SOAS student creates storybook for children on COVID-19 in collaboration with the WHO

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Link to download book (pdf): https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/2020-04/My%20Hero%20is%20You%2C%20Storybook%20for%20Children%20on%20COVID-19.pdf

'Author, illustrator and current MSc Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice student at SOAS, Helen Patuck has written and illustrated an emergency children's book titled My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19 in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG), to help children across the world cope with the COVID-19 crisis.

"My Hero Is You" was developed with thousands of children and caregivers across the world, and the messaging was developed with a global team of psychologists at the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. The project was supported by global, regional and country based experts from Member Agencies of the IASC MHPSS RG, in addition to parents, carers, teachers and children in 104 countries. A global survey was distributed in Arabic, English, Italian, French and Spanish to assess children?s mental health and psychosocial needs during the COVID-19 outbreak. A framework of topics to be addressed through the story was developed using the survey results. The book was shared through storytelling to children in several countries affected by COVID-19. Feedback from children, parents and caregivers was then used to review and update the story.

"My Hero Is You" is available to download from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee website.'