Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the newly revised ISHHR website and my best wishes for the New Year. Let’s hope that after such a deplorable start to the year with the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza and a worsening humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, the rest of 2009 will bring a rapid resolution to
these crises and the hope of lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. In the meantime, we will do our best to add ISHHR’s voice to the many voices that have been urging governments and others in positions of influence to do their utmost to bring this appalling situation to an end.
Following a very successful and enjoyable conference and capacity building workshops in Lima, Peru, we have been working hard to organize the material from the conference so that it can be accessed by ISHHR members, either through this website or through the ISHHR portal that will be developed by our Psychevisual partners. We are confident that the result will make available a very valuable resource to assist with capacity building in the field. It will be up to all of us henceforth to make it count.
In order to make the most of these and other resources, it is essential that we redouble our efforts to increase ISHHR’s membership, so that as many relevant organizations and individuals as possible can have ready access to them.
We are also still considering the options presented at the conference for the venue for the IX. International ISHHR conference. We will keep you informed, both by email and through our website. Please contact Janset Berzeg at projectofficer@ishhr.com for any queries, comments and ideas.
Jorge Aroche
Secretary General, ISHHR
