ERASMUS PLUS
“TRAUMA HEALING AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT”
The program involves non-governmental organizations from: Greece, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Netherlands, Palestine, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom
The participants, mainly youth workers, are often the first line of informal support available for many on the edge of civil society: refugees; homeless; victims of conflict, gender-based violence, sex trafficking; in poverty; living with trauma, mentally ill. In some settings, they are the only doorway to rehabilitation, warmth, and hope to such souls.
More than 64% came with first-hand experience of personal trauma or STS (Secondary Traumatic Stress). The latter, more commonly known as “compassion fatigue”, can have the same symptoms as PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): depression, fatigue, anxiety, impulsive reactivity, outbursts of anger, sense of loss of control, desperation, incompetency, trouble sleeping.
This project prepares participants to understand STS, how to prevent it from developing as well as the self-care measures needed to step out of the stop situations that STS presents. It prepares the participants to be mindful of, and skilled with:
The role of Gender in STS and trauma
Understanding and managing fear and anxiety
The place of forgiveness and letting go of the past
Building awareness of STS in the workplace, managing STS risks, and instigating a culture that supports self-care
Reflective processes which develop resilience
Also gain the ability to recognize and monitor STS risk and acquire the tools and ability to prevent STS.
Freedom Gate Greece participates in the training with four people and also will host the live meeting that will take place in Greece.
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