Our Humanitarian Peer Supporters (HPS)
In alphabetical order
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Peer support: a link in the chain of recovery for humanitarian aid workers
CoCreate Humanity is pleased to introduce its current humanitarian peer support team. Humanitarian peer support in mental health cannot be improvised — it requires a clear framework, trained staff and proper supervision.
Access to our peer support team is free of charge and available by appointment via email: info@cocreatehumanity.org
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CCH works with a wide network of mental health professionals and holistic care practitioners. This allows peer beneficiaries to continue or complement their support according to their individual and personal needs.
Anne-Sophie Porche
With over 20 years of professional experience in International Cooperation and Solidarity in strategic positions both in France and abroad, Anne-Sophie has supervised, trained, and supported multicultural, multidisciplinary teams in both French and English.
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Her senior management roles within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, United Nations agencies (UNICEF & WFP), and NGOs (Doctors of the World, Action Against Hunger, and Humanity & Inclusion) have allowed her to carry out missions in France, Haiti, Mauritania, Rwanda, Sudan/Darfur, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Comoros, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, and Armenia.
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Anne-Sophie has coordinated emergency, post-emergency, and development programs in Public and Community Health at the level of national healthcare structures, vulnerable populations in France and abroad, and displaced persons camps, while also handling representation and advocacy responsibilities with governmental and international bodies. She has been trained in psychological support techniques used by the International Committee of the Red Cross. As a volunteer, she was a member of the psychological support team at Action Against Hunger in Paris, assisting expatriates returning from missions and addressing security incidents during missions. To fulfill her role as Nutrition Cluster Coordinator at UNICEF for Somalia, she obtained the United Nations SSAFE certificate, "Safe and Secure Approaches to the Field Environment," after two weeks of immersion in a Kenyan military camp.
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Always striving to refine her general and technical skills for teaching, supporting, and advising, Anne-Sophie has undertaken certification courses such as "Program Design and Group Facilitation in Professional Training," "Leadership and Intercultural Management-COF," "Reconsolidation Therapy - Foundations and Practice," and "Compassion Fatigue - Vicarious Trauma." Anne-Sophie has always been dedicated to ensuring the well-being of humanitarian staff, whether they are paid, volunteers, or interns, focusing on preserving their mental and physical integrity across cultures and managing stress and compassion fatigue through listening, sharing, mutual support, and kindness, with the adage: "The word Human is in the word humanitarian."
Joining the CCH team represented an opportunity to contribute to the well-being of humanitarian personnel by supporting peer assistance and mental health recovery efforts. This commitment materialized in 2023 as a volunteer humanitarian peer supporter. Anne-Sophie holds degrees in International Relations, specializing in Diplomacy and Defense Strategy, International Geopolitics, and Public Health - Management of Public Health Services and Actions from Paris universities.
Brigitte Louison
After obtaining a social worker diploma and a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology, Brigitte quickly directed her professional choices towards international solidarity and humanitarian work. Following her logistics training at the Bioforce center, she decided to further specialize by taking courses in humanitarian project coordination, also with Bioforce.
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Brigitte has dedicated around ten years to working on the ground in the field of international solidarity, engaging in various projects such as professional training and insertion (AFVP - Burkina Faso), care and follow-up of people living with HIV (Centre Muraz - Burkina Faso), reception and follow-up of migrants (Caritas - Morocco), and monitoring of detainees (ICRC - Madagascar).
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After supporting learners and graduates from the Bioforce training center in their professional projects and careers for over 15 years, Brigitte is now embarking on a new phase of her professional life. She is now focused on individual, collective, and team coaching, training, and supporting career transitions, particularly through skills assessments and IKIGAI pathways.
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What drives Brigitte is the opportunity to contribute, through support, training, and coaching, to the strengthening of each team member's capacities to help them work together towards achieving a common goal. She is committed to enhancing self-awareness to foster a professional and managerial stance that is both meaningful and authentic, and that generates success and joy for oneself and every team member.
