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Peter Ventevogel

@peterventevogel.bsky.social
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Senior Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Specialist with UNHCR (UN refugee agency). Psychiatrist/ medical anthropologist / 23 yrs of experience in humanitarian settings. Views my own.

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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Where does sport fit within mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)? When designed and delivered with intention, it can play a meaningful role across the entire system of support. @gulsahkurt.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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dominiquehcr.bsky.social @dominiquehcr.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. Happy birthday!! He was also a refugee.
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Physical activity as a missing link in MHPSS? Thanks Intervention Journal for giving us the opportunity to provide background on a our recent field report from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh @gulsahkurt.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social @sportanddev.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/interv...
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Intervention Journal on LinkedIn: #mhpss #mentalhealth #physicalactivity #coxsbazar
🌍 Could physical activity (PA) be the missing link in mental health support for displaced communities? A recent study highlights the potential of physical…
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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A brief workshop on physical activity is acceptable, appropriate and feasible for #MHPSS workers. Thanks to our colleagues from @unhcr.org in Bangladesh & the Olympic Refuge Foundation we were able to develop, conduct and evaluate this training program journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...
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HealthNet TPO @healthnettpo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Meet Sarah, our #MHPSS Policy Officer at HealthNet TPO! She's enhancing #mentalhealth support in crisis-affected communities, she trained staff at #UNHCR refugee camps in Burundi and advocated for safety and dignity. Her work empowers local actors for #sustainable, community-driven MHPSS programmes.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In Memoriam Bénédicte Duchesne. Last summer, our wonderful colleague Bénédicte, Senior MHPSS Officer in UNHCR MENA Bureau passed away. We miss her dearly. With some of her friends and colleagues I wrote an obituary in 'Intervention' that you might appreciate. journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...
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In Memoriam Bénédicte Duchesne : Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In Memoriam Bénédicte Duchesne. Last summer, our wonderful colleague Bénédicte, Senior MHPSS Officer in UNHCR MENA Bureau passed away. We miss her dearly. With some of her friends and colleagues I wrote an obituary in 'Intervention' that you might appreciate. journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...
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In Memoriam Bénédicte Duchesne : Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
36% of Ukrainian refugee households in 10 countries have at least 1 member with mental health & psychosocial issues affecting daily functioning. Less than half of those with MHPSS issues sought support but those who received support had improved well-being. @unhcr.org data.unhcr.org/en/documents...
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NAVIGATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING CHALLENGES FOR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE - 2nd Edition
In 2024, to assess the health and mental health situation of Ukrainian refugees, their access to services, and the barriers they face across countries, Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) health and ...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
36% of Ukrainian refugee households in 10 countries have at least 1 member with mental health & psychosocial issues affecting daily functioning. Less than half of those with MHPSS issues sought support but those who received support had improved well-being. @unhcr.org data.unhcr.org/en/documents...
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NAVIGATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING CHALLENGES FOR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE - 2nd Edition
In 2024, to assess the health and mental health situation of Ukrainian refugees, their access to services, and the barriers they face across countries, Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) health and ...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Yesss, it is out, with some delay: the latest issue of Intervention, Journal for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-affected Areas. Check it out! journals.lww.com/invn/pages/c...
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Current Issue : Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas
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Jelle Stekelenburg @jellestekelenburg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It is indeed very sad, Peter. We will have to find other ways to support traumatised people and to strengthen their resilience!
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It makes me sad to see how high quality psychotherapeutic programmes had to stop overnight. I have seen the dedication & professionalism of the CVT work in Ethiopia, Uganda en Kenya and hope they can soon restart. Mental healthcare in postconflict zones is essential care. www.cvt.org/articles/whe...
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When Life-Saving Psychosocial Care Programs are Forced to Stop Work
For 40 years the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) has supported survivors. Those who come to our clinics include people who suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, many because they oppos...
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Ananda Galappatti @agalappatti.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Global meeting of Country-Level MHPSS Technical Working Group Co-Chairs 2025 organised by IASC MHPSS Reference Group starts today in Addis Ababa.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Important work on mental health & psychosocial support (MHPSS) and peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region. I am happy to read that excellent experts such as Diogene Karangwa from Rwanda and Moses Mukasa Bwesige from Uganda are among the speakers. www.newtimes.co.rw/article/2382...
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Experts call for greater focus on mental health support for vulnerable groups
Women, who often shoulder both individual and family responsibilities, such as caring for children, are especially vulnerable during times of crisis, said Dora Byamukama, a legal...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Important work on mental health & psychosocial support (MHPSS) and peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region. I am happy to read that excellent experts such as Diogene Karangwa from Rwanda and Moses Mukasa Bwesige from Uganda are among the speakers. www.newtimes.co.rw/article/2382...
