Within the Framework of Developing CBOs Capacities, GCMHP Begins implementing its first trainings on “Respect and Protection of the Right to Mental Health.”

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme has started on May 22, 2022 a training course on the  ‘Concepts in Mental Health, detection and Referral’.

The training course is the first of a series of trainings organized as part of project: ‘Respect and protection of the rights to mental health for women, men, girls and boys with and without disabilities victims/survivors of human rights violations in the Gaza Strip’, funded by EU.

A group of professionals from  GCMHP’s partner community organizations were enrolled in the training which aims to provide participants with information about mental health and the stigma of mental illness; case management and referral mechanisms; Psychological implications of children's drawings; andStress management and self-care.

The course, which lasts for four days, 5 hours a day, was inaugurated by Mr Qusay Abu Odeh, Director of External Relations and Resource Development Department; Ms  Enas Judeh, Head of the Training and Capacity Building Unit, and Ms Alaa Al Baba, Project Coordinator.