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Haiti - Gang violence : Psychosocial support for displaced people in Haiti 19/07/2024 10:07:42
Since August 2023, armed violence in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince has forced nearly 600,000 people to leave their homes, leading to a massive displacement of the population towards makeshift sites such as schools and public establishments. Faced with this critical situation, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID-Haiti) through the project "Sustaining and scaling-up the health response to cholera in Haiti", coordinated an emergency response, one of the main components of which is psychosocial support for populations suffering from trauma problems linked to their displacement and the fear of epidemics, such as cholera, exacerbated by their new living conditions. "Fleeing with my children under automatic gunfire was a traumatic experience. Today, these memories haunt me, and I find it hard to walk in the street," says Venita, 50, originally from Carrefour-Feuilles and current resident of the Lycée Anténor Firmin site. She is one of the many displaced people who were able to benefit from psychosocial assistance from MSPP specialists supported by PAHO/WHO. "The management of this crisis, and in particular the control of epidemics such as cholera, is not limited to the medical aspect; it requires an integrated approach that also addresses the psychological trauma and precarious living conditions of the displaced population," underlines Dr. Yanick Mutani, mental health consultant at PAHO. Since the start of 2024, 10 psychologists and 10 social workers have been deployed across 10 sites to implement a series of activities aimed at strengthening individual and community resilience. Individual psychological support sessions were offered to more than 700 people in intense distress, while group sessions helped promote collective resilience among 1,400 people. More than 400 children participated in recreational and psychoeducational activities, allowing them to release their traumatic experiences. In addition, awareness workshops were organized to provide information on hygiene and mental health practices, thereby reducing the stigma associated with psychological disorders and cholera for approximately 1,700 people. In total, more than 4,400 internally displaced people were able to benefit from this support. HL / OPS/ HaitiLibre
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