Global Social Change and Trauma: Why caring for those caring for the world's neediest matters

"The world's humanitarian and development workers care for the hardest-hit on the globe - with poverty, war, and disease - and often work in volatile and unstable environments. The UN staff and global humanitarian workers on the front lines are there with a strong mission for global social change, and provide basic needs and education for billions across the globe. Yet they are exposed to vicarious trauma as they do their work, and also can develop their own physical and emotional trauma due to job stressors and a rapidly changing work environment. A trauma-informed mindful approach to the care of humanitarian and development staff is paramount for gaining sustainability on their mission, and for developing inner tools of transformation so that they can grow and thrive at the same time. This webinar shares trauma-sensitive mindfulness tools that have helped humanitarian staff around the world, and can be learned and practiced by anyone"