Healing, Resilience & Empowerment

People’s homes after the earthquake in the Atlas Mountains have collapsed but their lives don’t have to.

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For Morocco Earthquake Survivors

Our objective for 1 year

Strengthen mental health and social wellbeing for a total of 5,000 Moroccan victims (children and adults) and for 500 health service providers.

The Healing, Resilience and Empowerment (HRE) Program for integrative peace

IAHV offers an effective, scalable and cost-effective program, applicable across cultures, free from risk of stigmatisation and without requiring the involvement of often scarce MH specialists. The program, an intense trauma-relief workshop, produces measurable results, including allowing to release deeper stresses and traumas thereby strengthening overall wellbeing and resilience.

The course duration: 12 hrs (over 4 consecutive days). No. of participants: up to 25 per group Online & Offline.

As of Sept.14, there were 2,946 deaths and 5,674 people injured. These numbers have not been updated or changed as of Sept.20, but it is felt that this is still not an accurate count, as search and recovery efforts are ongoing. So far Morocco has lost more than 3,000 people and according to government sources, at least 50,000 homes were damaged.

The devastation of Morocco’s earthquake has affected people’s livelihood in a substantial way, particularly those relying on tourism and agriculture. While many survivors in Morocco will be able to overcome the mental, emotional and physical impact of the recent events by their own faith, resilience and resources, many others may still suffer from mental/physical/emotional stress and need support to strengthen their coping mechanisms.

Médecins du Monde points out that there is also a growing need for “psychological support for front-line teams: rescuers, military personnel, psychologists and health service providers." Recovery of inner sense of belongingness, of hope, of autonomy via an effective community support program is greatly needed.

Key facts on the ground

About IAHV

The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) is a non-profit, United Nations aliated organization with consultative status at ECOSOC (UN). Founded in 1997 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and other global humanitarian leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, its mission is to build a sustainable and inclusive peace by promoting the development of human values in both the individual and societies on a global scale.

IAHV is one of the pioneering organisations globally implementing an integrated psycho-social peace building approach, effectively transforming wellbeing, mindsets, behavior and attitudes of individuals and communities affected or involved in natural disasters, conflict and violence.

IAHV has successfully implemented large-scale trauma relief and psycho-social support programs as part of peace missions, such as in Kosovo, Lebanon, Iraq and Kashmir, with partners such as UN, European Union and Red Cross.

Addressing the link between trauma relief, resilience and sustainable peace building, IAHV implements breathing-based interventions globally, with measurable, effective and scalable outcomes.

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