This document provides a summary of Ola N. Ataya's education and professional experience. It lists her various degrees including a B.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Lebanese University and an Executive Masters in Psychosocial Animation from the IOM and Lebanese University. It also outlines her extensive experience providing training workshops on topics like psychosocial support, mental health, and gender-based violence prevention for organizations like UNICEF, WHO, and NGOs. She has worked as a consultant for organizations such as MENAHRA, DRC, and Handicap International, providing counseling, staff care, and developing guidance materials.

1. Ola N. Ataya
Omays Building, Furn el Shebbak, Beirut
Lebanon
Telephone # 00 961 3701120
Email: olataya@hotmail.com
oa03@aub.edu.lb
Education:
March 22-April 1, 2008 International People's Health University- short training course on
People's Health Movement and the Struggle for Health: Health for
All, International Scout Center, Cairo, Egypt.
November 17-21, 2008 Canadian Fund for Social Development- short training course on
Strategic Planning, Beirut, Lebanon.
September 07- April 08 Executive masters on Psychosocial Animation in War-torn Societies,
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with
the Lebanese University, Lebanon.
November, 2004-June, 2006 Group analytic and psychotherapy training under the supervision of
Dr. Abbas Makki, Psychotherapist, Consultant, and Psychopathology
Professor.
2003-2005 Higher Education Diploma (DEA) (graduate studies -thesis) in
Clinical Psychology, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
2000-2003 B.A. in Clinical Psychology, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
1995-1998 B.S. in Nutrition and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut,
Lebanon.
1994-1995 Lebanese Baccalaureate (Bacc II), Experimental Sciences,
Tanoukhieh National School, Mount Lebanon.
Conferences and Workshops:
 Facilitation of a two day meeting, Regional CSO Meeting on Harm Reduction
organized by the Middle East & North Africa Harm Reduction Association
(MENAHRA). Dec 13-14, 2016, Dead Sea, Jordan.
 Training of trainers (ToT) on Self-care & Psychosocial Wellbeing in Humanitarian
Settings Bel Salameh project, ABAAD’s European Union-funded project in Syria. 23-
28 August 2016. Lebanon.
 Training on stress management & caring for care-givers for Caritas Migrant-Lebanon
field workers. Lebanon. July 25-26, 2014.
 Training primary health care workers on topics from mhGAP Intervention Guide –
mhGAP Intervention Programme – WHO in collaboration with MoH. Beirut,
Lebanon. 2013-2014.
 Planning, designing and facilitating training workshops on Child Protection for War
Child –Holland staff & partners in Lebanon. 2013. Beirut, Lebanon.
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2.  Planned, designed and facilitated a training workshop on Child Protection organized
by War Child–Lebanon targeting community workers working in Syria. February 22-
23, 2013, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Trained on “Psychosocial Educational Interventions”- Training the Duty Bearers in
Iraqi Reformatories on engaging families & local communities. Workshop organized
by UNFPA-Iraq & the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of
Beirut (FHS-AUB). 18-25 Nov 2012. Erbil, Iraq.
 Planned, designed and facilitated a training workshop on Child Protection
organized by War Child–UK targeting staff at War Child- Iraq. October 17-20,
2012, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Planned, designed and facilitated a ToT workshop on Engaging Men in GVB
prevention organized by Oxfam GB and KAFA. July 2 -6, 2012, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Planned, designed and facilitated a two days workshop on GVB prevention
and response organized by Danish Refugee Council and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC) projects partners in Lebanon and Syria.
May 8 & 9, 2012, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Planned, designed and facilitated the National Workshop on Internet Safety,
organized by World Vision–Lebanon with the partnership of the Higher Council
for Childhood – Ministry of Social Affairs. December 7th
and 8th
, 2011, Hazmieh
– Lebanon.
 Planned, designed and conducted a Training of Trainers’ (ToT) Workshop:
Training Techniques and Facilitation Skills targeting a core team of school
counselors and heads of Counseling Units. Workshop organized by UNICEF and
the Ministry of Education – Jordan. July 16th
-21st
, 2011; Amman, Jordan.
 Planned, designed and conducted a Training Workshop on Psychosocial skills
targeting a core team of school counselors and heads of Counseling Units.
Workshop organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education – Jordan. May
29th
– June 10th
, 2011; Amman, Jordan.
 Conducted a training workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation tools designed for
the program “Psychosocial support for displaced Iraqi and vulnerable Syrians”,
April31st – May5th, 2011, Damascus, Syria.
