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NESOHR coordinates Counseling Services to Tsunami Disaster Survivors in the North East Sri Lanka

• Debriefing of the counseling coordinators
• Planning and implementation of the training of healthcare workers, camp volunteers, and teachers for short-term needs, and local people for long term needs.
• Training of counselors and medical staff of the Thileepan Medical Centers
• Resources and other logistics required for such training
• Identification of volunteer organizations to underwrite the expenses for these trainings

At the outset, the counseling requirement to the survivors and the awareness of the public was recognized as one of the most important in the rehabilitation of the survivors. The counseling coordinators reviewed their experiences in their counseling work they had been doing, highlighting any shortcomings and precautions to be taken. The major players in the counseling activities have been the Karuna Nilayam, Annai Illam, and Kilinochchi Association for Rehabilitation of the Disabled (KAROD) among others in the local NGOs. UNICEF, ICRC, Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) and SHADE are the major players among the INGOs. The Sri Lanka Government was represented by the Health Department of Mullaitivu and the MOH office of Kilinochchi. The INGOs called for a proposal identifying the needs of these training for their considerations and funding. The Center for Health Care offered to develop and submit this proposal within the next two days.

Mr. K. Suganthan of the Tamil Eelam Health Services (TEHS) was named to coordinate the Training Project with assistance from Father Reginold of the Annai Illam. There were more than 30 people present at this meeting representing about 23 organizations.

12 January 2005

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