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Experts call for greater focus on mental health support for vulnerable groups
Women, who often shoulder both individual and family responsibilities, such as caring for children, are especially vulnerable during times of crisis, said Dora Byamukama, a legal...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It makes me sad to see how high quality psychotherapeutic programmes had to stop overnight. I have seen the dedication & professionalism of the CVT work in Ethiopia, Uganda en Kenya and hope they can soon restart. Mental healthcare in postconflict zones is essential care. www.cvt.org/articles/whe...
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When Life-Saving Psychosocial Care Programs are Forced to Stop Work
For 40 years the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) has supported survivors. Those who come to our clinics include people who suffered unspeakable horrors and lost everything, many because they oppos...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Counselling offers Afghan women a safe space to share their mental health struggles. @unhcr.org
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Counselling offers Afghan women a safe space to share their mental health struggles | UNHCR
In Afghanistan, increasing restrictions on women and girls, a worsening economy, and decades of conflict have contributed to a mental health crisis that is particularly impacting women.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A data-driven look at how promoting employment fosters refugee mental health - UNHCR - goo.gl/alerts/RXgjVw #GoogleAlerts @unhcr.org
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A data-driven look at how promoting employment fosters refugee mental health | UNHCR Blog
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My good colleague Fahmy Hanna from WHO works tirelessly to improve mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of people in humanitarian crises. Read about him and his work and what drives him in this portrait in The Lancet Psychiatry @who.int @mhpsshub.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Fahmy Hanna: a passion for equity
The fact that mental health was an overlooked and under-represented area of medicine was exactly what drew Dr Fahmy Hanna to it. While speaking to The Lancet Psychiatry, he said “I have a deep interes...
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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 17/01/2025
We seek a consultant for a 3-month assessment in West Bank to determine needs of human rights defenders & civil society orgs. 10 years’ experience in int’l development, with focus on human rights, GBV, MHPSS, civil society & capacity development. Click to apply: reliefweb.int/job/4125470/...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
To learn more about the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on mental health and psychosocial support, see the dedicated webpage: www.unhcr.org/what-we-do/p...
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Mental health and psychosocial support | UNHCR
Refugees face harsh conditions that can put their mental health under significant stress. UNHCR's Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programming builds the capacity of local health staff a...
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The Ukraine Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 2025/26 describes what 266 organisations (UN, Red Cross, NGO's) supporting Ukrainian refugees in Europe want to do. Mental Health & Psychosocial Support is a priority and reflected throughout the plan! @unhcr.org www.unhcr.org/europe/publi...
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Regional Refugee Response Plan 2025-2026 | UNHCR Europe
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The Ukraine Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 2025/26 describes what 266 organisations (UN, Red Cross, NGO's) supporting Ukrainian refugees in Europe want to do. Mental Health & Psychosocial Support is a priority and reflected throughout the plan! @unhcr.org www.unhcr.org/europe/publi...
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Regional Refugee Response Plan 2025-2026 | UNHCR Europe
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Congratulations dear friends in the RCRC Movement. May the new MHPSS Hub further strengthen the work on mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The new year starts with ongoing assaults on Gaza including on healthcare. This must stop. Please end the "blatant disregard of the right to health in Gaza". www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN experts horrified at blatant disregard for health rights in Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 31/12/2024
#Gaza: Israel´s ongoing war on Gaza has forcibly displaced over 1.9 million leaving families to endure winter in fragile makeshift tents with minimal protection from the cold.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 17/12/2024
Health is a fundamental human right for all, including refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless people. #HealthForAll
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Education Cannot Wait @educannotwait.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Meditation is increasingly recognized for its contribution to #MentalHealth - a fundamental #HumanRight - & its alignment w/SDGs. On #MeditationDay, learn + about ECW's action to set aside at least 🔟% of budget to fund school-based MHPSS in places of conflict & crisis. 👉https://buff.ly/3BISsO1
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 11/12/2024
🏚️ Destroyed homes. 🌪️ Families uprooted. 💔 Lives shattered. But there’s hope. UNHCR is committed to staying and delivering aid to Syrians facing unimaginable challenges as they try to rebuild after nearly 14 years of conflict and displacement. Here is how you can help: bit.ly/4guA8a9.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Statement on Syria by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi | UNHCR
Syria is at a crossroads – between peace and war, stability and lawlessness, reconstruction or further ruin. After 14 years of conflict, recent developments bring hope that the suffering of the Syrian...
