Mental Health Interventions in Refugee Camps

by Neha Bhat

Can mental health interventions (MHIs) in refugee camps and among the internally displaced and asylum seekers be an effective tool in the well-being and future security of the millions of people fleeing conditions of violence and conflict?

This is the subject of critical analysis being undertaken by Veronica (Roni) Fynn who is currently pursuing her Master's in Public Health at the University of Nottingham, UK. Initially, Roni intended to conduct a field survey among the women and children at the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, in conjunction with RESPECT Ghana volunteers. Mental Health

HIV/AIDS Education Helps Empower Communities

by Bruno Marsiaj

Logan Cochrane knew he could make a difference. That's why he joined RESPECT as a volunteer in 2002, and gradually became more personally involved with projects in Africa supported by the organization. Believing that education could be used as the foundation for the empowerment of communities, he decided to write a brief teachers' manual for HIV/AIDS that could be distributed to some RESPECT affiliate schools. HIV/AIDS

Global Letter Exchange Combined With Other Activities

by Souraya Ahamada

At the start of the 2005-2006 academic year, children aged 6 to 12 years, at two schools located near Paris, France, joined the RESPECT Global Letter Exchange. They were put in contact with the Recovery School for Congolese Refugees in Bujumbura, Burundi. Letter Exchange