Charlotte de Bellefonds
Charlotte de Bellefonds holds a law degree from the University of Nanterre and a Master’s in International Relations, International Security, and Defense from the University of Grenoble. She later joined the United Nations, where she has been working for several years on peace and security issues in Central Africa, notably in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and in Gabon (UNOCA). Passionate about travel, she speaks English in addition to her native French.
Demba Diack
Demba Diack is a seasoned professional in international development and public health, with more than 25 years of experience in designing, managing, and evaluating programs in West and Central Africa. He holds a Master’s degree in Health and a Master’s degree in Development Anthropology (EHESS Paris), combining technical expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to mobilize stakeholders around common goals.
Mr. Diack has worked within multilateral organizations, bilateral cooperation, and NGOs in humanitarian contexts, where he has led interventions in emergency and post-conflict situations. He has been particularly active in the field of psychosocial support for people living with chronic diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cancer), contributing to the training of community mediators and psychosocial counselors. He led the development of a psychosocial support guide designed for the training of these actors, in an approach focused on listening, peer support, and the dignity of beneficiaries.
His career includes senior-level positions at Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, Expertise France, LuxDev, and French diplomacy, where he managed complex projects in health, food security, vocational training, and socio-economic development. He is currently Senior Country Manager at Gavi, where he oversees the Alliance’s investments in West and Central Africa, particularly in Cameroon, Guinea, and Togo.Fluent in French, English, and local languages, Demba Diack is recognized for his leadership skills, professional rigor, and ability to thrive in multicultural, institutional, and sensitive environments.
Elsa Chemin
Elsa Chemin is a certified Integral Coach and humanitarian worker with over 10 years of experience across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe.
Over the years, Elsa has both experienced and witnessed the mental health and well-being challenges faced by colleagues and friends. This led her to train as a coach and to continue deepening her learning in trauma-informed approaches. Her aim is to offer a supportive space for individuals working in challenging environments.
Alongside her coaching work, she joined CoCreate Humanity in 2024 to support fellow humanitarians who may need a space to slow down, connect, or simply be heard. Elsa speaks French and English, and in her free time enjoys spending time in nature, dancing salsa, and reading.
Emeline Ferrier
Passionate about diversity and intercultural understanding from an early age, Emeline left her native Ariège at the age of 16 to study in London for a year, having been awarded a scholarship. Upon returning to France, her strong commitment to justice, equality, and human dignity led her to become involved in local activism and community work alongside her studies.
She holds a Master’s degree in International Cooperation, specializing in humanitarian project management and foreign languages (French, English, Spanish, and Russian). She initially worked on development projects but quickly shifted her focus to emergency contexts.For seven years, she worked in the field coordinating health (both physical and mental) and mine action projects, primarily in countries affected by armed conflict such as Afghanistan, Iraq, northeast Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and South Sudan. Her main areas of expertise include victim assistance, risk education on mines and explosive ordnance, inclusion of people with disabilities, and conflict sensitivity. She is IMAS EOD3 certified.Concerned about the impact, sustainability, and accountability of humanitarian programs, she has witnessed firsthand the harmful effects of institutional violence on the physical and mental health of humanitarian personnel, as well as on the quality of aid delivery.
Today, Emeline is committed to contributing to the humanitarian sector in a different way, by supporting first responders through peer support and, soon, through equine-assisted therapy.In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reconnecting with nature and horses, playing music, and sharing good meals and simple, meaningful moments with friends.
Etsamanga Caroline Piers
Etsamanga Caroline Piers was born in January 1974 in Paris, France.
Caring has been the guiding thread of her professional life.
Her first professional experience was with children, then she worked in humanitarian missions in post-conflict regions in roles related to administration-logistics, coordination, or as a community approach consultant (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo). Today, continuing this path of care, she provides brief therapy through dialogue and aquatic treatments, helping individuals and groups achieve greater harmony and inner peace—gently, with accuracy and sensitivity.
