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IAHV
provides programmatic and emergency relief assistance
and support to the affected national societies in both
the short-term effects of disaster as well as the post-trauma
stresses that haunt survivors.
Examples
of some of the current and past activities include the
following:
Hurricane
Katrina (2005 onwards) 
- Creating
fun, safe, healing programs for kids in museums, YMCAs,
housing projects...
- Offering
trauma & stress relief programs, recreating community
connections
- Supporting
school development through community-driven curriculum
- Helping
those who help others, preventing service provider
burn-out
- Giving
people their smile back & performing random acts
of celebration
- Partnering
with local organizations and agencies:
- City of New Orleans
- State of Louisiana Recovery School District
- Ben Franklin High School
- Common Ground
- Habitat
for Humanity
- DNIA Education Committee
- "I Have a Dream School" Youth Forum
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Community Unity 9th Ward
-
Awake Summer Camp
- Organizations benefiting from IAHV stress &
trauma relief workshops post-Katrina:
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Southern University of N.O.
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Hands On
- Upward
Bound at U.N.O.ff
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Acorn
- AmeriCorps
- Mercy Corps
- Global Green
- Emergency
Communities
- Whole Foods
- Whitney Bank
- Canon Hospice
- YMCA
- Audubon Yoga
- Louisiana
Children's Museum
- Xavier University
- Tulane Hospital
- Tulane Lakeside Hospital
- Ochsner Hospital
- Common Ground
- United States Department of
Agriculture
- Emergency Communities
- Whitney Bank
- Bridge House
- Families Matter
- New Orleans Police Department:
911 Operators
- Priestley School of Architecture
and Construction
- Cabrini High School
- Ben Franklin High School
- Xavier Prep High School
- Lafayette Academy
- Green School
- Tulane University
- Xavier University
- University of New Orleans
- Upward Bound:
University of New Orleans
- Upward Bound:
Southern University
- YMCA
- Awesome Girls Program
- NO Aids Task Force
- Americorps
- Canon Hospice
- Jewish Family Services
- Unity Church of Practical Christianity
- Audubon Yoga
- West Jefferson Medical Center
- Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention
Center
Tsunami
Disaster (From 2004)
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Over 440 tonnes of relief materials (estimated worth
US$33 million) collected and distributed so far
Indonesia:
Relief supplies - rice, water, biscuits, clothes etc.
with estimated worth US$15000 - dispatched to Aceh - Tamil
Nadu: About 4800 people treated in camps in Nagapattinam
and Velankanni. All orphaned children adopted in Srinivasapuram
- Sri
Lanka: Reached remote areas otherwise inaccessible
via roads. Running camps that are hosting over 5000
potentially orphaned children
- Courses
to help people overcome post-traumatic stress disorders
conducted for over 3500 people
South
Russia, Beslan Terror Attack (Sept 2004)
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Trauma counseling for 1,500 children and the Russian
military
Iraq
(From 2003)
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Continue to care for war victims, workshops for traumatized
children, parents; free medicine
Afghanistan
(From 2003)
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Caring for war victims (victims of bombs, landmines,
widows, and orphans),
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Free stress management workshops for traumatized people
and for the helpers of NGOs and for staff members
of UN offices
Kosovo
Conflict: (May 2002 onwards)
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Provision of food and clothing for the needy
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Cleaned areas damaged by strife in conjunction with
UN Civil administrators
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In cooperation with the ministry of Health, conducted
trauma relief courses for 700 people including UN
peacekeepers, torture victims, massacre witnesses
and disabled KLA veterans
New
York City 9/11 Attack USA (September 2001)
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Free Stress relief programs through the AOL workshop
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Provision of food for the courageous NYPD And NYFD
personnel
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Organized 80 free trauma
relief workshops benefiting more than 1000 people
Gujarat
Earthquake (Jan 2001)
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Provision of food, shelter and other basic necessities
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Trauma counseling, several trauma relief camps
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Establishment of several temporary schools and 2 permanent
schools
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Adoption of one village (Nana Dahisara) for its complete
rehabilitation
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