Refugee Trauma Initiative provides vital psychosocial support to refugees experiencing trauma of war, torture and displacement. As part of our stated mission, we also train and support humanitarians, helping them to provide the best possible care for those in need. We believe that by connecting with communities in their own language, and by providing them with continuing care, support and guidance informed by psychological principles, we can help them to process their experiences and foster their integration into society. Our approaches are simple and scalable so that they can adapt to a variety of settings and programmes.

News

Bulgaria’s five largest cities receive psychosocial support training

Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, NGOs around Europe had to act swiftly to respond to the needs of families with young children fleeing Ukraine. While the necessary infrastructure was set ...

BLOG: Caring at a Distance – Psychosocial Support for Refugee Children in Greece

In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to a strict lockdown in Greece, playful and in-person interactions suddenly came to a halt at the Baytna program - an early childhood program develop...

New Guidebook and a Toolkit to Support Teachers Working with Refugee and Migrant Children

Building Bridges - Bridging the Gap Supporting wellbeing, learning, development and integration of young refugee and migrant children is a guidebook which aims to assist and inform the work of kinderg...

Resources

Impact of COVID-19 on refugees in Greece

Everyday experiences are being lost behind the statistics about the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially true for those already marginalised, such as displaced men, women, and children. At Refugee Tr...

Resources to support psychosocial wellbeing, developed for refugee children, parents, and young people and for NGO workers

Refugee Trauma Initiative and our partners deliver Baytna - a trauma- and identity-informed model of Early Childhood Education for refugee children and their families living in Greece. Baytna was bein...