Psychosocial support is an integral part of the Hindara thematic areas and it emergency relief services. It helps individuals and communities to heal the psychological wounds and rebuild social structures after an emergency or a critical event. It can help change people into active survivors rather than passive victims.
Early and adequate psychosocial support can:

• Prevent distress and suffering developing into severity
• Help people cope better and become reconciled to everyday life
• Help beneficiaries to resume their normal lives
• Meet community-identified needs

Disasters, conflicts and drugs addiction have severe psychosocial consequences. The emotional wounds may be less visible than the destruction of homes, but it often takes far longer to recover from emotional impact than to overcome material losses. Early support and adaptation processes - which respect local customs in mental health or psychosocial healing - allow an affected population to cope better with a difficult situation.

• Operational assistance
• Capacity building
• Competence development of staff and volunteers
• Advocacy and knowledge generation