Throughout decades of conflict and war and exacerbated by the most recent events, many people from Afghanistan suffer from anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and PTSD, a loss of hope and feelings of anger. At the same time, they carry great inner resources of resilience, hope and solidarity. IAHV offers its global expertise in stress- and trauma-relief, empowerment and peacebuilding to support Afghan individuals, groups and families around the world to cope with the most recent events.
Throughout decades of conflict and war and exacerbated by the most recent events, many people from Afghanistan suffer from anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and PTSD, a loss of hope and feelings of anger. "Just 5 days before I tried to suicide, because the situation is extremely hard, and it is the worst situation that ever happened in my life. I feel abandoned and left behind in Afghanistan. I feel my life is in danger. No one here knows what will happen to them." (participant Nov 2021)
The HRE workshop is a low threshold workshop to address psycho-social consequences of conflict and violence, releasing acute and basic stress and fears, improving sleep and providing relief. "This workshop has given me a lot of techniques to decrease tension and stress. Currently I'm relaxed and even though I had a busy day I feel energetic. Thank you for teaching me what I currently need the most. I would also want to help others get rid of stress this way." (same participant after 1 hr)
The workshops are evidence-based, inclusive, accessible, applicable across cultures and cost-effective. They have an immediate positive effect and empower participants with techniques they can continue practicing independently to improve their own wellbeing. This lays a strong psychosocial foundation for peacebuilding and development outcomes for Afghans both inside and outside Afghanistan.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
