Who We Are – Mission Statement
Trauma Aid Europe is a global umberella group linked into global Trauma Response Networks including regional and local trauma response networks, trauma response partners and affiliates including individual members.
TAE affiliates, partners and individual members are drawn from a global community of Trauma Response Network and Human Assistance Programmes in UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Spain and Greece.
TAE Objectives and Goals
To contribute to the relief of human suffering arising from mass traumatic events including supporting the creation and implementation of Trauma Response Capacity.
Agenda - Saturday 20th November
09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome by TAE President – Dr. Derek Farrell
09:40 Keynote Address: Trauma Capacity building to address the global burden of trauma: Rolf Carriere (CEO GISTT)
10:20 Trauma Psycho-Social Support (TPSS+) – Frank Hofmann (Trauma Aid Germany)
11:00 Morning Coffee Break
11:30 Trauma Stress Relief (TSR) (TBC)
12:20 AIP informed Trauma Counselling (SE Asia Model). Tri Hadi – EMDR Indonesia
12:45 Lunch break + Virtual Poster Presentations
13:45 Group Trauma Treatment in Iraq & Central African Republic (TF-CBT versus GTEP) – Cecile Bizouerne, Elizabetta Dozio (ACF France) & Derek Farrell
15:00 Trauma Capacity Building Curriculum Design – Ron Ockwell & Gail Womersley
15:15 Afternoon Tea Break
15:35 Research & Development Strategy for Trauma Capacity Building and Paraprofessional Development – Matt Kiernan & Ian Barron
16:15 Closing Remarks – Dr. Derek Farrell
Trauma Aid Europe Humanitarian Award
Past Trauma Aid Europe Humanitarian Award Recipients
1st Award 2015 – Helga Mattheß
2nd Award 2016 – Ute Sodemann
3rd Award 2017 – Joanny Spierings
4th Award 2018 – Derek Farrell
5th Award 2019 – Isabel Fernandez
2020 No award due to COVID-19
trauma aid projects
Our combined regional projects completed and ongoing to date support provision of trauma expertise, trauma training, local trauma capacity building and trauma research include regions of the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, India, China - Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Algeria, Syria, Tunisia, Cameroon, Egypt, Bosnia, Ukraine, Greece, Haiti, Kurdistan, Lebanon Beirut, Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Nepal, Gaziantep, Madaba.