• • • • • Most camp managers felt that the people who were tasked to do the validation wasn’t competent enough to check on strength of structures; The financial and or relief assistance from LGU is delayed. “dugay ang supporta” and “unya naay uban na victims na wala gyud natagaan tungod kay walay coordination” one camp manager complained about the lack of clear protocols especially in communicating with MSDO there is also a discrepancy in the validation report. Not all households are listed. There are households listed that do not belong to a specific camp where the report was submitted. There are also discrepancies in the actual reporting – houses that are totally damaged were tagged partially damaged. These were all reported to MSWD and was revalidated. New report is currently being generated. Cash assistance is not released as of yet. As per LGU there’s no complete data yet that will support releases of cash assistance. The concerns that were raised during the discussion was synthesized and presented back to the participants. Ms. Villanueva also asked permission from the participants if the concerns that were raised can be included in the report. Participants affirmed that they agree to have their articulated concerns included in the documentation. Learning Input 3: Introduction to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support | 2:37 PM – 2:53 PM In the last learning input of the day, Ms. Villanueva introduced the themes on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support. She opened her discussion by presenting how different disasters affect people and how they respond to the situation. She then continued by providing the definition of important concepts such as mental health and psychosocial. Ms.Villanueva borrowed the WHO definition of mental health: a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to the community. To make it more accessible to the participants, Ms. Villanueva provided the definition of psychosocial in the Filipino language: “Ito ay ang pinagsamang impluwensiya ng kalagayang sikolohikal, ng kapaligiran, at karanasan ng isang tao sa kanyang kalagayan sa buhay.” Other significant points that were shared during the learning session includes the definition of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support including the Intervention Pyramid for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Extreme Life Events. At 2:53 in the afternoon, the last learning session concluded. 18