Today, the PS Centre releases the first episode of a new podcast series: Heartbeat of Humanity

Heartbeat of Humanity is a podcast about mental health and psychosocial support. The podcast is mainly for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, especially staff and volunteers working in mental health and psychosocial support services.

In this first episode, technical advisor Sarah Harrison explores how we can better care for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.

Through interviews with Dick Clomén, Project Manager for Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Project on Addressing Mental Health & Psychosocial Consequences of Armed Conflicts, Natural Disasters & other Emergencies,  Hannele Hägmann, former Senior Health Officer at the IFRC and Adjmal Dulloo, Global Volunteering coordinator at the IFRC secretariat in Geneva,  Sarah explores the importance of staff and volunteer wellbeing from a global and organizational perspective for national societies and for the IFRC.

This is the first part of a two-part episode about caring for staff and volunteers.