On 19 December 2020, Advocacy Forum-Nepal conducted a refresher meeting with 13 family members of enforced disappearance victims in Nepalunj, Banke disitrict. This meeting was a refresher and evaluation meeting of the trainings organized in 2019 and 2020 on “Psychosocial Accompaniment, Case Documentation and Submission.” The objectives of these two trainings were to empower family members of disappearance victims in facilitation of program/seminars/trainings, how to recognize the mental status of victims and need of psychosocial accompaniment, how to provide psychosocial accompaniment, how to document cases of human rithts violations, show to manage tress, how to take self care etc.
In the refresher meeting, the contents of the past trainings were reflected and discussed on their usefulness in the practical life. As it was a practical training, the victims had documented the cases of human rights violations after the training. It is commendable that the children of victims’ of enforced disappearance also participated in the training which will surely help in furthering the fight for justice for long.
The participants shared their experiences on documentation of HRV cases, psychosocial accompaniment and self care etc. Some of them shared how their and their family members suffering from mental stress were cured after taking classes of psychosocial counsellors and psychiatric doctors. They thanked to AF- Nepal for organizing such useful training and shared that they have been experiencing positive changes on themselves due to psychosical counseling, consultation with psychiatriac doctors, yoga, meditation and physical exercises learnt from the training. As these techniques keep them occupied, their stress levels have reduced, they shared.
The training was supported by WWDP and jointly implmented by AFAD and AF.
