29/12/2025
STOP updates: Post-Disaster Peer Support Training
STOP was keeping a close eye on community needs after the Tai Po Fire incident. As STOP has strong ties with MDW community, it found that the MDWs directly affected by the disaster, especially Bahasa-Indonesia speakers, had little access to emotional support due to language barriers. Meanwhile, MDWs typically turn to friends or fellow workers for help and comfort.
In response to the identified service gap, STOP and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Hong Kong with the shared concern co-held a Post-Disaster Peer Support Training for MDW community leaders on 14 December 2025. Psychologists and professional counsellors from MSF explained stress after crisis, practical skills to cope with emotions, and Psychological First Aids (PFA) principles, while STOP Program Manager, Dr. Chole Martin gave self-care tips for carers. Bahasa-Indonesia translation was also provided on site.
About 40 community leaders became more equipped to support fire-affected and other trauma-affected MDWs. They shared what they learned:
- “(How to) be a good listener and understand someone’s behaviour and characteristics. Ways and means of giving support to a person who are in trauma and feeling depressed.”
- “Let’s also have boundaries and self-care (when we help others), this is what I love hearing.”
災後朋輩支援培訓
STOP 在大埔火災事件發生後，持續密切關注社區需求。由於 STOP 與外籍家庭傭工（MDW）社群關係密切，發現受災影響的外籍家庭傭工，尤其是講印尼語者，因語言障礙而難以獲得情緒支援。同時，外籍家庭傭工通常會向朋友或同工尋求幫助與慰藉。
為回應所識別的服務缺口，STOP 與無國界醫生（香港）於2025年12月14日合辦了一場災後朋輩支援培訓，針對外籍家庭傭工社群領袖。無國界醫生的註冊心理學家及專業輔導員講解危機後壓力、情緒應對實用技巧，以及心理急救（PFA）原則；STOP 項目經理 Dr. Chole Martin 則分享照顧者自我照顧提示。現場並提供印尼語翻譯。
約40位社群領袖經此培訓後，更具備能力支援受火災影響及其他創傷影響的外籍家庭傭工。他們分享所學：
-「（如何）成為良好傾聽者，並理解他人的行為及特質。支援創傷及感到抑鬱人士的方法。」
-「在幫助他人時，亦要設定界限並自我照顧，這是我最喜歡聽到的部分。」
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