PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING for essential aid workers in Iraq

Our project includes workshops on mental health and self-care for NGO staff and volunteers. Next to equipping the participants with the necessary tools, the aim is for them to become local multipliers of our approach. The project creates a safe space and a supportive network that allows for a transparent exchange about the social and emotional challenges of day-to-day work. In addition, the project offers capacity building seminars to improve the quality of work with female survivors of gender-based violence and sexualized violence as a weapon of war. 158 participants took part in the activities, some of whom attended more than one workshop. We implemented the project together with our partner organization The Lotus Flower and successfully completed it in 2023.