#Mental_Health_Month: Care in Humanitarian Settings The Ethiopian Social Work Professional Association was honoured to participate in a workshop on Mental Health: Care in Humanitarian Settings, focusing on the well-being and protection of women and children affected by crisis organized by Alenelachehu Charity Organization in partnership with UNCHR, NCA, JRS, and RRS on May 26, 2026, at UNECA, Addis Ababa . During the discussion, ESWPA emphasized that mental health interventions in Ethiopia;🎯 Must go beyond imported Western models alone;🎯 Reports should not count on the number of sessions and number of reach but on the real IMPACT on the well-being of clients;           and 🎯 ESWPA calls for the national MHPSS strategy to consider traditional healing mechanismsESWPA underlines:Humanitarian and mental health service providers should recognize, respect, and responsibly integrate indigenous knowledge, local cultural values, community coping systems, and traditional healing mechanisms alongside professional practices. Sustainable psychosocial healing in humanitarian settings requires culturally grounded, community-led, and locally relevant approaches that reflect the lived realities of affected communities. There is no meaningful humanitarian recovery without mental health, dignity, belonging, and social connection.No Health Without Mental HealthESWPA Team