Sabine Rakotomalala

Sabine Rakotomalala

Mental health and psychosocial distress

Mental health and psychosocial distress

• Promote Sense of Safety• Promote Calming• Promote Sense of Self & Collective Efficacy• Promote Connectedness• Promote Hope

Mental health and psychosocial distress

Specialisedservices

Focused (person-to-person) non-specialised supports

Strengthening community and family supports

Social considerations in basic services and security

Mental health and psychosocial distress

Specialisedservices

Focused (person-to-person) non-specialised supports

Strengthening community and family supports

Social considerations in basic services and security

Mental health and psychosocial distress

Specialisedservices

Focused (person-to-person) non-specialised supports

Strengthening community and family supports

Social considerations in basic services and security

Mental health and psychosocial distress

Specialisedservices

Focused (person-to-person) non-specialised supports

Strengthening community and family supports

Social considerations in basic services and security

Challenges

Challenges

• Data• Coverage (unknown)• Coordination (4Ws)• Communication• Engagement of local actors• Engagement beyond sector

Challenges

• Data• Coverage (unknown)• Coordination (4Ws)• Communication• Engagement of local actors• Engagement beyond sector

Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Network

Aspires to improve mental health and psychosocial well being in emergencies and situations of adversity by improving access to people, resources and knowledge.

Create and explore groups

Maintainaccounts

Meet professionals

Add, share and rate resources

Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Network

Through the website, members:

Support coordination in emergencies

Seek out emerging insights

Contribute to the website

Connect people, ideas and resources

Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Network

Through the face-to-face community, hosts:

Members feed the network

Groups are created

Global hosts support members

Network host brings it together

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Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Network

Achievements in 2011

• New website went live July 2011• 1,100 members• 10,500 visits• 45,000 page views• 149 countries (1,400 locations)• 600 resources • Recruitment of 4 global hosts • Links with other sites and platforms (CPWG, OneResponse)

Can crisis-mappers help us make a difference?

1. Forecasting (e.g. new displacement, separation of children)

2. Mapping critical events3. Mapping pre-existing resources – especially

local people 4. Mapping gaps and problems in humanitarian

response

Can crisis-mappers help us make a difference?

5. Advocacy for actions that buffer psychosocial wellbeing

6. Mapping services and gaps

Can crisis-mappers help us make a difference?

7. Connecting responders on the ground8. Connecting frontline workers to the Network

members9. Delivering basic guidance (ie. PFA) to local

contacts

The field of MHPSS is catching up with the 21st Century,

and is ready to collaborate!

Contact

Alison Strang, Coordinator: [email protected]

Chathuri Jayasooriya, Network Host: [email protected]

www.mhpss.net