Evaluation of TPO Cambodia’s Project “Improving the Situation for Disadvantaged Groups in Rural Cambodia: A Capacity Building Approach to Community Mental Health” (original) (raw)

European Commission, Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation Cambodia, 2009

Abstract

End of Project Evaluation of TPO’s four-year, EC-funded community-based psychosocial rehabilitation project for survivors of gender-based violence, the first large-scale community mental health program financed by the European Commission in Cambodia. This project offered a unique poverty reduction approach in the Cambodian context, with combined services in two areas of work, namely income generation and mental health. Saving schemes and agricultural skills training supported people to lift themselves out of poverty. Individual counselling developed psychological resources and coping mechanisms. Self-help groups empowered people to develop mutual support mechanisms and a more pronounced voice in society. Mental health awareness raising, and the training of mental health focal points served to counteract stigmatisation and discrimination. Responsibilities: Served as Team Leader with full responsibility for the evaluation design and implementation. Suggested Citation: Poluda, J. (2009). Evaluation of TPO Cambodia’s project “Improving the situation for disadvantaged groups in rural Cambodia: A capacity building approach to community mental health” (Unpublished evaluation report) (p. 41). Phnom Penh, Cambodia: European Commission, Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation Cambodia.

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