Médecins Sans Frontières - Mental Health in Ukraine

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB126629

Date taken / Date Recorded 15/05/2022 12:00 AM

Country Ukraine

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Faris Al-Jawad

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m14s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1350px 325.35 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Vira, displaced person from Lyman

“I don’t feel heartache, it's like a sore soul. And it immediately brings me to tears, I can't describe how it is.”

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Like hundreds of thousands
of other Ukrainians,
Vira had to flee intense fighting in Ukraine.

Her experiences have affected her mental health.

Vira, displaced person from Lyman

“I feel fear in my soul. My fingers and hands begin to get cold. I’m worried about my relatives, who are still at home - my son who is still living where there is fighting.”

Lina Villa, Mental Health Activity Manager in Dnipro

“We are still in survival mode. Displaced people, who are coming from the most difficult places, are still trying to find a way to survive.”

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Between mid-April and mid-May, MSF teams provided over
1,000 mental health sessions across Ukraine.

Lina Villa, Mental Health Activity Manager in Dnipro

“They are really having a lot of fear about what is going on.
Uncertainty about the future.
Hopelessness, because they don't know what is going to happen, and they see that time is moving on and nothing is changing.”

Svitlana, displaced person in Zaporizhzhia.

“Loud sounds started to scare me. For instance, if the door bangs or something drops loudly, I jump up out of fright. It is my initial reaction.

Here at the shelter, I talk to the MSF psychologist. I like it. I'm trying to follow her advice and I hope it will help me improve my relationships with relatives.”

Lina Villa, Mental Health Activity Manager in Dnipro

“Mental health support now must be increased to really allow people to face what is going on and to prevent things becoming more difficult and more serious, especially because they will need all their strength to rebuild their lives.
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