The final annual report of the IFRC Psychosocial Centre is also the first for the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub.
On 1 January 2025, the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support officially transformed into the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub. Hosted in Copenhagen by the Danish Red Cross (DRC), it is the first entity uniting the entire Movement in one formal partnership. The Movement MHPSS Hub represents the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Societies.
Personally, I am reminiscing over more than two decades at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre. What stands out most vividly is the dedication of the many colleagues with whom I have shared so many moments of laughter and tears, hopes and frustration, achievements and challenges – the people who build an international MHPSS community with a global reach to help people in need. We can be proud of the history we represent, and it encourages us to turn it into the future it deserves in a world where mental health is more challenged than ever before. I am not expecting it to be easy, but I cannot wait to get started. Mental health matters! In essence, it is as simple as that.
