MHPSS and EIE Toolkit

Education in Emergencies

This document forms part of the 4th edition of the UNHCR Emergency Handbook. This section provides information about education in emergencies, especially for young refugees whose education was interrupted by displacement. It sets out practical steps for the different phases of an emergency and key information that should be considered regarding protection, programme development/implementation and teachers. The online version of this resource can be found at the Resource Documents section.

Operational Guidance - Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Programming for Refugee Operations

This guidance covers specific points of good practice to consider when developing MHPSS programming and offers advice on priority issues and practical difficulties, while also providing some background information and definitions. The focus of this operational guidance is on refugees and asylum seekers, but it may apply to other persons of concern such as stateless persons, internally displaced persons and returnees. The guidance is meant for operations in both camp and non-camp settings, and in both rural and urban settings in low and middle-income countries.

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants on the Move in Europe

This brief guidance note seeks to provide advice on protecting and supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe. It describes key principles and appropriate interventions to guide all those who are designing and organizing emergency services and/or providing direct assistance to the affected people. This guide focuses on psychological first aid, which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people who can help others experiencing an extremely distressing event.

Your Right to Education: A Handbook for Refugees and Displaced Communities

This visual handbook is a resource for organisations working with refugees and displaced people on the right to education. It contains a series of illustrations to raise awareness of everyone's right to education and to encourage communities to work for educational services for all children and youth. Underneath each illustration is a brief statement in English, French and Arabic.

Hear it from the Teachers: Getting Refugee Children Back to Learning

This report sheds light on the situation for teachers of refugee children, hearing directly from them what they see as the biggest challenges to doing their jobs well, and in supporting refugee children to recover, learn and thrive. Teachers recognized the need to provide refugee students with targeted psychosocial and language support, and for marginalized children to access learning opportunities that are flexible to their needs. Teachers stressed that helping children recover psychosocially and supporting them to learn in a new language is also a key challenge and they need continuous teacher development and support to equip them to address the distinct issues refugee children face.