 Conducted a training workshop on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
targeting community workers from different organizations. Ministry of Social
Affairs, Youth Reproductive Health project. Dec 23rd
, 2010, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted a psychosocial training workshop targeting Ministry staff and actors
from different organizations working in Iraq. Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and
Migration (MoDM) in collaboration with the Danish Red Cross, July27th-August
3rd
, 2010, Amman, Jordan.
 Conducted a training workshop targeting school counselors on Psychosocial
Needs Assessment and Psychosocial assessment tools, IOM in collaboration with
Ministry of Education. April 18 to 22, 2010, Amman, Jordan.
 Conducted a Psychosocial Training Workshop on “Cultural Adaptation of
Psychosocial theories and interventions- IASC guidelines”, Foundation Terre des
Hommes Lausanne. March 10-11, 2010, Amman, Jordan.
 Action Learning Facilitator Training workshop organized by Oxfam U.K. and
Action Learning Associates. February 24-27, 2010, Beirut, Lebanon.
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3.  Conducted a psychosocial training workshop targeting International Medical
Corps/ Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers. February 11-13, 2010, Damascus,
Syria.
 Conducted a ‘Caring for Carers’ workshop that targeted Foundation Terre des
Hommes Lausanne psychosocial project team. Jan 11-13, 2010, Damascus, Syria.
 Conducted a ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop on “Strategies and Tools for
Working with men on ending gender based violence”, KAFA and Oxfam UK, 5-9
Dec, 2009, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted a ‘Caring for Carers’ workshop that targeted Foundation Terre des
Hommes Lausanne psychosocial project team. Sep 7-9, 2009, Amman, Jordan.
 Conducted training for primary health workers (Medical Doctors) and civil
defense staff on Mental Health: Integrating Mental Health into Primary Health
Care, International Medical Corps in collaboration with Ministry of Health, July
16-17, 2009, Amman, Jordan.
 Conducted training for primary health workers (Medical Doctors) on Mental
Health: Integrating Mental Health into Primary Health Care, International
Medical Corps, April 09-to date, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted 6 day training for community workers in Nahr el Bared and Beddawi
Palestinian camps, Empower Nahr el Bared Returnees/ Displaced to transition
from Crisis to Recovery Project, Arab Resource Collective & Welfare
association, February 09-April 09, Lebanon.
 Conducted training on Psychosocial approach, programs & basic principles;
Psychosocial Working Group workshop organized by UNRWA & Handicap
International, 9-11 October 2008, Lebanon.
 Conducted training on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexual Health
Education and communication skills; workshop organized by the Reproductive
Health Project at the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in collaboration with the
UNFPA, June, 2008, Lebanon.
 Conducted training on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexual Health
Education; workshop organized by the Reproductive Health Unit at the Lebanese
Ministry of Social Affairs in collaboration with the UNFPA, November 15, 2007,
Lebanon.
 Conducted training sessions on Mental and Psychosocial Health for Nursing
students at the Global University as part of the module Nur330- HPR in Mental
Health and Psychiatry, Oct 25, Nov 1, 2007, Global University, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted a two day training workshop targeting community social workers on
Psychosocial Support in Emergencies; workshop organized by the Reproductive
Health Unit at the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in collaboration with the
UNFPA, 10-11 July, 2007, Lebanon.
 Organized and facilitated a regional workshop on "Where there is no Psychiatrist"
manual adaptation, June 20-24, 2007, Upper Egypt Association, Cairo, Egypt.
 Conducted training sessions on Psychological Responses of war-affected
population and Psychosocial Support for war affected Citizens for primary health
workers, workshop organized by W.H.O., June 12, 2007, Tyre, Southern
Lebanon.
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4.  Conducted training sessions on Psychosocial Support for war affected Citizens for
primary health workers, workshop organized by W.H.O., May 10, 2007, Beirut
Governmental Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted one session on Mental Health for a New Generation programme in the
Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings conference, April 26, 2007, Oslo,
Norway.
 Conducted training sessions on Normal Reactions to War and Effective
Communication, workshop organized by the International Medical Corps,
Saturday, February 24th
, 2007, Tyre, Lebanon.
 Organized and facilitated a regional consultative workshop on Psychosocial
Support in Difficult Circumstances, Arab Resource Collective Mental Health
Program, February 8-11, 2007, Larnaca, Cyprus.
