the key guidance from the longer IASC MHPSS Guidelines: https://app.mhpss.net/resource/iasc-mhpss-guidelines-english
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
This video explains the principles behind (and the approach to) psychological first aid, which is the recommended first response to crisis events. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJezWz8x-U Here are the links to the PFA manual in Sinhala bit.ly/PFA-Sinhala and Tamil bit.ly/PFA-Tamil once again.
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For those who have a little more time and want to know about the background to PFA and also about how it has been used around the world, do see this webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvkl2_ifTMo
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Ananda Galappatti posted an update in the group
Sri Lanka 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings Response 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi. Please do use this group to share assessments, resources, plans and other updates available on the MHPSS response to the Easter Sunday attacks.