OSSTT wishes to congratulate Mr Behrouz Boochani for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award which he received for his ground-breaking work, No Friend But The Mountain. OSSTT continues to be deeply concerned at the long-term detention of asylum seekers and refugees as an abuse of human rights, and again calls on Australia to urgently provide the men on Manus Island with genuine resettlement opportunities in countries that will enable them to access the health and mental health care they need in order to recover and live safely and productively.
Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma provides individual, group and family counselling support to survivors of torture and trauma in overseas locations.
Training
Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma provides training to other service providers in the sector.
Educate
Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma provides education and capacity building to local communities.
Recommended Reading
Needs Assessment: Protection and Service Gaps for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Manus Island and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (.pdf)