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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 201-204 |
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From midwife in Eritrea to psychosocial worker in Egypt: a story of challenges and opportunities
Lebona Yohannes
psychosocial worker with the Psychosocial Services and Training Institute Cairo (PSTIC) in Cairo, Egypt. Lebona Yohannes is not her real name and prefers not to reveal her identity. Therefore, the author can be contacted through the editor of Intervention: The author works as a psychosocial worker with the Psychosocial Services and Training Institute Cairo (PSTIC) in Cairo, Egypt. Lebona Yohannes is not her real name. The author prefers not to reveal her identity. Therefore, the author can be contacted through the editor of ‘Intervention’:
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The author, an Eritrean psychosocial worker in Egypt, describes how she became a refugee from persecution. As a result of her flight from Eritrea, she lost almost everything: her job, her income and ties to her family. She knows how hard the life of a refugee is, from direct experience. Originally trained as a midwife, she later became involved in psychosocial support and is now a refugee worker assisting the Eritrean community in Cairo. In this paper, a personal reflection, she describes how becoming a psychosocial helper has been important to her personal development, while at the same time has also been personally very demanding. Peer supervision has been an essential element to keeping a balance in her life.
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