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Home » News » PTSD

05-May-2016

Choosing The Right Messenger

Working with clan leaders in northern Uganda

Filed Under: News / Acholi, clan, clan leader, Counselling, Joseph Kony, LRA, mental health, northern Uganda, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, trauma

19-Apr-2016

I’m OK, You’re OK

Talking about mental health in Rwanda

Filed Under: News / anxiety, Counselling, depression, mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Rwanda, superstition, therapy, trauma, witch doctor

14-Dec-2015

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2015

Here’s what we achieved in 2015…   In Rwanda: ·Women learned new vocational skills that helped them earn an income: In our urban project, women learned hairdressing and cookery and 98% said their income had increased since they joined Aspire; on average, the women were earning about £24/$34 per month by the end of 2015.  […]

Filed Under: News / Africa, agriculture, Aspire, child soldier, child soldiers, Counselling, empowerment, genocide, HIV, income generation, Joseph Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, PTSD, Rwanda, Uganda, women, women's empowerment, women's rights

10-Dec-2015

A Time To Heal?

9 December marked the first International Commemoration of Victims of Genocide.

Filed Under: News / 1994, civil war, genocide, healing, Holocaust, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, UN

14-Dec-2014

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2014

Here’s what we achieved in 2014…   In Rwanda:   ·Women started earning sustainable incomes: 98% of the women said their income had increased since they joined Aspire and only 9% of the women identified themselves as unemployed at the end of the year, down from 58% at the start of the project.  The Aspire […]

Filed Under: News / genocide, mental health, mental illness, post-conflict, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, trauma, Uganda, vocational training, war, women's empowerment

04-Jul-2013

Patongo Counselling Community Outreach

PCCO offers support to people coping with post-war trauma.

Filed Under: Uganda / child soldier, Kony, LRA, psychotherapy, PTSD, trauma, Uganda

23-Apr-2013

A Problem Shared Is A Problem Halved

Why radio is an important lifeline in northern Uganda

Filed Under: News / community problems, Counselling, Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, PTSD, radio, trauma

09-Aug-2012

Overcoming Hardship, Looking To The Future

Grace has had an incredibly hard life. But with help from Network for Africa, things are starting to improve.

Filed Under: Education / civil war, Joseph Kony, Lioness Education Programme, LRA, PTSD, trauma, Uganda

09-Aug-2012

Seeing Success In Counselling

Barbara and Shelly, US volunteers, talk about the huge progress counsellors have made in Uganda.

Filed Under: News / civil war, Counselling, Joseph Kony, LRA, PTSD, trauma, Uganda, Uganda civil war

19-Jul-2012

Tackling The Hard Topics

Barbara and Shelly, US volunteers, blog about the difficult topics that Patongo counsellors have to address every day.

Filed Under: News / civil war, Counselling, gender based violence, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Kony, PTSD, trauma, Uganda

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Lincolnshire PE9 2DF

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