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Capacity Building for Foreign Treatment Centers
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Capacity Building for Foreign Treatment Centers
Implementing Partners: Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Download a contact list of CVT Treatment Centers (pdf, 61kb)
Funding Period: September 2000 - June 2006
Amount: $4,138,784
Purpose: Strengthen the organizational viability, service delivery,
and advocacy capacity of foreign treatment centers.
Objectives:
- Strengthen the capacity of 17 treatment centers located in Africa, Asia,
the Near East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe; enhance their organizational and
financial sustainability, clinical capacity and services, and advocacy campaigns
- Build clinical capacity among community torture treatment resources,
NGO and government health and social services organizations in Cambodia in order to
have a broad impact on torture survivors; and formalize linkages between these
organizations
- Strengthen research capabilities of selected centers to enable them to
measure the impact of rehabilitation interventions and treatment on the functioning and
well-being of torture survivors
- Build the capacity of Paraprofessional Psychosocial Agents (PSAs) to
provide counseling services to torture survivors in Kono District, Sierra Leone
Accomplishments:
- Completed 17 organizational assessments, with full reports shared with
partners
- All centers received Technology Enhancement, Operational Support, and
on-site technical assistance subgrants
- All centers participated in CVT or International Rehabilitation Council
for Torture Victims Training Workshops
- Eight centers reported an increase in client base
- Five centers developed new strategic plans and organizational
designs
- Eight centers developed new financial management systems or received
additional financial management training
- 15 centers have purchased new office equipment and software to
improve functionality, database management, and client confidentiality
- Eight centers strengthened management staffing
- Three centers received direct funding from USAID missions
- Four centers reported an increase in fundraising capability and
effectiveness
- Three Healing Centers established in Kono District, Sierra Leone,
treating more than 1,500 clients; 17 PSAs have been trained and are supervised by a CVT
staff clinician
- In Cambodia, a core group of five governmental and nongovernmental organizations has
been identified to plan for the development of trauma treatment resources and community
education under the guidance of a local lead agency
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CVT works locally, nationally, and internationally to heal the wounds of torture. Founded
in 1985, CVT provides care and rehabilitative services in Minneapolis to survivors of
government-sponsored or politically motivated torture and members of their families.
Care is provided on an outpatient basis and is tailored to meet each client's needs. This
frequently includes medical treatment, psychotherapy, support in the political asylum
process, assistance in finding a safe and stable place to live, and basic living necessities.
Through the International Capacity-Building Project, CVT provides training and
technical assistance to 17 treatment centers in Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ethiopia,
Guatemala, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Romania,
Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
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