By Terri Wallace | Acting Director
Seventy-one informal care providers received training in basic mental health, illness and trauma in August 2015. Thirty-five were trained in Nepagunj, in the southwestern part of Nepal near the border with India. Thirty-six were trained in the capital city, Kathmandu. A project plan is being written for additional training and follow-up in 2016.
Participants were selected through a local partner, Hope for Nepal. Included were church leaders, social workers, caregivers, and staff from international NGOs. Both men and women attended the training, providing a great atmosphere in which to examine needs for different populations.
Participants were trained in the concept of whole person care - ways to care for others who have experienced trauma, and providing self-care as they serve. Training also included causes and symptoms of common and severe mental illness and emotional trauma, and when to refer. Special emphasis focused on trauma care following the earthquake, and working with children.
Some immediate outcomes are that people in the training are more confident in understanding and counseling others, and they are better able to handle their own stress.
Though our funding goal was not reached on GlobalGiving, an individual donor covered the remaining costs. Thank you for supporting the effort to equip local care providers in psychosocial care!
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