 Conducted training on Working with Children in Difficult Circumstances, three
workshops organized by Women Humanitarian Organization in collaboration with
UNICEF, Tyre, Nabatiyeh, Saida, South Lebanon, Nov- Dec, 2006
 Conducted one session training on Caring for Your Own Psychological Wellbeing
for primary health workers, workshop organized by WHO, Nov 4, 2006,
Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.
 Conducted a training workshop for Lebanese, Palestinian and Swedish youth on
youth-related topics "Stereotypes, youth organizations, rights"; workshop
organized by YAP (Youth Advocacy Process) and a collective of Swedish youth
organizations, Nov 8-11, 2006, Brumana, Lebanon.
 Conducted 1 day training on Working with Children in Difficult Circumstances
for public school teachers and personnel, workshop organized by UNESCO.
 Conducted two day training on Working with Children in Difficult Circumstances,
workshop organized by SAWA organization, 2-3 Oct, 2006, West Bekaa,
Lebanon.
 Conducted 4 workshops on Effective Communication in the Safe Spaces
Workshop organized by the Save the Children organization and UNICEF.
 Presented a National Psychosocial draft Plan in the Higher Council for
Childhood, Sep12, 2006.
 Conducted two (six-hours) training workshops on Working with Children in
Difficult Circumstances in Al-Jana Summer camp in Brumana, September 3-8,
2006, Brumana, Lebanon.
 Organized a Regional Consultative Workshop on Mental Health in the Arab
World, June8-10, 2006, Beirut, Lebanon.
 Conducted an orientation session on Psychosomatic Disorders for the members of
the Student Committee at the Lebanese Psychological Association, Sep15, 2005.
Demonstrated presentations in:
 Regional Psychosocial Workshop, UNICEF, Amman, July 9-11, 2009.
 Regional Health Campaigning in the MENA Region: Right to Health,
Development Support Center, Cairo, December 29-30, 2008.
 People's Health Movement (PHM) Forum on Struggle for Health, Cairo, March
31-April 1, 2008.
 A conference on Mental Health Resources in the Arab World in the conference
Mental Health Services in Lebanon, FGC, 9-10 May, 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
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5.  A workshop on the Health Needs of the Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, Health
Care Society in collaboration, June 29, 2006, Beirut, Lebanon
 3rd
Regional Meeting of the Arab MENA Childhood Network: "Children in
Difficult Circumstances", organized by the Information and Research Center at
King Hussein Foundation in collaboration with Child Watch International, April
25th
-26th,
2006, Amman, Jordan. Presentation on the case study of the Arab
Resource Collective.
 Regional Workshop "For the Palestinian Refugee Children: A Psychosocial
approach", Enfants Réfugiés du Monde (ERM), March 25th
-27th
, 2006, Larnaca,
Cyprus.
 Workshop on Child Protection Policy held by The Arab Resources Collective in
collaboration with Save The Children, Sweden and the Child To Child Trust,
Beirut, Nov 29-Dec 1st
, 2005.
Participated in:
 Training of Trainers workshop on mhGAP Intervention Guide – mhGAP
Intervention Programme – WHO in collaboration with MoH. Beirut, Lebanon.
Nov 1-3, 2013.
 Expanding Civic Engagement in Arab Universities, a peer learning workshop for
faculty, Arab University Alliance for Civic Engagement, American University of
Beirut, June 23-26, 2009.
 Family Medicine, Bridging Body and Mind, American University of Beirut,
November 11-13, 2005.
 Women Mental Health Days, the Lebanese Psychiatric Association, Beit el
Tabib, Lebanon, September 24- 25, 2005.
 Equity and Mental Health, the 28th
Congress of the World Federation for Mental
Health, Cairo, Egypt, September 4- 8, 2005.
 Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Trauma Victims- workshop, Heinrich Boll
Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon, June 25 -26, 2005.
 La psyché dans la culture arabe et son rapport a la psychanalyse- saint Joseph
Université and the Arab Center for research on psychoanalysis and
psychopathology, May 2004.
 Psychosomatic Disorders- Saint Joseph University in collaboration with the
International Center of Psychosomatic Research (Dr. Sami Ali), Beirut,
Lebanon, March 2004.
 Update Nephrology conference-the Lebanese Society of Nephrology and
Hypertension, March 2004.
 Conference on Autism- Lebanese Society of Autism, Unesco place, Beirut,
Lebanon, March 2004.
 Organizing Organizations: The Evolution of Psychology- Dr. Cynthia Bilard,
American Psychological Association, American University of Beirut, Lebanon,
January 2004.
