Approach and intervention

Approach

La mise en œuvre est appuyée par diverses stratégies élaborées pour assurer son efficacité et sa durabilité. Parmi elles:  

  • Conduct research to design evidence-based and context-sensitive interventions that can inspire other actors (government and non-governmental) programmes and strategies on trauma healing, social cohesion, and socio-economic resilience in Rwanda.
  • Développer des outils scientifiques et contextualisés (protocoles et cursus) en fonction des besoins identifiés.
  • Using community facilitators who are trusted individuals selected from within the targeted communities to lead healing dialogues.
  • Renforcer les capacités locales par le biais de partenariats avec des organisations communautaires et des institutions de santé publique.
  • Renforcer le réseau de coordination en matière de santé mentale et psychosociale du niveau local au niveau central, afin de faciliter l’intégration de la santé mentale et du soutien psychosocial dans les politiques et infrastructures existantes.

Intervention

The programme implementation is supported by various strategies developed to ensure its effectiveness and sustainability:  

  • Conduct research to design evidence-based and context-sensitive interventions that can inspire other actors (government and non-governmental) programmes and strategies on trauma healing, social cohesion, and socio-economic resilience in Rwanda.
  • Develop scientific and contextualized tools (protocols and curricula) based on identified needs.
  • Using community facilitators who are trusted individuals selected from within the targeted communities to lead healing dialogues.
  • Strengthen local capacities through partnerships with community-based organisations and public health institutions.
  • Reinforce mental health and psychosocial coordination network from local to central level, to facilitate integration of mental health and psychosocial support into existing policies and infrastructure.