The Community
Association for Psychosocial Services (CAPS) is an organization providing
quality, holistic psychosocial care at the individual, group, and community
levels. Formed in 2005, CAPS was borne
out of the vision and desire by the local staffs that were employed and trained
by the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), an International NGO that
specializes in psychological treatment of torture survivors.
CAPS began independent operation in Kailahun in 2006, extended its operations to Kono in 2008, and has maintained its presence in these two districts of eastern Sierra Leone for the past 8 years. CAPS has its administrative headquarter in Freetown on 10 Access Road, Barbadorie, Lumley, Freetown.
Our target beneficiaries are survivors of torture and organized violence and severely traumatized people in post-war Sierra Leone, including amputees. CAPS also works with prison staff and inmates. CAPS has also added a strong capacity building component in its operations by providing training on stress and trauma for over 260 health workers across 12 chiefdoms in the whole of Kono district in eastern Sierra Leone.
KEY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
As a results-oriented institution, CAPS operation has attracted support from various donor partners across the globe. Some of the successful project interventions undertaken by CAPS include:
CAPS began independent operation in Kailahun in 2006, extended its operations to Kono in 2008, and has maintained its presence in these two districts of eastern Sierra Leone for the past 8 years. CAPS has its administrative headquarter in Freetown on 10 Access Road, Barbadorie, Lumley, Freetown.
Our target beneficiaries are survivors of torture and organized violence and severely traumatized people in post-war Sierra Leone, including amputees. CAPS also works with prison staff and inmates. CAPS has also added a strong capacity building component in its operations by providing training on stress and trauma for over 260 health workers across 12 chiefdoms in the whole of Kono district in eastern Sierra Leone.
KEY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
As a results-oriented institution, CAPS operation has attracted support from various donor partners across the globe. Some of the successful project interventions undertaken by CAPS include:
- 2007-2008
–Project Title: Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Victims and Prevention of
Torture in Kono and Kailahun Districts; sponsored by RCT (now DIGNITY- Danish
Institute against torture, OAK central Grant, United Nation Voluntary Funds for
Torture Victims UNVFTV)
- 2008-2013
– Project Title: Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Victims and Prevention of
Torture in Kono and Kailahun Districts; sponsored by RCT (now DIGNITY- Danish
Institute against torture), OAK central Grant, United Nation Voluntary Funds
for Torture Victims UNVFTV
- 2009-2011- Project Title: International Capacity
Building Project (ICB); sponsored by CVT/USAID
- 2011-2014
Project Title: Partners in Trauma
Healing Project (PATH Project);
sponsored by CVT/USAID
- 2012-2013 – Project Title: Anti stigma Awareness
Raising Campaign on the Reintegration and Resettlement of Deportees and
Returnees from Europe; sponsored by Health NetTPO Holland.
- 2011-2013 – Project Title: Innovations for
maternal, newborn and child health in Kono District (Helping Health Workers
Cope Project); sponsored by Concern Worldwide Sierra Leone
- 2010-2014 – Project Title: Enabling Access to
Mental Health Sierra Leone Project (awareness raising and sensitization on
mental health issues in Sierra Leone in
collaboration with University of Makeni and City of Rest; sponsored by European
Union)
