Victims of Conflict Counselling

A Nepali initiative providing psychosocial counselling to conflict victims, partly by training members of its partner organisations to provide the service. The initiative has set up a special fund to ensure sustainability of the provision of counselling.

Description

Sahara Paramarsha Kendra (SPK) run the Victims of Conflict Counselling initiative to provide counselling services to conflict victims and to establish counselling centres.

The Maoist conflict has victimised people in various ways, such as physical and mental disturbance, family disintegration, death of family members (making children orphans and women widows), and loss of property. These different impacts of the conflict create victims in serious need of psychological counselling to resume a normal life. Taking this into account, SPK has developed this initiative to support the conflict victims and to support the current peace process.

Aims / Objectives

• To provide counselling for individuals facing psychosocial problems;
• To design and conduct training in the field of counselling and psychosocial support;
• To create awareness and support the community with issues of mental health and conflict; and
• To support the peace process.

How it is Articulated

SPK has implemented the initiative by conducting the following activities in this order:

• Basic Psychological Counselling Skills Training for members of its partner organisations, victims of the conflict and other interested people;
• Refresher Training;
• Advanced Psychosocial Counselling Skills Training;
• Trainer's Training on psychological counselling; and
• Creation of the Revolving Fund to give sustainability or continuity to the counselling services.

SPK has implemented these activities to develop the capacity of psychological counsellors to provide counselling effectively. SPK has also directly provided counselling services to the victims.

In addition to this, SPK has established the Revolving Fund to sustainably support its partner organisations in providing counselling services after the initiative has finished. The Revolving Fund will provide a basic amount of money to run the counselling services.

Achievements / Learning Points

SPK has trained 60 people from its 60 partner CBOs/NGOs working in the field of conflict throughout the nation. Further, it has developed these 60 partner organisations as counselling centres. SPK has developed a fully-equipped counselling centre in Kathmandu for conflict victims and is planning to establish another three counselling centres outside of Kathmandu.

SPK has learnt that psychosocial counselling is one of the major needs of victims of conflict in the post-conflict peace-building process, alongside issues of economic rehabilitation, social rehabilitation (for example, family reunion), reintegration of ex-combatants into society, and psychological treatment for traumatised conflict victims.

Geographical Area of Operation

Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Pokhara, Nepalgunj.

Funding Resources

United States Agency for International Development.

Organisations Involved

60 partner organizations:

