UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applies a community-based protection approach rooted in the principle of “people protecting people”, recognizing that community members are often best placed to identify ...

BecauseYOU, a mental-health platform, was founded in September 2020, when two friends, Daniel Lobo and Harmik Wilkho, came together to solve their own mental health and personal challenges. Intending ...

Urban environmental management challenges are quite serious in Bangladesh due to unplanned urbanisation, and with no national policy to regulate it. Urban environmental management challenges are quite ...

Innovative intervention delivered by trained community health workers – meaning nonclinical personnel with deep knowledge of the community – increased treatment utilization among participating ...

India is the second populous country in the world and leads in the number of cases of child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation. A 2013 study by the Indian Journal of Psychiatry mentioned that ...

The dire statistics surrounding on-campus suicides portray just one piece of the mental health crisis for students. For every student who dies as a result of suicide, 280 others consider it but elect ...

Nairobi, Kenya, 31st July 2015 (UNHCR) - ‘Community-based mechanisms enhance protection while strengthening communities at the same time.’ UNHCR conducted a 3 day Community Based Protection ...

As a community psychologist specialising in recovery support services, I have observed with growing concern the escalating substance abuse crisis in Nigeria, particularly among our youth. The ...