Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) of Queensland University (UQ)

The Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) of Queensland University (UQ) has been a member of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR): www.wapr.org for many years.

A dynamic institution at the service of social rehabilitation in rural and urban areas of Haiti

The Haitian Center for Rehabilitation Psychosocial (HACEPR) of Queensland University (UQ), it is more than three (3) years of work, commitment, volunteerism for the well-being of the users of health services in rural and urban areas of Haiti. We find many people who have together supported and support the institution in its development and influence throughout Haiti.

Created on June 20, 2010 in Haiti by Queensland University (UQ), at the end of a workshop on mental health and psychology on the partnership between the various intervention agencies promoting community integration for children. Victims of the Earthquake of January 12, 2010 and by the armed gangs where the majority of children, young and adult victims who lost their father and mother, their brothers and sisters began to have mental disorders, the HACEPR-UQ affirmed from the beginning his will to bring together actors from community organizations, private institutions, from the regions of Haiti and urban and rural centers of the Republic of Haiti.

His biggest challenge was to arouse the interest of being tamed, to regroup the different tendencies victims of the earthquake of January 12, 2010. Once assembled, we had to develop a common conception of the psychosocial rehabilitation, equip ourselves with a common language by the Queensland University Board of Trustees (UQ) to found the UQ's Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR). Followed the incorporation, the establishment of a structure, the recruitment of the members and the search for a technical and financial means that can help us to start.

From 30 members in June 2010, the HACEPR-UQ now has 50 individual and corporate members. Founded by Queensland University (UQ) Haiti, the Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR-UQ) is an institution belonging to the Queensland University (UQ) therefore, the Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR-UQ) has not need an Operating Authorization of the Haitian Government, it is an institution accredited by Queensland University (UQ) registered and recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cults, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training.

The HACEPR-UQ conducts its various activities thanks to the low financial contributions of its members, it does not receive funding from any National and International Organization, nor from the Government of Haiti for the organization of national events such as its Symposium and Thematic and Training Days.

The Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) at Queensland University (UQ) is thus the only mental health institution in Haiti that stands out for its ability to mobilize a wide range of actors in the same agora: the various categories private and public establishments in the country; the special and original contribution of the community groups; the multiple disciplines and sectors of intervention; each of the different stakeholder groups, including those who use mental health services and their close victims of the January 12, 2010, earthquake.

Our symposium, the rendez-vous par excellence in Haiti in the field of mental health, brings together during the years 2011 and 2012, under a new theme hundreds of participants, among whom a significant number of people using services in the field of mental health field of psychosocial rehabilitation of rural and urban areas of Haiti.

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A real crossroads of information and action in mental health in rural and urban areas of Haiti, the Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR-UQ) at the Queensland University (UQ) has for mission to gather all the people concerned by psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery. In rural and urban areas of Haiti, it promotes the concerted action of a multitude of actors, including people living or having experienced a mental health problem and their relatives, to promote and improve practices and services in mental health during the passage of the earthquake of January 12, 2010 and the victim of armed gangs in Haiti.

Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) at Queensland University (UQ)

Mission and commitment
Board of Trustees of the Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) at Queensland University (UQ)
We say a big thank you to Dr. Jean-Claude Dorsainvil and Dr. Vilbrun Dorsainvil, Doctor Med, who sat on the Board of Directors for two (2) years and they continue to work for the Development of HACEPR-UQ in Haiti. Their contribution, their expertise and their generosity were a precious contribution to the development of HACEPR-UQ's various activities.

Cooperation
The Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) of Queensland University (UQ) is ready to establish fruitful cooperation with national and international organizations wishing to cooperate with HACEPR-UQ to help millions of people who are victims of armed gangs.

Contact-us
Queensland University (UQ)
Haitian Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (HACEPR) member of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) : www.wapr.org
www.uqstegnetwork.org
Tel (509) 3774-6275
Email : contact@uqstegnetwork.org
uqueensland@gmail.com