Care for Caregivers

You Cannot Pour from an Empty Cup

Supporting the mental health and well-being of frontline workers, counselors, and caregivers.

CFC

Care for Caregivers (CFC) is a workshop designed to support the mental health and well-being of people who care for others, including counselors, community health workers, social workers, and frontline staff. Working with trauma survivors can take a toll, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma.​

CFC provides caregivers with tools for self-care, stress management, and emotional resilience so they can continue supporting others without sacrificing their own well-being.

How it works?

CFC workshops focus on:

  • Disseminating psychosocial education to frontline workers​
  • Establishing emotional safety and awareness​
  • Sharing stress management techniques​
  • Building a self-care plan for sustainable practice


Sessions are interactive and experiential, creating space for caregivers to process their own experiences and build peer support networks.

Why CFC Matters?

Caregivers often absorb the pain of those they serve. Without proper support, this can lead to:

  • Emotional exhaustion and burnout
  • Reduced effectiveness in their work
  • Physical symptoms like sleep problems, headaches, and fatigue
  • Secondary traumatic stress


CFC helps caregivers recognize these signs and build sustainable practices to protect their well-being.

Who is this for?

  • Women survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, and sexual exploitation, or any other traumatic experiences
  • Marginalized single women who have lost husbands and families
  • Adolescent girls, including survivors of SGBV
    Members of the LGBTIQA+ community facing persecution and discrimination
  • Survivors of natural disasters and conflict-related trauma
  • People with disabilities

How to Participate

If you work in mental health or are an organization supporting vulnerable populations, investing in your and your staff’s well-being is essential. Contact us to bring CFC to your team.

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From this program, I can speak up, I can laugh, and I have received much support here. My family relations have improved. I am free of tension now.

SDP Participant