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Mon 8 Aug, 2011 07:52 am
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Together with TELL, International Medical Corps also held workshops for parents and teachers on how to create a supportive environment for children - as well as workshops for staff from different companies on coping skills for management and employees. International Medical Corps also distributed handouts on positive coping strategies to people in the affected areas and organized a two-day mental health and psychosocial conference that drew 100 students, teachers, and professionals from across the country.
In addition to building Japan’s mental health response capabilities, International Medical Corps also delivered hot meals to the internally displaced; supplied medications such as nasal sprays antihistamines, and eye drops and baby foods to affected people; donated computers and data cards to improve coordination among Miyagi Prefecture offices, regional coordination centers, and evacuation centers; and provided washing machines, water tanks, and other needed materials to Ogatsu-machi, a small fishing village that was totally isolated after the tsunami.
War, famine and other national disasters can "displace" people--cause them to lose their homes, or to flee their homes. When they go to another country, although they are displaced people, they are often referred to as refugees (those who seek refuge). When they are forced to flee, or otherwise lose their homes, but do not leave their country, then they are "internally displaced" people. So, for example, Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina who were driven from their homes by the Serbs in the 1990s, but who remained in Bosnia were internally displaced people.
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