{"id":4740,"date":"2026-04-17T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:16:44","slug":"mobile-mhpss-teams-under-the-starlight-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/mobile-mhpss-teams-under-the-starlight-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile MHPSS Teams\u00a0under\u00a0the Starlight\u00a0Programme\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally&nbsp;established&nbsp;as an immediate response to individuals experiencing distress&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;whether in transit or staying in emergency facilities such as reception&nbsp;centres&nbsp;and shelters&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;our mobile teams help mitigate the impact of trauma. This includes distress resulting from displacement, loss of family connections, and disruptions to everyday life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since VELA\u2019s&nbsp;inception, the Starlight&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;has been continuously implemented through the first quarter of 2025 across three&nbsp;voivodeships:&nbsp;Ma\u0142opolskie&nbsp;(Lesser Poland),&nbsp;Mazowieckie&nbsp;(Masovian), and&nbsp;Dolno\u015bl\u0105skie&nbsp;(Lower Silesian). During this period, VELA Poland has served as UNICEF\u2019s child protection partner on the ground, delivering mobile and community-based psychosocial support to refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We worked with teams of experienced psychologists, social workers, and outreach officers who visit large-scale accommodation&nbsp;centres&nbsp;as well as smaller shelters in Warsaw and Krak\u00f3w. Our professionals supported the most vulnerable populations, focusing on children, women, and individuals facing psychological challenges. We provided both group and individual activities, including women\u2019s groups, children\u2019s groups, recreational activities for children, parenting support, and individual consultations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mhpss-1024x771.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4744\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mhpss-1024x771.webp 1024w, https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mhpss-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mhpss-768x578.webp 768w, https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mhpss.webp 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally&nbsp;established&nbsp;as an immediate response to individuals experiencing distress&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;whether in transit or staying in emergency facilities such as reception&nbsp;centres&nbsp;and shelters&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;our mobile teams help mitigate the impact of trauma. This includes distress resulting from displacement, loss of family connections, and disruptions to everyday life.&nbsp; Since VELA\u2019s&nbsp;inception, the Starlight&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;has been continuously implemented through the first quarter of 2025 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emergency-response"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4752,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions\/4752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velapoland.ngo\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}