 Nutrition and Optimum Health- Lebanese Association for Nutrition and Food
Science, 3rd
International Congress, Beirut, Lebanon, June 2003.
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6.  Infection Control Week: various lectures on infection control and safety- AUH,
Infection Control Department, October 2003.
 Preventive Strategies for the Elderly in the Third Millennium- Lebanese
Geriatric Society, 2nd
elderly conference, Ain wa Zein Hospital, Shouf, Lebanon,
October 2003.
 Customer Service Excellence Workshop-American University of Beirut, Human
Resources Department, Brumana, Lebanon, November 2000.
This is in addition to weekly medical grand rounds and journal club lectures.
Work Experience:
 August 2016 to date: Consultant at Middle East & North Africa Harm
Reduction Association (MENHARA)
Main tasks:
- Development of a Guide on Networking in Harm Reduction (Arabic &
English versions)
 March 2016 to date: Staff Counselor at Danish Refugee Council – Lebanon
(DRC)
Main tasks:
- Conducting self care & staff care sessions targeting DRC Protection team
- Providing private counseling for DRC Protection team members
 May-June 2016: Consultant on staff-care, counseling and psychological
support to all staff working in the PSCs - World Vision
Main tasks:
- Conducting self-care & staff care sessions targeting staff working in the PCS’s
in Beirut
 March2016 to April 2016: Consultant at Handicap International – Staff-care
Main tasks:
- Conducting self care & staff care sessions targeting HI staff (every 6 months)
- Providing private counseling for HI staff members
 July 2015 to Dec 2015: Consultant at Middle East & North Africa Harm
Reduction Association (MENHARA) – Civil Society Capacity Building &
Manual Development on Gender Equality in Harm Reduction Services.
Main tasks:
- Designing and facilitating a regional capacity building workshop
- Developing a comprehensive manual on integrating gender sensitivity into harm
reduction services
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7.  July 2015 to date: Consultant at ABAAD (Dimensions- Resource Center on
Gender Equality). “Bel Salameh” project on Mental Health, Psychosocial
Support & Social Cohesion
Consultancies are:
1) Consultant on Rapid Assessment of Self Care Needs & Resources among
humanitarian workers in Syria
2) Consultant on Rapid assessment of capacity needs of mental health
professionals working in Syria
Main tasks:
- Preparing action plan of activities
- Development of assessment tools in English and Arabic
- Coordination and regular follow up of the assessment process as well as regular
coordination with data analyst
- Development of final needs assessment reports
3) Development of a chapter on Self Care for Humanitarian Workers
 July 2015 to Dec 2015: Consultant Trainer on Mental Health, MHGap
programme with UNRWA, Lebanon.
Main tasks:
- Training nurses, social workers and midwives on mental health-related topics as
per the WHO adapted MHGap programme
 March 2008 to date:
Psychologist at the American University of Beirut Student Counseling Center (part-
time starting Sep 2013)
Main tasks:
- Provide counseling, psychological support and assistance including psychotherapy for AUB
students.
 January 2014 to January 2015 (part time):
Child Protection & Psychosocial Technical Advisor at Mercy Corps-Lebanon
Main tasks:
- Work closely with field CP and PSS teams to assess technical gaps and capacities
- Develop training curriculums on topics such as:
- Role-out trainings to Mercy Corps PSS and CP team members and other partners
- Guide and mentor psychologists in the field to work with beneficiaries
- Develop training, guidance and documentation tools to help facilitate psychologists
to provide PSS support
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
- Support PSS program development
 February 2013 – April 2013
Consultant – Save the Children International - Case management training – Child
Protection Case Management Training organized by Save the Children, UNHCR &
UNICEF
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8. Main tasks accomplished with other trainers:
- Preparation of training package.
- Implementation of training case management trainings in Qoubayat, Tripoli and
the Bekaa area (6 daysx3) one day per location per week.
 February 2012:
Consultant – UNFPA-Iraq & the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American
University of Beirut (FHS-AUB) - Development of Training Manual for Duty
Bearers in Iraqi Reformatories “Psychosocial Educational Interventions” – chapter
on support interventions for family and community
Main tasks:
- Review objectives and outline of the module and provide feedback if needed (See
Annex).
- Develop the “Psychosocial Educational Interventions” module based on the provided
documents.
- Continuously follow-up and coordinate with project manager of the “Youth at Risk”
project.
- Develop the material in Arabic.
