
Orientation In Psychological First Aid In Disasters
A-PAD Sri Lanka partnered with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in introducing Psychological First Aid (PFA) to the Search & Rescue Team as well as Private and I/ NGO sector members. The importance being reiterated on how PFA can be applied during disasters, especially at debris sites, recovery camps and post disasters.
The    workshop    was    facilitated    by Mr.     Ananda     Galappatti,     Medical Anthropologist   and   Ms.   Evangeline Ekanayake, Psychologist. The duo carried out an interactive, yet, informative group based discussion and scenario planning activities to support the subject matter understanding.

