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31 leaders from NGOs urge those in talks to ensure Ireland’s continued commitment to helping the most vulnerable around the world.
"The UN’s World Food Programme is already warning that the number of people acutely in need of food could double to 265m."
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‘Laudato Si’, Care for Our Common Home’ is being celebrated this week. Published in May 2015 this document is a clarion call which has inspired millions of people around the world to take urgent action on the environmental crisis. @Janemellett#LaudatoSi5 https://t.co/L2zbnibWuz
Covid-19 triggering mental health issues
The new normal created by Covid-19 is triggering mental health issues. The fact that our minds are clinging to the status core of the old normal is also enough to generate mental health issues.
ATT: Young people 🗣️🗣️
We know young people are, by nature - highly mobile but at the moment #StayAtHomeSaveLives. Remember to wash hands with water & soap or alcohol based sanitiser.
Read the poster for other life saving tips and where to get help. #COVID19
to make informed decisions, and perpetrators can also be helped to take responsibility for their harmful behaviour. This will help reduce suffering associated with GBV.
GBV AND COVID 19 LOCKDOWN
For some it’s safer to be on the streets with a stranger than at home in the bosom of one’s family, locked down with the perpetrator of GBV. The GBV cases have increased by more than 100 percent during the on-going Covid 19 induced national lock down
locked down with the victim. Legal and psychosocial interventions must be instituted to address the situation. Legal pathways enable the perpetrator to face the wrath of the law. Psychosocial interventions embrace counselling. Through counselling the survivors are empowered to
Depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see it's end but also is less dramatic than physical pain, yet it is more common and challenging to bear. That's the thing about depression.
#depression#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth#mentalhealth