Palestine Red Crescent Society

General Information
Type of Organization:	Red Crescent	Acronym:	PRCS
Governorate:	Ramallah & Al-Bireh (Main Branch)	Establishment Year:	1968
Address:	Al Bireh / Jerusalem Road	Telephone:	02-2406515
Website:	www.palestinercs.org	Fax:	02-2406518
E-mail:	info@palestinercs.org
Person in Charge Name: Fathi Sulieman Hassan Fleifel Position: Director of Mental Health dep. Telephone: 02-2406515 Mobile: 0599251138 E-mail: mhdirector@palestinercs.org
Staff:	Social Worker (3)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

To provide humanitarian assistance, health and social services to the Palestinian people when and where needed. That is to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found, to protect life and health and ensure respect for the human being, in times of peace and armed conflict and other emergencies, to work for the prevention of disease and for the promotion of health and social welfare, and to encourage voluntary service.

Goals:

1- The independence and the neutrality of the PRCS are ensured and protected.
2- Knowledge and awareness of humanitarian values, International humanitarian Law and Human rights among the general public and specific target groups have increased.
3- The protection of the PRCS medical teams and the RCRC Movements operations has improved through building respect for the protective emblems and providing documentation and follow up of violations.
4- Staff and volunteers are familiar with the principles of the RCRC Movement, IHL and the PRCS code of conduct.
5- Regional and international awareness about the Palestinian humanitarian situation, health and social development, has increased.

Target Groups

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Children

Women

Elderly

Activities / Interventions

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Information dissemination to the community at large
	Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
	Messages on positive coping
Facilitation of conditions for community local
	Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
Strengthening of community and family support
	Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
	Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
	Structured recreational or creative activities
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Psychological first aid (PFA)
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy
	Research

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Center	Home	School	Clinic	Community
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City	Village	Camp	Bedouins
Cost of the services provided:	Free	Partial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Acute stress disorders
	Emergency
	Grief
	PTSD
	Brief depressive
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
Mental disability
	Mild
	Moderate

Training

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1 - Stress management.
2 – Individual and group psychological counseling.
3 - Mobility of community.
4 - Pressure, advocacy, expressive therapy, intervention at times of crisis, dealing with cases of addiction.