Number of children and families seen in the host community Children’s coping mechanisms and resilience are strengthened and affected children are receiving appropriate support Outcome indicator: Number of children accessing mental health and psychosocial services Deliver awareness raising sessions for Number of people Activity lead: MSF September No new funds communities to inform them about accessing awareness and UPP required psychosocial impacts of displacement sessions MSF and war on children, ways to deal with Number of children UPP those, and range of services available accessing support as a DoH (via trained community health workers, result of the awareness IRC/Harikar social workers, and peer-to-peer) sessions (Listening Centre) Deliver training for frontline staff and Number of people trained Activity lead UPP August Funded (UPP) teachers in psychosocial first aid and and able to respond to UPP basic mental health children’s basic MSF psychosocial support DoH needs Clarify existing services and establish Existing services and Activity lead August No new community-based supports: interventions identified UNHCR (PSS funding Clarify various types of services (as per intervention coordination required and interventions across the pyramid categories) group) continuum of services aimed at Community based/led UPP improving psychosocial wellbeing mechanisms and MSF (pyramid of interventions) activities established DoH Engage the community in IRC identifying community capacities and community based mechanisms UNICEF CP and C4D that are used in times of crisis, and SCI establish community led activities
Number of children and families seen in the host community Children’s coping mechanisms and resilience are strengthened and affected children are receiving appropriate support Outcome indicator: Number of children accessing mental health and psychosocial services Deliver awareness raising sessions for communities to inform them about psychosocial impacts of displacement and war on children, ways to deal with those, and range of services available (via trained community health workers, social workers, and peer-to-peer) Number of people accessing awareness sessions Number of children accessing support as a result of the awareness sessions Activity lead: MSF and UPP MSF UPP DoH IRC/Harikar (Listening Centre) September No new funds required Deliver training for frontline staff and teachers in psychosocial first aid and basic mental health Number of people trained and able to respond to children’s basic psychosocial support needs Activity lead UPP UPP MSF DoH August Funded (UPP) Clarify existing services and establish community-based supports: Clarify various types of services and interventions across the continuum of services aimed at improving psychosocial wellbeing (pyramid of interventions) Engage the community in identifying community capacities and community based mechanisms that are used in times of crisis, and establish community led activities Existing services and interventions identified (as per intervention pyramid categories) Community based/led mechanisms and activities established Activity lead UNHCR (PSS coordination group) UPP MSF DoH IRC UNICEF CP and C4D SCI August No new funding required
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