- Participate in a workshop to validate the manuals
- Training reformatories staff on support interventions for family and community
 September 2011 to July 2012 :
Consultant – Save the Children- Sweden (SCS): Capacity Development and
Advocacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policies
Main tasks:
- Development of two modules on children’s & adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health
rights. (Information guides and 4 activity manuals targeting children, adolescents, parents and
service providers).
 September 2011-January 2012:
Consultant – Arab Resources Collective:
- Regional consultative group member;
- Design, implementation and follow up of a training of trainers (ToT) on the Arabized
manual “Where there is no Psychiatrist”.
- Implementation of the training and facilitation of the development of booklets on specific
topics on mental health.
 September 2011 :
Consultant – Oxfam GB & KAFA - Engaging Men in the prevention of Domestic
Violence regional project:
- Planning, design, facilitation and follow up of a training of trainers workshop on the Trainer’s
manual “Women and Men: hand in hand against violence’.
 May 2011-June 2011 :
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9. Consultant – Oxfam GB: Review of the Trainer’s manual “Women and Men: hand in hand
against violence’.
 September 2010 to February 2011:
Psychotherapist – KAFA Men’s clinic, Lebanon, Preventing Domestic Violence in
the Middle East: Engaging Men in GBV Prevention
Main tasks:
- Conduct psychotherapy and/or psychological intervention sessions with individual
beneficiaries as needed and agreed upon
- Document psychotherapy sessions, preparing progress notes
- Conduct research for case management and/or write documents for tasks related to the
Male Clinic as agreed upon by the Male Clinic team
- Attend and actively take part in the regularly-scheduled meetings for the Men Clinic
 October 2010 – April 2011:
Consultant – Development of Monitoring and Evaluation system - Psychosocial
Support Programme for Iraqi Refugees in Syria – Danish Red Cross in
collaboration with the Syrian Red Crescent
Main tasks:
- Analysis of programme indicators, baseline findings and psycho-education manuals
- Development of monitoring and evaluation tools for structured psycho-education
manuals and for SARC database. Present draft to SARC and DRC. Final approval by
SARC and DRC review committee.
- Developing training manual and guidelines for tools
- Training SARC staff and volunteers in monitoring and evaluation in Syria
- Production of report on monitoring and evaluation training
 June 2010 – September 2010:
Consultant – Technical verification - Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE)
resources – UNICEF
Main tasks:
- Development of an Arabic/English translation Glossary of common CPiE and Cluster
Coordination terminology
- Verification and editing of Arabic translation of CPiE CD-ROM training package
- Verification and editing of Arabic translation of CPWG Coordinators Handbook
 March 2010 – April 2011 :
Consultant – Baseline assessment - Psychosocial Support Programme for Iraqi
Refugees in Syria – Danish Red Cross in collaboration with the Syrian Red Crescent
Baseline assessment in five centers in Syria: Rural Damascus, Aleppo, Qamishli,
Dwella and Deir el zur.
Main tasks:
- Develop assessment tools with specific psychosocial, protection and mental
health indicators
- Conduct focus group sessions, interviews, home visits and other needed activities
to assess the psychosocial needs of beneficiaries
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10. - Develop a baseline assessment report
 October 2010- April 2011:
Consultant – Development of Monitoring & Evaluation tools - Psychosocial Support
Programme for Iraqi Refugees in Syria – Danish Red Cross in collaboration with the
Syrian Red Crescent.
Main tasks:
- Development of monitoring & evaluation tools for the programme
- Development of a manual on the monitoring & evaluation tools
- Training team members on monitoring and evaluation & the use of the
monitoring & evaluation tools
 April 2010-June 2010
Consultant - External Evaluation – Regional Psychosocial Project in Jordan, Syria
and Lebanon funded by ECHO- Fondation Terre des Hommes Lausanne (Tdh-L)
Main tasks:
- Preparatory activities, review of all documents related to the project such as proposal, reports,
files…
- Field work (observations on site for the activities, interviews / focus groups with the target
groups (children, trainees), and stakeholders.
- Analysis
- Report drafting
- Presentation/ validation
- Report finalization
 2010 Member of the World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental
health Systems (WHO-AIMS) Lebanon Team
 August 2009 to October 2010
Consultant - Psychosocial Needs Assessment- “Addressing psychosocial needs of
Migrants/Iraqi children and youth displaced in Jordan and their host
communities”- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Main tasks:
- Develop an assessment model for psychosocial needs of Iraqi/migrant children in
Jordanian schools. (Students questionnaires – Parents Questionnaires – Teachers
Questionnaires- Guide for Focus Group session)
- Review the assessment model based on the recommendations of the assessment
commission of the Jordan psychosocial working group, and the Ministry of Education-
Jordan.
