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The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub supports the RCRC Movement by providing mental health, psychosocial support, and capacity-building initiatives. Website: https://mhpsshub.org/

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πŸ—¨οΈ"The Red Cross was the first actor to offer mental health support in Ukrainian which was of course vital in terms of establishing a safe-space of trust and understanding," Sharon Commins, Irish Red Cross ❀️

04.12.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’Evidence from the Frontline: Mental Health in Crisis Affected Contexts, episode episode 5: EASE

πŸ€” What matters to young people? #Climate, jobs, and #mentalhealth❗

🎧 Listen & find shownotes πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/resource/evi...

03.12.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—¨οΈ"to rebuild societies after a crisis, we need to ensure that people get the MHPSS they need. Investing in mental health is also an investment in capital, as untreated mental health conditions impose significant costs on healthcare systems, societies, & families...

Omar Salih Rasheed, @icrc.org

21.11.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’Evidence from the Frontline: Mental Health in Crisis Affected Contexts, episode 4: Thinking Healthy

πŸ€” Tackling the complex issue of perinatal mental health ❗

🎧 Listen & shownotes πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/resource/evi...

20.11.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—¨οΈ"Japan is prone to disasters, and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is one of our key pillar interventions among the Japanese Red Cross Society's (JRCS) emergency response," Reo Morimitsu.

20.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—¨οΈ The Cyprus Red Cross Society was part of the emergency response after the wildfires over the summer providing relief items as well as psychosocial support activities including the establishment of safe spaces for children trying to uphold a sense of normalcy amid the destruction", Polina Savva ❀️

19.11.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—¨οΈ For Palestinians it is hard to talk or think about emergencies as something timebound that breaks a normal situation. We live, breathe and bleed an ongoing and all-consuming emergency with mass casualties, displacement, and destruction.

Shaden Saleem, Palestine Red Crescent Society PRCS ❀️

19.11.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Local action, lasting resilience. πŸ’ͺ

Through the Afghan Red Crescent and IFRC’s Cash-for-Work initiative, 152 skilled returnees from Iran helped build flood-protection structures that now safeguard 2,700 households in Herat.

A safer future, built by the community.

13.11.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even when she struggles to find food for her family, Mouda Al-Hasanat volunteers with Palestine Red Crescent to deliver hot meals and aid across Gaza.

Volunteers like Mouda are the backbone of humanitarian response – yet too often, their safety is at risk. They must be protected. #ProtectHumanity

13.11.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One can think of quite a few actors who need to pay close attention to this message from our colleagues at @icrc.org

WARS HAVE LIMITS - CIVILIANS ARE:
#NotATarget❗
#NotATarget❗
#NotATarget❗

Actors still in doubt - please start from the top again...

13.11.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Over 445,000 people have been displaced in 2025 in South Sudan as funding dries up. We urge all parties to the conflict, authorities, and donors to take  action to prevent a catastrophe in the months to come.

Over 445,000 people have been displaced in 2025 in South Sudan as funding dries up. We urge all parties to the conflict, authorities, and donors to take action to prevent a catastrophe in the months to come.

In 2025 alone, the combined effects of conflict in South Sudan, the consequences of conflict in Sudan, recurrent intercommunal violence, and massive floods have devastated communities.

Read more about the situation here: ms.spr.ly/63328tyzD4

05.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sixty years on: why the Fundamental Principles must be lived, not just remembered The Fundamental Principles are living commitments that must be exercised and defended, to keep humanity alive in the darkest of times.

πŸ•Š For six decades, the #FundamentalPrinciples have enabled aid to cross frontlines & hope to reach despair. But today's climate puts them under extraordinary strain.

Read why the Fundamental Principles must be lived, not just remembered β†’ bit.ly/4nn0kGK

@icrc.org #HumanitarianAction #ICRC

23.10.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“#Sudan |
Humanity must prevail.

We call on all parties to the conflict to respect and protect civilians, medical personnel, and humanitarian workers in Al Fasher and beyond.

Read our full statement πŸ‘‰πŸ½ ms.spr.ly/6015tDlpc

30.10.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
πŸ“ Sudan | We are deeply saddened by the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan.    Humanitarian workers must never be a target. Our hearts are with their families, colleagues, and all those they served with compassion and courage.

πŸ“ Sudan | We are deeply saddened by the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan. Humanitarian workers must never be a target. Our hearts are with their families, colleagues, and all those they served with compassion and courage.

Sudan |We are deeply saddened by the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan.

Humanitarian workers must never be a target. Our hearts are with their families, colleagues, and all those they served with compassion and courage. ms.spr.ly/63324t8NCe

29.10.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great news on #Ebola in #DRC to start off Monday❀️

27.10.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Six ways IHL protects mental health Mental health has long been present in IHL, and its relevance continues to grow as our understanding of mental well-being deepens.

πŸ₯ 1 in 5 people who’ve experienced armed conflict in the past decade suffer from a mental health condition, yet the legal protection of #MentalHealth in war remains largely overlooked.

Discover 6 ways #IHL seeks to safeguard it β†’ bit.ly/474UAeB

#HumanitarianAction #EmergingVoices #WMHD

16.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

16.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

16.10.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

15.10.2025 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ New Podcast Episode: Evidence from the Frontline: Mental Health in Crisis Affected Contexts

When is a transdiagnostic approach the best route to quality mental health care in crisis affected contexts & how does it work in practice❓

🎧 Listen & shownotes πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/resource/evi...

14.10.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

14.10.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

13.10.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focused on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

13.10.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—¨οΈ This is our first #WorldMentalHealthDay, as the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub. We mark this day, knowing that we service & support the entire RCRC Movement, including the ICRC, the IFRC & 191 National Societies.

πŸ‘‰ @mhpsshub.bsky.social #WMHD resourcesπŸ”— mhpsshub.org/news/world-m...

10.10.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focuses on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

09.10.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ New Well-being Cards for Children

In advance of #WorldMentalHealth Day on 10 October 2025, the @mhpsshub.bsky.social is publishing a set of 25 activity cards for children that can be printed and used to increase the well-being of children.

πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/resource/wel...

09.10.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£New Director for the @mhpsshub.bsky.social

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Harrison as its new Director.

πŸ‘‰Read the full announcement πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/news/new-dir...

08.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay on 10 October, mhpsshub.bsky.social is publishing a new Toolkit on Communication & Campaigning #MHPSS

πŸ‘‰ Download the toolkit πŸ”— mhpsshub.org/.../toolkit-...

08.10.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WorldMentalHealthDay 2025 focuses on #MentalHealth in catastrophes & emergencies – the daily workspace for millions of RCRC staff & volunteers across the globe.

We asked our colleagues for some words on MHPSS in emergencies in their respective countries & regions ❀️

08.10.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"We need to bring a level of humanity to a situation which is dehumanizing. And international humanitarian law is a framework that can help us take a step towards this."

ICRC head of delegation in Sudan, Daniel O’Malley, shares.

Read the full statement ➑️ bit.ly/4o9sp5l

07.10.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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