2015 ANNUAL REPORT TPO VISION CAMBODIAN PEOPLE LIVE WITH GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND ACHIEVE A SATISFACTORY QUALITY OF LIFE. TPO MISSION TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF CAMBODIAN PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, THEREBY INCREASING THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THEIR WORK, FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES. TPO VALUES TPO PEOPLE ARE PROFESSIONAL, COMMITTED, AND ALWAYS STRIVE FOR QUALITY. WE ARE KEEN TO LEARN AND REAL TEAM PLAYERS. WE ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND HONEST PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS DEMONSTRATE RESPECT AND EMPATHY AND VALUE EACH INDIVIDUAL’S OPINION. TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHOSOCIAL ORGANIZATION (TPO) CAMBODIA TPO Building, #2-4, 023 63 66 991 (Treatment Center) Oknha Vaing Road (St 1952), 023 63 66 992 (Admin) Sang Kat Phnom Penh Thmey, 023 63 66 993 (Training) Khan Sen Sok, [email protected] PO Box 1124, www.tpocambodia.org Phnom Penh, Cambodia www.facebook.com/tpocambodia DEAR FRIENDS OF TPO CAMBODIA, I am pleased to present to you TPO’s Annual Report Everyone at TPO feels so proud of this achievement of TPO activities for 2015. This report reflects our and especially the present of His Majesty strongly tireless efforts to contribute to improve mental encourage us to continue doing good work to improve wellbeing of Cambodian people of all colors. mental health of Cambodian people. The year 2015 was the year of “Great Pride” as TPO All this achievement was made possible thanks to celebrated its 20 Year Anniversary and Inauguration the generous support from all of our donors. TPO of TPO Treatment Center under the auspices of His Management and its Board of Director would like to Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of express sincere thank donors and taxpayers in their Cambodia. respective country for supporting Cambodian people. This anniversary marks 20 years of TPO’s existent I hope you will find this report useful. and 20 years of TPO serving mental health services for Cambodian people. During the past 20 years, TPO Sincerely yours, Cambodia’s mental health services benefited to more than 200 thousands people in Cambodia. This means that TPO contributes to improve mental wellbeing of individual and family, increase knowledge and skill of Dr Sotheara Chhim mental health professionals and para-professionals. In addition, we have contributed knowledge into Executive Director the field of mental health, psychology and psychiatry through our research and publication. 1 OUR PROJECTS Improving Mental Health for Survivors of This 2013–2017 project is funded by the Australian Government’s 1 Gender-Based Violence & Sexual Assault Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Partnership Program for Protection of Children (3PC) Access to Justice for Women Community Responses to Violence against Women & Children Justice & Relief for Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Truth, Reconciliation & Healing – Towards a Shared Future Mental Health Care & Psychosocial Services for Cambodian Prisoners Strengthening Local Mental Health Systems Enhancing Mental Health Literacy among Village Health Support Groups Operation Unchain 2 In 2015, promoting gender equality and gender-based violence. TPO established improving access to psychological services and ran 12 self-help groups with a total for survivors of gender-based violence of 81 members. We provided additional and sexual assault were again a priority individual counseling to 26 people. About for TPO’s community mental health team 465 community members (367 women in Battambang. Our staff in Battambang and 98 men) including survivors of continued to strengthen capacity to 19 violence, men with a drinking problem, and community resource people (CRPs) on vulnerable groups such as children at risk Mental Health First Aid such as identifying and female heads of households, received signs of anxiety, depression, and how psycho-education from TPO Cambodia. to support community members with All participants in the self-help groups as psychological problems, for example well as those who received counseling through relaxation and meditation. In reported a significant improvement in the 2015, our CRPs had identified and provided state of their mental health. emotional support to 126 survivors of 2015 Annual Report 3 OUR PROJECTS Improving Mental Health for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence & Sexual Assault Partnership Program for This project is funded by the UNICEF 2 Protection of Children (3PC) via Friend International (FI). Access to Justice for Women Community Responses to Violence against Women & Children Justice & Relief for Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Truth, Reconciliation & Healing – Towards a Shared Future Mental Health Care & Psychosocial Services for