Georgian Association For Psycho Social Aid NDOBA

Georgian Association For Psycho Social Aid NDOBA is an NGO, that has been functioning since 1990. It established the first structure of psychosocial aid in Georgia and was the author of new models of psychosocial aid, and to offer first crisis intervention services in the form of telephone hotline, a center of crisis intervention and mental health, as well as crisis intervention mobile teams. Ndoba trains professionals and organizations and assists them in implementing programs of psychosocial and crisis aid. Strategic directions of Ndoba are: Direct interventions with/for people (individual and groups; Integration of mental health and psychosocial crisis assistance in allied fields (primary health care, educational system etc); Capacitating organizations and professionals working in mental health and adjoining fields. From the very day of its foundation Ndoba has successfully carried out service oriented projects that address the needs of citizens, spread the knowledge and experience and advocate for the implementation of mental health reform processes in Georgia. NDOBA adheres to the following principles of engagement: guarantee of anonymity, non-interference in religious, & political views, multidisciplinary nature of aid: psychological, socio-legal, medical and pedagogic approaches into one system.