• Aama Milan Kendra (Rupandehi)
  Tel: +977-71-580149; E-mail: Omprakash_143@yahoo.com
• Active Forum for Human Rights Awareness (Banke)
  Tel: +977-81-524842 / 9858021963 / 9858020637; E-mail: afha@wlink.com.np
• Agro Forestry, Basic Health Care and Cooperative Nepal
  Tel: +977-1-6630346; E-mail: abc@transit.wlink.com.np
• Association for the Protection of Environment and Culture (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-534223 / 9842045133; E-mail: apec@ntc.net.np
• Backward Society Education (Dang)
  Tel: +977-82-522037; E-mail: dangbase@mail.com.np
• Bheri Batabaran Samaj (Surkhet)
  Tel: +977-9858050363; E-mail: Mahesh.skt@gmail.com / tpopsycan@ntc.net.np
• Chautari Social Development Centre (Nawalparasi)
  Tel: +977-78-545429 / 9845065531; E-mail: Csdc_nepal @yahoo.com
• Children Nepal (Pokhara)
  Tel: +977-61-532054; E-mail: rancn@fewanet.com.np
• Community Development Organization (Gulariya)
  Tel: +977-84-420801; E-mail: cdonepal@hotmail.com
• Community Learning Centre (Attariya Kailali)
  Tel: +977-91-550748
• Community Learning Centre (Kathmandu)
  Tel: +977-9841288478
• Community Learning Center (Rupandehi)
  Tel: +977-1-9847035056
• Conflict Victims and Farmer's Welfare Society (Dhangadi)
  Tel: +977-91-523968; E-mail: Farmeshwelfare_2006@yahoo.com
• Conflict Victims of Disabled Society (Kathmandu)
  Tel: +977-1-6224072; E-mail: cvdsnepal@yahoo.com
• Cwish, Chabahil (Kathmandu)
  Tel: +977-1-4474645; E-mail: cwish@wlink.com.np
• Dalit NGO Coordination Committee (Dang)
  Tel: +977-82-522043 / 9857820434; E-mail: dngoccdang@ntc.net.np
• Dalit Welfare Organization (Bardiya)
  Tel: +977-84-420033; E-mail: Dwo_bardiya@ntc.net.np
• Everest Environmental Academy (Bhaktapur)
  Tel: +977-1-6226081; E-mail: jyotiarjyal@gmail.com
• Hope Nepal (Nepalgunj)
  Tel: +977-9848021124; Tel: Hopenepal10@yahoo.com
• Jagaran Nepal (Kathmandu)
  Tel: +977-1-4219439; E-mail: bistameena@yahoo.com
• Janachetana Sarokar Munch (Dang)
  Tel: +977-82-521140; E-mail: janachetana@enet.com.np
• Kirat Yakthum Chumlung-Dharan (Sunsari)
  Tel: +977-25-528234; E-mail; kycpjk@ntc.net.np
• Knight Chess Club (Jhapa)
  Tel: +977-23-562326 / 562977; E-mail: kcchreduction@ntc.net.np
• Mahila Aapasi Sahayog Kendra (Lamjung)
  Tel: +977-19- 542522; E-mail: kthapa@yahoo.com
• Makalu Community Development Centre (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-527090 / 9842030878
• Nagarik Awaaj
  Tel: +977-1-5536048 / 5553809; E-mail: naawaz@ntc.net.np
• Nagarjun Development Community (Nepalgunj)
  Tel: +977-81-527026; E-mail: Baba18@hotmail.com
• Namaste Children House (Pokhara)
  Tel: +977-61-536249; E-mail: Namaste_org@wlink.com.np
• National Disability Upliftment Program (Pokhara)
  Tel: +977-61-532615; E-mail: ndup@fewamail.com.np
• National Society Nepal (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-530939 / 9804306750; E-mail: nsucbrt@wlink.com.np
• Nava Prativa Community Development Centre (Nawalparasi)
  Tel: +977-78-555037 / 555134 / 555103; E-mail: Nawaprativa_np@ yahoo.com
• Nepal Child Welfare foundation (Rupandehi)
  Tel: +977-71-524005; E-mail: Nepalchild_btw@wlink.com.np
• Nepal Redcross Society (Syangjha)
  Tel: +977-63-420421
• Palpa Community-Based Rehabilitation Centre (Palpa)
  Tel: +977-75-520593; E-mail: palpacbr@ntc.net.np
• Patan Community Based Rehabilitation Center (Lalitpur)
  Tel: +977-1-5527951; E-mail: patancbr@ntc.net.np
• Psychosec Nepal (Nepalgunj)
  Tel: +977-81525252; E-mail: Shraswatik1@yahoo.com
• Punarjiwan Nepal Biratnagar (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-525181; E-mail: punarjiwannepal@yahoo.com
• Rehabilitation center for disabled (Tanahu)
  Tel: +977-65-561175; E-mail: reced@ntc.net.np
• Rural Empowerment society (Tanahu)
  Tel: +977-65-560539; E-mail: restanahu@wlink.com.np
• Rural Institute for Community Development
  Tel: +977-1-5573051; E-mail: ricod@wlink.com.np
• Rural Urban Partnership Program (Dhankuta)
  Tel: +977-26-520273; E-mail: ruppdkt@ntc.net.np
• Saathi
  Tel: +977-1-5554560; E-mail: contact@saathi.org.np
• Sagarmatha Community Development Centre (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-420734; E-mail: scdcbrt@wlink.com.np
• Sahabhagita Mulak Bikash Sanstha (Morang)
  Tel: +977-21-530690 / 9842032590; E-mail: Dahal_prakash@hotmail.com

• Sahara Club (Pokhara)
  Tel: +977-61-532561 / 551281; E-mail: saharaclubpkr@wlink.com.np
• Sahara Group (Syangjha)
  Tel: +977-63-420497, 420243; E-mail: Saharagroup_syangja@yahoo.com
• Sahara Nepal (Jhapa)
  Tel: +977-23-41198 / 23543718; E-mail: saharshpp@ntc.net.np
• Sath Sath
  Tel: +977-1-4472349; -mail: sathsath@wlink.com.np
• Save the Earth International (Sunsari)
  Tel: +977-25-560665 / 9842057085
• Siddhartha Club (Pokhara)
  Tel: +977-61-1521433; E-mail: siddharthaclub@fewamail.com
• Social Awareness Development Group (Jhapa)
  Tel: +977-23-582598; E-mail: sadgjhapa@wlink.com.np
• Social Service Centre (Dailekh)
  E-mail: Sosecdailekh@gmail.com
• Social Welfare Organization (Gulariya)
  Tel: +977-84-420872 / 9848030723; E-mail: swobdr@ntc.net.np
• Society Improvement and Development Centre (Biratnagar)
  Tel: +977-21-527941; sidc@brt.wlink.com.np
• STEP Nepal (Lalitpur)
  Tel: +977-1-5546601; E-mail: stepnepal@wlink.com.np
• Subash Subhedi (Palpa)
  E-mail: Subash_edi@yahoo.com
• Tharu Women Upliftment Centre (Gulariya, Bardiya)
  Tel: 084-420350 / 084-420347; E-mail: twucbardiya@ntc.net.np
• Women Association for Marginalized Women (Surkhet)
  Tel: +977-83-522437; E-mail: wamskt@ntc.net.np
• Youth Vision (Sunsari)
  Tel: +977-25-523146