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  • CONNECTING DISPLACEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH & CREATIVE THERAPIES

    Between Borders is an international network aimed at introducing and expanding the use of storytelling and creative therapies for displaced populations whether due to conflict, climate change, natural disasters, statelessness, and development.

     

    We convene leaders from civil society organisations, universities, communities and the fields of mental health to shape best practices, raise awareness and promote information exchange through research, workshops, training and public events.

     

    Through our network of experts, we working on broadening our understanding of the brain-mind-body responses to displacement and the role of creative therapies and storytelling in supporting healing and resilience-building for communities experiencing extreme adversity. We aim to open up communication channels and opportunities for collaboration across sectors to integrate creative mental health practices into policy, practice and dialogue.

     

  • CREATIVE SPACE

    Includes practices in art, play, performance, music, and dance.

    TURNING THE LENS

    Looks at the use of storystelling through photography, film, and spoken word

    HUMANITARIAN RESILIENCE

  • FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

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    Skating on Thin Ice: A Reflection on Secondary Trauma in Humanitarian Work

     

     

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    Domiz Refugee Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan

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    Canada’s New Syrians and the Complex Search for "Home"

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    Dunkirk Refugee Camp

  • CONFLICT

    DISASTERS

    CLIMATE CHANGE

    INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

    DEVELOPMENT

    STATELESSNESS & EXILE

  • FEATURED EXTERNAL REPORTS

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    American Psychological Association, ecoAmerica and Climate for Health (2017): 'Mental Health and Our Changing Climate - Impacts, Implications and Guidance.'

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    Interntional Medical Corps (2017): Exploring the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Needs and Resources among Earthquake-Affected Communities in Nepal.

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    European Uniion (2014): Indigenous Peoples, Extractives and Human Rights

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    Plan International (2018): Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices of the Rohingya

  • FEATURED PARTNER

  • VOICES OF THE CHILDREN

    Voices of the Children provides a vibrant platform for creativity and self-expression through the arts and media giving a safe space for children affected by displacement and trauma to reclaim their individual agency, positivity and confidence.

    Photographer, Tasneem Alsultan, reflects on her time teaching photography to Syrian refugee youth with Voices of the Children in Amman, Jordan.

  • DISPLACEMENT-MENTAL HEALTH NEWS

  • Guatemala: Bereaved Indigenous Families Get Closure I Al Jazeera English

    For Remote Vanuatu Islanders, Fleeing Climate Disasters is an Uphill Battle

    I Thomson Reuters Foundation

    Inside a Suicide Prevention Center in Puerto Rico | New York Times Documentary

    After Myanmar: Four Days With a Rohingya Refugee | New York Times Documentary

    Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Residential Schools I Viceland

    On Reservations, At-Risk Native American Youths Find Few Places to Turn I Washington Post

  • The Forgotten Needs Of Refugees From Hurricane Irma

     

    Climate Change Puts Cambodians at Risk of Mental Health Disorders

    Rohingya Children Facing ‘Massive Mental Health Crisis’

    Mental Health in Palestine among Worlds Worst

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Changing the Narrative on Mental Health in Displacement. .

 

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