During her humanitarian work, she became aware of the deep scars left by past trauma, the accumulation of stress, and the secondary trauma inherent in such missions. These experiences impacted her and led her to leave the profession, prompting a broader personal realization.
During her last mission, far from any other possible support, she discovered TTT, Trauma Tapping Technique, precisely when she needed it the most. This first-aid gesture transformed her experience—from terror to joy, from insecurity to trust.
Her connection with CCH was an obvious choice. Having lived and witnessed it firsthand, she understands how isolating missions or returning from them can be after traumatic events. Prevention, awareness, and improved mental health support for humanitarians are essential.
She is also deeply committed to raising awareness about the underestimated impact of secondary trauma—which occurs when a person has not directly experienced a situation but has witnessed, heard, seen, or read about it. Caring for the mental health of humanitarians serves the greater good.
By engaging in peer support with CCH, she is offering others the space, listening, and support that she herself once lacked.
Fabienne Deraemaeker
Fabienne Deraemaeker was born in Belgium. She graduated as a social worker and began her career working with children in difficulty in Chad, Niger, and Romania. Eager to join the ICRC, she decided to further her studies and earned a Master’s degree in Socio-Anthropology and Political Science, along with a specialization in Humanitarian Action (NOHA).
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In 2007, Fabienne joined the ICRC and carried out various missions as a Protection Delegate and later as a Deputy Head of Sub-Delegation. She was deployed to countries such as Liberia, the Central African Republic, Pakistan, Senegal, and South Sudan. Additionally, she participated in two rapid deployment missions for the Federation, including during the earthquake in Haiti.
Upon returning to Belgium, Fabienne became the director of centers for children in difficulty and an asylum seekers' center. She also specialized in mental health and psychotraumatology. Noticing the increasing number of crises in her own country, she joined the emergency unit of the Ministry of Public Health, where she was tasked with establishing a center of expertise for the psychosocial support of victims in the acute phase of collective crises.
Fabienne then reconnected with the culture of emergency work, a passion of hers, but she also noticed that the sector continued to struggle with providing adequate support to its workers, whether in terms of primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention.
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She is convinced that cultural change must come from within institutions, a path to be traveled together by both management and workers. For her, this collective approach is essential, as humanitarian workers themselves sometimes, consciously or unconsciously, contribute to perpetuating the erroneous image of the "superman," passing on this vision to newcomers and stigmatizing those who show signs of vulnerability.
However, Fabienne acknowledges that society, by heroizing humanitarian workers, also deprives them of the right to simply be human. A hero, by definition, is perceived as a superhuman and infallible being, which denies humanitarian workers the possibility of expressing their fears and vulnerabilities.
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It is this desire to restore humanity to the humanitarian world that motivated Fabienne to contribute to Co-Create Humanity as a specialist in peer support. She firmly believes that peer support is an essential and necessary protection, alongside other efforts, to prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome and the suffering that affects not only the worker but also their surroundings and the institution itself.
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Fabienne wishes to join collective efforts to help humanitarian workers remain present on the ground with victims while maintaining their own mental health and continuing to practice one of the most rewarding professions in the world.
Manoela Lucena
Manoela Lucena is a Clinical, Social, and Cross-Cultural Psychologist with extensive experience in trauma and culturally sensitive mental health interventions. Currently serving as the MHPSS Advisor and Technical Expert with the Global Surge Platform for Save the Children International, she previously led the MHPSS & Protection Department for Action Against Hunger, overseeing psychosocial support programs for Ukrainian refugees in Romania and Poland, and internally displaced persons in Ukraine. Manoela has dedicated over 15 years to the humanitarian sector, including 7 years of specialized work in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Emergency Psychology, Disaster & Trauma Psychology, and EMDR therapy. She has contributed to numerous international organizations such as UNICEF, the British Red Cross, and Save the Children across countries like the UK, Brazil, Peru, Ireland, the US, Norway, Romania, Poland, and Ukraine.
