German help to train TN volunteers fight trauma

‘‘We will try to teach the victims that phobia, anger, nightmare and fear are normal reactions to calamities like the tsunami,’’ said S. Niveditha of the Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS. She and her colleague, L. Ponnuchamy, are the pointpersons for the Kanyakumari programme. Ponnuchamy said they will be ‘‘offering disaster management package in three phases. In the first two days, we will provide basic intervention in psycho-social care. A month later, we will dedicate a whole day on ‘working with women’, and in the final phase will address children-related issues’’.