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Initial project meeting on mental health in the “Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters” project


24/12/2020

On 24 December 2020, and as part of the activities in the “Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters” project, the Red Cross of Serbia organised a meeting of partners on mental health and psychological first aid component of the project. This meeting, featuring designated Mental Health Coordinators from all partner organisations – 12 participants in all – and focused on the technical implementation of the mental health services as envisioned in the project. Specifically, the discussion focused on telephone centres and other means of providing remote psychological first aid to older persons and persons with disabilities in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, the promotion of such services, future reach out activities, as well as the upcoming training sessions for coordinators and volunteers.

The project “Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters” is supported by the European Union and the Austrian Development Agency.