Strengthening Mental Health in Syria

Nafas connects psychological and psychotherapeutic expertise, local experience and partnerships. This overview presents selected projects and shows how shared ideas become concrete next steps.

Women participating in a group workshop.
Women

In Preparation

Psychological support for repeatedly displaced women

Training, supervision and digital resources strengthen local professionals so they can provide long-term, trauma-informed and culturally sensitive support to affected women.

Location
Aleppo
Partners
Syrian Family Planning Association (SFPA)
Funding
Funding details will be published once confirmed.
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A boy with a chair in a narrow old-city alley.
Children and adolescents

In Preparation

Psychological support for children and adolescents

Training and supervision strengthen professionals in Syrian rehabilitation centres so they can provide trauma-informed, age-appropriate support to children and adolescents experiencing psychological distress.

Location
Damascus and surroundings
Partners
Rahma Bila Hudood (RBH)
Funding
Funding details will be published once confirmed.
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Projects

Nafas works as one team. Project responsibility is institutionally anchored at Freie Universität Berlin for the project and Psychologische Hochschule Berlin for the project.

Psychologische Hochschule Berlin (PHB)
Freie Universität Berlin