Community-Based Psychological Trauma Education and Treatment Project: Lessons Learned from Nepal

This research, funded by Irish Aid, involved designing and implementing a two year psychological trauma education and treatment project in Nepal. The project centred around building the capacity of a Nepali organisation called Kopila Nepal, supported by The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation, to respond to the trauma needs of people within rural communities affected by Nepal’s civil conflict. Methodologies for community-based trauma education and treatment were developed and lessons learned drawn out, making the approach replicable in other communities, situations and countries. The project methodology and recommendations were presented through a 3-day international conference in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2008.