This article includes some of the results of my work in Sudan on how organisational support is linked with the volunteers' mental health. it is open access, so please feel free to share Read more
Staff care
Promoting Staff Health & Wellbeing: Based on over 25 years of experience supporting the health & wellbeing of people working in some of the most difficult & dangerous parts of the world, what follows is our collection of learning... Read more
International and national humanitarian aid workers were recruited for this study through convenience and purposive sampling techniques using social media. Eight interviews and one focus group discussion were carried out (N=5), and a survey disseminated (N=62), to gather a... Read more
Wheaton, W., Alumai, F., & Onyango, G. (2008). Training of trainers on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies, Africa. Intervention, 6(3/4), 298-303. This field report summarizes the general psychosocial training topics, describes two critical sessions and presents outcomes... Read more
Care for the caretakers: rolling out a protocol or developing tailor-made programmes on the spot? Intervention 2010, Volume 8, Number 2, Page 165 – 16 Some western nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have developed protocols aimed at providing care for the... Read more
Presentation during the 2014 IASC MHPSS Reference Group Annual Meeting on the increasing challenges for staff and volunteers working in difficult circumstances such as in the Central African Republic and in the ebola response Read more
This field report offers some examples of donor related, and management induced, stress among local humanitarian staff in northern Sri Lanka. These examples were identified during staff care interventions held with a dozen non-governmental organisations in the region. In... Read more
