At least 1\/3 of humanitarian staff have\nexperienced emotional stress, a feature of burn out on a regular basis. In\nfact, there are many factors humanitarian workers are exposed to which includes\npoor sleeping diet, jetlag, eating in airports and not having a regular meal\nall times as well as a poor work life balance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, people away from home tend to work\nirregular hours and tend to work late, for, most of the times, they feel\nisolated. In fact, being away from home, friends and loved ones tend to\nincrease stress level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wheareas only 11% of Companies had implemented\na policy or a procedure to support business travellers with mental health\nissues, NGOs were more advanced regarding mental security. Being aware of the\nshocking images that will be inked in their employees memories, they made sure\nto ally with insurance companies in order to insure the safety of their workers\non a 24\/7 basis anywhere, everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These \u00ab care\nproducts \u00bb<\/a> have been designed for NGOs during\noverseas postings which include effective and innovative covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually, mental health in general is a\ndifficult topic and people are very reluctant to open up about mental health\nissues especially at work. It\u2019s much easier to tell people if you have got a\nbroken leg but to talk about depression or anxiety seems to still carry a\nstigma within the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s really important to make sure that your\nMission abroad policy is up to date and then alongside your staff system\u2019s program. NGOs should\nlook at ways that they can engage with their staff when they\u2019re relocating\ninternationally. Perhaps a third party expert hotline so they can speak to\nsomeone when they\u2019re feeling their most vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s also important to recognize that humanitarian workers need sleep. In fact, providing rest days, and allowing them to recover fully from trips also promotes emotional well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through the past couple of years, a number of\nkey changes occured in the travel habits of the modern mobile humanitarian\nworkers. There is an increase in the use of the share economy and technology in\ngeneral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This has an impact on cyber security with\npersonal data being shared more widely across various different technologies.\nMoreover, the need for accustomized services impacts how organizations protect\ntheir staff while abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n NGOs need to focus on digressing inclusion in\ntheir mobile staff\u2019 management policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, there is a need for a profile\nspecific advice for LGBT staff who may be travelling in countries who are\nstrict, anti-gay laws, or for female travellers particularly if they are travelling\non mission alone or planning to go out after dark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also recommended that the use of shared\neconomy services is trackable either integrated within an internal booking\nsystem or otherwise, and also that is integrated within a staff\u2019 management\npolicy potentially specific per a country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact it is up to individual organizations whether\nthey encourage \u00ab bleisure travel \u00bb or not from a security\nperspective. It is crucial to know who is responsible for the health and safety\nof mobile staff while they\u2019re on the leisure portion of their assignment. It\u2019s\nvital for organizations to capture the travel itineraries of their employees\nwhen they are on \u00ab bleisure travel \u00bb, that they communicate what\nresources they have in emergency situation such as a 24\/7 assistance provider, that\nalso emergency contact details are shared between staff, desks and headquarter\nand that insurance cover is communicated appropriately for the leisure portion\nof that trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSF,\nDoctors of the World, Premiere Urgence International and others aren\u2019t\noblivious to the issues within the sector and through the use of workshops on\nresilience, secondary trauma, burnout and PTSD, they have been trying to start\na conversation. Matthew Saltmarsh (Senior Communication Officer at UNHCR)\nbelieves that the future of a safer workplace will depend on NGOs\u2019 willingness (whatever\nthe size) to show the new generations of humanitarian workers that NGOs are\nbetter prepared to protect and support their mobile staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have any questions or comments on this topic, please let us know\u00a0: contact@ambrelia.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ambrelia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mental-Health-Awareness-for-mobile-humanitarian-staff.jpg\")
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