- Develop a training plan for school counselors and NGO activists on psychosocial needs
assessment and the developed model.
- Implement two 2-days training sessions on psychosocial needs assessment.
- Distantly supervise the actual implementation of the assessment in 20 selected schools,
and the data collection.
- Draft the final assessment report.
- Present study findings and explain criteria of analysis to school counselors from Ministry
of Education – Jordan.
 October 09
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11. Consultant - Program Evaluation for Save the Children- Sweden Ghassan Kanafani
Foundation- project
Empowering Local Palestinian NGOs in Lebanon-2006-2009
Community development project in Ain el Helweh Refugee Camp
Main tasks:
- Preparatory activities, review of all documents related to the project in NABAA and SCS,
such as proposal, reports, files…
- Field work (observations on site for the activities, interviews / focus groups with the
target groups (children, trainees), and stakeholders.
- Analysis
- Report drafting
- Presentation for NABAA and SCS staff
- Editing
- Report finalization
 August 09
Consultant - Program Evaluation for Save the Children- Sweden NABAA
Psychosocial project
Empowering Local Palestinian NGOs in Lebanon-2006-2009
Community development project in Naher Elbared Refugee Camp
Main tasks (same as above).
 April 09 - June 09
Consultant - Life Skills Programme Development, WHO and SKOUN
Main tasks:
- Develop a package of seven complementary resources for facilitators, teachers and
adolescents on life skills, entitled: EMRO Life Skills Education Toolkit.
- Develop a strategy for piloting, adapting and rolling out of the skills based health
education program.
 April 09 - February 2010
Consultant /trainer – International Medical Corps (IMC)-Lebanon
Main tasks:
- Prepare training material on different topics
- Conduct trainings targeting primary health care workers on different mental health
related topics and common mental health disorders (Eating Disorders, Stress, Distress&
Disorders, Grief& Loss, Caring for Carers, Women Mental Health, Child Mental Health,
GBV...).
 April 09 to May 2010
Consultant for the development of Training of trainers’ manual on “Strategies and
Approaches of working with men and boys for Ending Gender Based Violence in the
Arab World”, KAFA (enough) violence and Exploitation with Oxfam GB on
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12. Involving men in combating Gender Based Violence - KAFA in collaboration with
Oxfam
Main tasks:
- Develop, test and finalize a ToTs manual for the Arab region on: approaches and
strategies of working with men and boys in the Arab World
- Conduct focus group sessions and a regional training of trainers workshop.
 June 09
Consultant – Editing Arabic pack on Child Sexual Abuse: Moving forward towards
Safety (Ila Al Aman Sirr), Safety Passport pack, KAFA and Save the Children Sweden
Main tasks:
- Review, modify, and edit a Facilitator’s Guide and Training of Trainers manual on Child
Sexual Abuse Prevention
 May 09 to date
Consultant- Psychosocial Specialist/ Technical Advisor- Caring for Care Givers Project
- World Vision-Lebanon
Main tasks:
- Follow-up monthly field work and provide feedback and advise
- Submit narrative reports (quarterly and final) and evaluation of the work process
- Support the Senior Project Coordinator and the psychosocial specialist to set an action plan
for the implementation of the community based activities.
 March 09- April 09
Consultant- Psychosocial Specialist- Caring for Care Givers Project – World Vision-
Lebanon
Main tasks:
- Implement a baseline psychosocial assessment for humanitarian actors in Nahr el Bared
and Beddawi camps
- Develop assessment tools
- Conduct focus group sessions, interviews and meetings with humanitarian actors and
stakeholders
- Document and develop a baseline report for the project
 March 09:
Pedagogical Consultant/ Trainer at EMDH-Syria
Main tasks:
- Draft and organize a training session for the psycho pedagogical team of the centre
- produce a training session about the basic needs of the children and the understanding of
their role to prepare them to their every day practice with the children
- understand and analyze the trainees background (level of education, awareness of
population, cross cultural abilities) and adapts content of training in accordance
- Produce pedagogical guidelines to support facilitators every day practice and activities
- Evaluate and monitor outcomes of training and produce document to demonstrate the
impact of the training
- contribute to define possible area of collaboration with facilitators and social worker for
follow up after the initial training
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13.  July 26th
– August 5th
, 2008:
Consultant: Danish Refugee Council, Yemen
Assessment of Psychosocial & Counseling Needs and Gaps in the Refugee Programme in
Yemen, as a part of CTAR (Center for trauma & refugee studies) and the University of
Essex Visiting Team.