Cambodian Prisoners Strengthening Local Mental Health Systems Enhancing Mental Health Literacy among Village Health Support Groups Operation Unchain 4 In 2015, TPO is selected by Friend Inter- years old (53 girls) participated in Child national to work together as a partner Friendly Club, which allows children to to strengthen child protection system express and share their feeling, experience in response violent against children and in the group of children who are witnesses/ to promote a protective family environ- direct experience of violence. The Child ment. TPO’s focus is to provide support Friendly Club for children aim to increase and service to survivors of gender-based self-confidents, reduces stress/anxiety for violence, vulnerable children and local children in family violence. authorities in the community (Battambang This project identified and supported 15 province, Banan district, Kanteu 1 and GBV’ families who have improve their Kanteu2). This project complements with psychological wellbeing to participate in the current project funded by DFAT, which chicken raising programme. These 15 aims to improve mental wellbeing through families have received training on chicken livelihood support. raising and a capital of $150/family to build TPO also selected and trained to 24 cage, and to buy chicken. 6months after children club representative members, receiving this support, 11 out of 15 families who are formed by World Vision, on basic have increased numbers of chicken and mental health. This training aims to create a they can earn income from the chicken response and protection system to children raising. at risk. About 79 children between 8-12 2015 Annual Report 5 OUR PROJECTS Improving Mental Health for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence & Sexual Assault Partnership Program for Protection of Children (3PC) In 2015, this project was funded by GIZ (German Access to Justice for Women 3 Society for International Cooperation) and operating with support from Cambodia’s Ministry of Women’s Community Responses to Violence Affairs (MoWA). against Women & Children Justice & Relief for Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Truth, Reconciliation & Healing – Towards a Shared Future Mental Health Care & Psychosocial Services for Cambodian Prisoners Strengthening Local Mental Health Systems Enhancing Mental Health Literacy among Village Health Support Groups Operation Unchain 6 In 2015, one of the aims of TPO’s expressed the desire to stay at the community mental health teams in Siem forefront of tackling mental health Reap and Kampong Thom provinces issues in their communities. Those was to support disadvantaged women trained CRPs have managed to provide in two districts: Angkor Chum district an emotional support to 134 survivors (Siem Reap province) and Stoang of GBV through relaxation exercise, district (Kampong Thom province). control of anger management, and The women and girls we worked with referral for needed services. there are victims of gender-based With these CRPs we established and violence – most often perpetrated ran 20 self-help groups for 222 people within the family – who have been and we provided individual counseling lacking access to medical care, social to 61 people (Women=37, Men=24). services and justice. TPO has helped We ran 33 psycho-education sessions them gain access to these services about gender-based violence and while also providing mental health care mental health for a total of 1,459 villag- and psychological support. We have ers (F=1115, M=344). TPO referred also worked with the perpetrators 14 clients for other services including of this violence to rehabilitate them. psychiatric treatments and shelter With this work we aim to help build service from CWCC. Ten clients were better informed, healthier and peaceful referred in by LAC, Banteay Srey, communities where women can feel PDoWA SR and the First Step Organi- safe, empowered and confident. zation to get our psychological support We continued to provide coaching and from the TPO’s counselor. follow up in mental health to commu- nity resource people (CRPs) who had 2015 Annual Report 7 OUR PROJECTS Improving Mental Health for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence & Sexual Assault Partnership Program for Protection of Children (3PC) Access to Justice for Women Community Responses to Violence This project is funded by Investing in Children and 4 against Women & Children their Societies (ICS). It is managed by our Community Team Leader from our Siem Reap team, but we have Justice & Relief for Survivors of set up a dedicated field office in Chi Kraeng itself in the Khmer Rouge order to serve the community better. Truth, Reconciliation & Healing – Towards a Shared Future Mental Health Care & Psychosocial Services for Cambodian Prisoners Strengthening Local Mental Health Systems Enhancing Mental Health Literacy among Village Health Support Groups Operation