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 09/12/2024
🏏 Afghan refugee girls are smashing stereotypes at UNHCR Pakistan cricket camp in Pakistan, using their voices to speak out against gender-based violence. 📽️ Watch their inspiring journey! #16Days #NoExcuse
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Finally, the Tamil asylum seekers who had been stranded on Diego Garcia an island military base, have been granted access to the UK. A year ago, I was part of a UNHCR delegation. We wrote a critical report and recommended to get them off the island asap. www.bbc.com/news/article... @unhcr.org
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Migrants moved from secretive UK military island after three years
Their journey to the UK marks the end of years of complex legal battles.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Finally, the Tamil asylum seekers who had been stranded on Diego Garcia an island military base, have been granted access to the UK. A year ago, I was part of a UNHCR delegation. We wrote a critical report and recommended to get them off the island asap. www.bbc.com/news/article... @unhcr.org
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Migrants moved from secretive UK military island after three years
Their journey to the UK marks the end of years of complex legal battles.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Going on a hike in the Swiss Jura today. In a small train up the mountain, from the cloudy lowlands near Lake Geneva. And then suddenly we are above it all, the radiant light everywhere.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 29/11/2024
🏠Safe shelters ⚖️Legal support 👭Psycho-social support 🏥Health services for survivors Survivor-centred services are essential, life-saving and a top priority for UNHCR. But we need more resources and funding to keep forcibly displaced women and girls safe. #16Days
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 27/11/2024
Sudan: First humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children lands in Blue Nile state after 19 months of conflict #Refugees
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Sudan: First humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children lands in Blue Nile state after 19 months of conflict - Sudan
News and Press Release in English on Sudan about Health and Epidemic; published on 27 Nov 2024 by Save the Children
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Happening now at the UN in Geneva: a symposium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health with opening speeches by the Ambassadors of China and the Netherlands? Opening remarks by dr Tedros of the World Health Organization. 1/2
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 15/11/2024
#Lebanon Update: Teams deployed a total of 22 mobile medical units across providing mainly primary healthcare and mental health support to IDPs. We also support people gathered in precarious conditions in shelters through donations of basic essential items and strengthening sanitation conditions.
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Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Do you have experience in policy influencing and advocacy?Join us to help create policy influencing opportunities for insider mediation, climate–conflict nexus and mental health & psychosocial support. 👉Apply now: berghof-foundation-operations-ggmbh.jobs.personio.de/job/1834244?... 📅Deadline: 01 Dec
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Deze genocide-expert is zeer uitgesproken over Gaza www.trouw.nl/buitenland/d...
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 22/11/2024
Climate and conflict are more interlinked than they’ve ever been before. People are fleeing conflict only to find themselves on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Meanwhile that very climate crisis can fuel tensions and force more to flee. #COP29
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Very worrying and saddening. And angering. reliefweb.int/report/occup...
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Living conditions in Gaza are putting the lives of Palestinian children and newborns at serious risk - occupied Palestinian territory
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Health; published on 22 Nov 2024 by MSF
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Ananda Galappatti @agalappatti.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Animated discussions at the Steering Group meeting of the MHPSS Surge Mechanism managed by RVO Netherlands for the IASC MHPSS Reference Group to provide inter-agency technical support to crises worldwide. english.rvo.nl/subsidies-fi...
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Ananda Galappatti @agalappatti.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Better late than never: initiating conversations about ‘localisation’ of MHPSS, and especially the transformation of power-dynamics in the fields, at the @iascch MHPSS Reference Group annual meeting 2024.
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Ananda Galappatti @agalappatti.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What a difference a decade makes: in 2015, the @iascch MHPSS RG asked ‘What is DRR?’. This year, our dedicated thematic group on #DRR & climate is sharing resources (READY training, Meera Video & preparedness assessment tool) that can transform the integration of MHPSS with #DRM.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Today, I saw this mural in a school in Sofia, Bulgaria today. It was made by 18 refugee and host community artists, from 9 countries around Europe. Such community arts-based psychosocial support fosters social cohesion and integration. This made the school square a magical place! @unhcr.org
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Ananda Galappatti @agalappatti.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The 2024 Annual meeting of the IASC #MHPSS Reference Group kicked off yesterday in Sofia, Bulgaria for three days of reviewing the work of the group and reflect and decide on priorities for the year ahead.
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Daniel Mendelsohn @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
« Je suis persuadée que la plupart des maux viennent d’avoir le cul sur la selle. » Mme. de Sévigné à Mme. de Grignan, 27 août 1671
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This is very encouraging. Thanjs fir the consistent work of ECW on integrating MHPSs and Social Emotional Learning into education.
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Peter Ventevogel @peterventevogel.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Peter Ventevogel on LinkedIn: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer | 19 comments
UNHCR is looking for an international Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer in Sudan (UNOPS contract). The context in Sudan is complex with over 10… | 19 comments on LinkedIn
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