Main tasks:
- Exploring the existing psychosocial services and resources on one hand, and the existing
psychosocial needs on the other;
- Presentation of the framework for action that will address assessed gap in the services
available for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants;
- Identifying potential partner organization with whom DRC Yemen and the CTAR
Assessment Team will be able to work with in implementing the suggested framework;
- Guidelines and TOR for the various personnel that would need to be hired in order to run and
implement the DRC counseling unit in Yemen and a psychosocial network;
- Presentation of the methodology that will be used by DRC Yemen counseling unit in
providing the counseling service to the affected population;
- Development of a full fledge proposal along with a costing plan and work plan for the
counseling unit of DRC in Yemen;
 November 1st
, 2007- April 1st
, 2008:
Consultant: Handicap International and Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs (Higher
Council for Childhood).
Main tasks:
- Developing a National Plan on Psychosocial Interventions
- Promoting the national policy paper
- Preparing a training manual on psychosocial interventions within emergency settings.
 August 1st
, 2005 – June 09:
Regional Mental Health Program & Youth Projects Coordinator, Arab Resources
Collective, Beirut, Lebanon.
ARC is an Arab, non- profit organization that strives towards the development of a “resource
culture” in the context of community work at field level.
Website: www.mawared.org.
Main tasks:
Developing projects & action plans, writing progress and financial reports, organizing and
convening regional and local meetings and workshops, networking and coordinating with local
and regional actors in the field, developing resources, collecting and facilitating the generation
of feedbacks, supervising the development of the program, training, ect.
 2002 - 2009:
- Clinical psychologist and counselor
- Therapeutic dietitian and nutritionist
Main tasks:
- Providing psychological counseling for people displaying psychological distress
and/or various psychosocial/ mental health problems
- Psychological and nutritional counseling for people suffering from eating
disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, and psychosomatics)
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14. - Nutritional counseling for people suffering from Diabetes, Kidney diseases,
Overweight and other problems.
 June 1st
, 07 – April 2008:
Translator (and student) – Psychosocial Animation in War-torn Societies Executive
Masters, International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the
Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Main tasks:
- Preparing training modules and translating required texts into Arabic
- Simultaneous translation of class lectures
 March 14th
– 23rd
, 2007:
Consultant/ WHO: Review of WHO manuals on Mental Health and Psychosocial
Care of Citizens Affected by War for primary health care personnel (4 versions:
Arabic and English copies of the manuals- trainer and user versions).
Main tasks:
- Reviewing the different versions of the manual, adding necessary
modifications in an attempt to adapt the resource to the Lebanese context, coordinating
with the World Health Organization focal point and attending coordination meetings to
present and discuss the modified manuals.
 January, 2007 to April, 2007:
Technical advisor of a Psychosocial Support Project for DIA, a French
nongovernmental nonprofit humanitarian organization.
Main tasks:
Establishing the project action plans, supervising the project development, organizing
meetings and training workshops, acting as a focal point, supervising the work of volunteers
and psychologists, preparing progress reports,..
 July21st, 2006 – December 2006:
Coordinator and supervisor of the Psychosocial Support Project at the Samidoun
Relief Campaign. The project aims at providing psychosocial support and care to
children of conflict affected areas and their parents.
Main tasks:
Establishing the project action plans along with the volunteers, supervising the project
development, organizing meetings and training workshops, coordination, acting as a focal
point, supervising the work of volunteers and psychologists, preparing progress reports,..
 March 2nd
, 2000 to 31st
July, 2005
Assistant dietitian at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut,
Lebanon.
Main tasks:
- Interviewing patients and assessing their nutritional needs and tolerances, instructing
patients on specific diets, calculating nutritional requirements, writing menus, calculating
diets for diabetic and tube- fed patients in accordance with doctor’s instructions. This is in
addition to helping cancer patients suffering from cachexia choose proper nutritional
supplementation to ensure better nutritional status and psychological well being.
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15. - Working on various projects:
 Nutrition Risk Screening with Fresenius Kabi tool: identifying patients at
nutritional risk through a multidisciplinary approach.
 Studies evaluating patients’ satisfaction concerning the food service in the
hospital.
