Heartbeat of Humanity
Heartbeat of Humanity is a podcast about mental health and psychosocial support. The podcast is mainly for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, especially staff and volunteers working in mental health and psychosocial support services. The podcast is produced by the Psychosocial Centre, an IFRC reference centre providing service to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The Psychosocial Centre assists in facilitating mental health and psychosocial support, promotes psychosocial wellbeing for affected groups, staff and volunteers, and increases awareness of psychological reactions in times of crisis or social disruption.
Heartbeat of Humanity
MHPSS responses to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka
This is the second episode in a four-part series of Heartbeat of Humanity reflecting on the impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis.
In this episode, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Ananda Galappatti, co-founder and co-Director of MHPSS.net about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on MHPSS work in Sri Lanka and the legacy of this work on global MHPSS practice.
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
- IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings
- Intervention Journal
- Psychosocial Work in the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Challenges for Service Provision in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka
- Responding to the psychosocial impact of the Tsunami in a war zone experiences from northern Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka's post-Tsunami psychosocial playground lessons for future psychosocial programming and interventions following disasters
- Workshop report, Lessons Learned on the psychosocial response to the Tsunami