22/05/2026
🔔 At the request of the Swiss Medical Students' Association - swimsa, CoCreate Humanity (CCH) will have the pleasure of presenting its humanitarian peer-support initiative in mental health during a webinar on May 27, from 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm CET.
Thank you Eliott Tyler for your trust and your interest in our work.
Peer support is an essential component of the recovery journey for humanitarian workers experiencing psychological distress related to their professional engagement. Grounded in shared lived experience, solidarity among peers, and experiential knowledge, it complements existing psychosocial support and mental health services.
CoCreate Humanity’s work is aligned with the growing international commitment to better protect humanitarian personnel. It echoes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2730, initiated by Switzerland and adopted on 24 May 2024, which calls for strengthened protection and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations personnel in conflict settings. It also reflects the orientations promoted by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which advocates for greater recognition of lived experience and experiential expertise in the design, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services.
➡️ Free registration here: https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/meeting/register/Xnj9Tan2Q06ai8y-EY5i7A
Gena Benavente and Noemie Maclet look forward to welcoming you.
🟣 Géna Benavente is a clinical psychologist with a Master’s degree in clinical psychopathology and psychoanalytic psychology from Université Lumière Lyon 2, France. As the daughter of humanitarian workers, she spent seventeen years living across multiple countries — Uganda, Jordan, Niger, Sudan, the DRC, and Kenya — an experience that profoundly shaped her personality, values, and career path.
🟣 Noëmie Maclet is a humanitarian professional specializing in protection, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and peacebuilding. With over a decade of experience, she has worked on multiple frontlines — the Sahel, Central Africa, East and Horn of Africa, and the Middle East — leading and supporting responses for populations affected by armed conflict, displacement, and severe human rights violations, as well as frontline responders exposed to high-intensity stress. Noëmie has worked across diverse contexts with several INGOs and UN agencies, including Search for Common Ground, OCHA, DRC, and NRC, and has developed strong expertise in the psychological and psychosocial impact of violence, displacement, and conflict.