 Monthly reports analyzing dietitians’ time allocation in various clinical activities
using the SPSS software.
 June, 1999- March, 2000
Part-time nutritionist at Paramed Center, Specialty Clinic Center, facing AUB-MC.
Work with people who require nutrition intervention, especially weight management.
 1998-1999
Completed a training program (internship) at the Dietary Department, Makassed
General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
 1998-2000
Part-time Science teacher for all intermediate classes at Lady of Victory School,
Saadiyat, Lebanon.
Member in:
- Psychosocial Working Group in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon
- Lebanese Psychological Association (Students Committee /LPA-
Students), ex-president
- Lebanese Dietetic Association LDA
- Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE)
- Global Psychosocial network
Take part in various TV & Radio programmes aiming at increasing awareness on mental
and psychosocial health topics.
Research and Publications:
- Co-editor of a Survey Report: Assessment on Psychosocial needs of
migrant/Iraqi children and youth displaced in Jordan and their host
communities. Amman, October 2010. International Organization for
Migration (IOM)
- Co-editor of a Manual on Youth & Healthy Living: 6 steps in establishing a
youth project, Arab Resource Collective, 2009.
- Training of Trainers manual on Psychosocial Work, Handicap International,
2008.
- Draft National Plan on Community-based Psychosocial Interventions, 2007-
2008.
- Policy Paper on Psychosocial Interventions in Lebanon, 2007-2008.
- Arabic E-newsletter on mental health (editor)
- Report on Mental Health Status in 9 Arab countries, May 2007.
- Report on Regional Workshop: Mental Health in the Arab Countries, June 2006.
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16. - Report on Local Consultative Workshop on Psychosocial Support in Difficult
Circumstances, November, 2006 (see reports on www.mawared.org)
- Paper entitled: ‘Female Criminality’ published in Al Raeda (the Pioneer)
magazine, Women’s Study Center, Lebanese American University (2006).
- Article on Childhood Eating Disorders (2005).
- Research and presentation on Psychosomatic Disorders (2004).
- Paper entitled Demystifying Milk Myths, (2004).
- Case study on Affective Schizophrenia (presented after completing a training
course in Dar al Ajaza hospital) (2002).
- Papers on Enteral Feeding, and Nutrition in Kidney diseases presented to
doctors in a clinical round at al Makassed Hospital (1999).
- Seminar on Osteoporosis (1998).
- Paper entitled ‘The United Arab Republic: An Unsuccessful Attempt at
Unity’. (Fall 1996-Sociology course).
This is in addition to various studies and articles on mental health published in Lebanese
newspapers and public health magazines.
Computer Skills:
Word processing, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer
Languages:
Arabic and English –fluently read, written, and spoken. French – poor
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17. References:
Mrs. Christele Hage
HR and Admin Manager
Tel: 01-339 052
Danish Refugee Council - Lebanon
8th floor, 140 Freiha Building (Facing St. Dimitrios Church)
Mar Mitr Street ,Achrafiyeh –Beirut
Mrs. Micheline Abou chrouch
Network Coordinator
Middle East and North Africa
Harm Reduction Association
www.menahra.org
+961 1 493 211 / 2 / 3
Skype: micheline.jreij
Address: Hayek Roundabout, BBAC Building, Second Floor
Sin el Fil, El Metn, Lebanon
Ms. Ghida Anani
ABAAD – Founder & director
1 Bustani Street, Sector 5, Najjar Building, Furn Chebbak
P.O.Box: 50-048 Beirut-Lebanon
Telefax: +961 (1) 28 38 20/1; +961 (70) 28 38 20
Mobile: +961 (3) 663052
Skype ID: ghidaanan
Mrs. Zeina El Khoury
World Vision
Senior project coordinator
Office:(+961) 4-401980/1/3 | Ext. 47 | Fax: (+961) 4-401982
Mobile: (+961) 3-547770
Villa Siniyora, Mountazah, Mansourieh , P.O.Box 55355, Sin el Fil, Lebanon.
zeina_elkhoury@wvi.org | www.worldvision.org.lb
Dr. Maha Damaj
Program manager at UNICEF (CURRENTLY Qatar)
Email: dimaggio@cyberuia.net.lb
Dr. Ghassan Issa
Arab Resources Collective
General coordinator
arcgi@mawared.org
Mobile: 03-277035
Rabih El Chammay
Head of Mental Health Program, Ministry of Health
Faculty of medicine, St. Joseph University
rabihelchammay@gmail.com
Mobile: 03-390935
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