Resources

Understanding the Needs of the Community in water and sanitation sector

يهدف هذا الكتيّب إلى رفع الوعي حول الصحة النفسية وتأثير الصدمات النفسية على الأطفال والأهل، وتسليط الضوء على أهمية الاعتراف بالألم النفسي والتعامل معه بطريقة إنسانية وآمنة. يقدّم الكتيّب شرحًا مبسّطًا لمفهوم الصدمة النفسية، وكيف يمكن أن تظهر عند الأطفال بطرق مختلفة، سواء من خلال السلوك أو المشاعر أو التفاعل الاجتماعي. كما يركّز الكتيّب على دور الأهل في دعم أطفالهم نفسيًا بعد الأزمات والحروب، من خلال الاستماع، توفير الشعور بالأمان، واستعادة الروتين اليومي. ويعرض نماذج شائعة من الاضطرابات النفسية التي قد يمر بها الأطفال، مثل القلق، نوبات الهلع، والخوف الاجتماعي، بأسلوب توعوي غير طبي. يتضمّن...

The Situation Report (SITREP) details Amel's Emergency Activities (Monday Sept 23 to Monday Sept 30).

ككل عام تطلق المؤسسة الفلسطينية لحقوق الانسان (شاهد) تقريرها السنوي للعام 2023 حول واقع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، تطرح فيه الأرقام والوقائع الموثقة وتضعها بين يدي صانع القرار المحلي والدولي. هذا التقرير هو خلاصة للجهود البحثية والمتابعات الميدانية لفريق عمل مؤسسة (شاهد) خلال عام كامل.

Based on interviews conducted with doctors, nurses and other frontline staff across West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, the paper exposes how the stresses and strains of protracted COVID-19 response have compounded existing challenges of working in a health system already rendered fragile, fragmented and resource-deprived by perpetual occupation and blockade, to cause a deepening wellbeing crisis among the Palestinian healthcare workforce.

The State of Humanitarian Professions 2020 (SOHP) is the result of a year-long consultation with more than 1,500 humanitarian professionals. For the first time, this study gathers and analyses key figures on 24 humanitarian professions, as well as on recruitment practices and professional development in the sector. In addition, the SOHP study demonstrates the need to coordinate on the challenges of professionalising humanitarian teams, with 19 recommendations to be discovered in the final report.

This briefing note summarizes key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The brief was last updated February 2020.

Organization Work Plan and membership registration for the years 2020-2021

يقدم هذا الكتاب، بالنص والصورة، شهادة صادقة عن الكارثة السورية. في روايات الأمهات المتضمنة في الكتاب ينضح الألم من بين السطور. ومن صورهن تلمع بارقة الأمل بالسلام رغم الحزن المقيم. ويأتي هذا الكتاب تتويجاً لمشروع استمر لأكثر من سنة قام خلاله عدد من أعضاء الرابطة وأصدقائها بلقاء عشرات الأمهات السوريات على اتساع رقعة تواجدهن في سورية، وفي مخيمات اللاجئين في لبنان، فجمعوا شهاداتهن عن مآسيهن وعذاباتهن خلال سنوات الجحيم الخمس الماضية. كما قاموا بتصوير الأمهات، إلا من اعتذرت عن ذلك لسبب أو آخر. ”أمهات سوريات“، شهادة عن الذاكرة الكليمة والأمل المتسامي على الموت.

Analyzing the Impact on the Personal and Professional Development of Young Participants at Erasmus Plus/Youth in Action/Euromed projects through “Chabibeh Sporting Club” From 2008 till 2017

A toolkit with 6 games/activities on social cohesion for youth workers, youth leaders and facilitators

IFI Background Paper | November 2011
The Future Today: Youth and Adolescents of the Middle East and North Africa
 Situation Analysis on Adolescents and Youth in MENA by Suad Joseph
Calls for attention to children and youth are usually couched in future thinking: The children and youth of today will be the bulk of the population tomorrow, so we need to pay attention to them today. In much of the Middle East and North Africa, the reality is reversed. Children and youth are the bulk of today’s population. In all the MENA countries, those under 29 constitute a minimum of one half and up to two...

Annual Report about our 2016 

This list is a compilation of activities that fall into the psycho-social support sector, showing the type of support, location, and partners.

The objective of the report is to identify the psychosocial impact and needs of humanitarian actors working with refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, North Iraq and Palestine.

Book | January 2015
Research Handbook: the UN in the Arab World by Martin Wählisch
 

Summary Brief | May 2014
National Case Studies on Health Policy-making in the Middle East: The Case of the National Social Security Fund Voluntary Health Insurance System in Lebanon by Fadi El-Jardali, Lama Bou Karroum, Hana Addam El-Ghali
Public policy making is complex and suffers from limited uptake of research evidence, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). In-depth case studies examining the health policymaking process would contribute to strengthening health systems, informing future policymaking and pushing for the use of technical evidence in this process through...

Monograph | April 2014
A Preliminary Overview of Policy Research Institutes in the Arab World A Compilation and Synthesis Report Consortium of Arab Policy Research Institutes (CAPRI) by Hana A. El-Ghali and Farah Yehia
​CAPRI started with research on policy-making and knowledge production in the Arab World, then moved into a series of workshops and seminars in Beirut, Cairo, Amman and Doha in which over 42 PRI colleagues from 17 different countries from the region examined their collective and individual experiences and explored how they could expand their impact in society. This includes...

Syria's third year of civil war has caused a rapid acceleration in influx of the refugees to Lebanon with the intensification of clashes in recent months. In fall 2013 more than 2000 Syrian refugees are fleeing to Lebanon on daily basis. The mental health needs of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have not received thorough assessment. Information about the nature, the quality, and coverage of these services for the Syrian refugees is lacking. Methodology The Syrian refugee assessment for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) took place in August and September 2013. The assessment had two...

This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) is an update of the April RAS. The RAS seeks to bring together information from all sources in the region and provide a coherent analysis of the overall situation in the region as well as in each of the affected countries. While Part I focuses on the situation within Syria, Part II covers the impact of the crisis on the neighbouring countries. The Syria Needs Analysis Project welcomes all information that could complement this report.