In her private practice, she has supported humanitarian workers, expatriates, refugees, and asylum seekers, driven by a personal commitment to combat the stigma around mental health. Her approach emphasizes the importance of working within people's cultural belief systems, fostering self-awareness, self-compassion, and empowerment through active listening. Manoela’s academic work reflects her passion, with her undergraduate thesis on the sociocultural and psychological adaptation of Syrian refugees published in 2021. She completed her MSc thesis in 2020 on the influence of self-care on burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress among humanitarian workers—research that became particularly relevant during the pandemic where she first got involved with Co-Create Humanity, later joining its peer support group in 2021 to further assist in this vital work.
Manoela frequently conducts workshops on topics such as "The Cost of Caring – Caring for the Carers," where she addresses the consequences of vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue faced by humanitarian workers. Her sessions provide practical coping strategies, including psychological first aid, peer support, and self-care techniques. In her private practices she offered individual counselling to humanitarian workers, expatriates, refugees, and asylum seekers, remaining dedicated to empowering others and improving mental health support in the humanitarian field.
Mounkeila Abdoulaye
With nearly eight years of experience, Abdoulaye has made mental health care access and psychosocial support his main focus within humanitarian organizations. His mission is to find innovative, accessible, and high-quality solutions to alleviate human suffering, whether it be that of program and project beneficiaries or humanitarian workers, in humanitarian crisis contexts, particularly in the Sahel region.
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This challenge has led him to work in Niger and Mali alongside national and international NGOs such as Première Urgence Internationale, Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion, Save the Children International, the French Red Cross, COOPI, Search For Common Ground, and Le Pélican, where he worked on parenting guidance for parents with mental disabilities. His work has brought him into contact with various populations: host communities, displaced persons, refugees, migrants, sex workers, populations affected by armed conflicts, victims of sexual violence and trafficking, as well as repatriates.
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Passionate about environmental preservation and protection, Abdoulaye is also a founding member of the Nigerian NGO "Environnement Action et Développement Durable". Outside of his professional responsibilities, he is passionate about sports walking and dedicates part of his free time to volunteering, where he finds a personal balance that enriches his life and fuels his commitment to mental well-being.
Mukasa Moses
Mukasa is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Specialist, an independent consultant, and a qualitative researcher. His expertise lies in integrated programming and community-based approaches to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian contexts, particularly focusing on populations affected by conflict and displacement. His work strongly emphasizes intersectionality, ensuring that gender-responsive strategies are incorporated into support systems for those impacted by these crises.
Currently, he serves as the Inter-Regional MHPSS Expert for the East and Southern Africa Regions at Jesuit Refugee Services. Additionally, he is the Board Chair at the Institute for Community-Based Social Therapy and a Doctoral/PhD researcher at Ghent University in Belgium and Makerere University School of Psychology in Uganda, where his research centers on suicide in humanitarian settings - a topic he has explored throughout his education and career in the MHPSS field over the past decade. Mukasa has undergone extensive professional training in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in humanitarian settings, with a particular focus on community-based approaches.
Over the years, he has been actively involved in suicide advocacy and decriminalization initiatives, as well as in the research, coordination, and implementation of MHPSS programs across East, Central, and Southern Africa. His commitment also extends to similar projects in European countries, including Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands.Mukasa's research journey into suicide prevention began with a pivotal experience: while working with populations affected by forced displacement, he observed a significant increase in suicide and deliberate self-harm cases among refugees in East Africa, particularly in Uganda. This fueled his deep interest in suicide prevention within this vulnerable population, leading him to pursue a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion. His research, titled *Predictors of Suicidal Ideations Among Refugees in Palorinya Refugee Settlement of Northern Uganda*, underscores his dedication to addressing this critical issue.
Mukasa has collaborated with key organizations in Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva. This collaboration resulted in impactful research on suicide in humanitarian settings, culminating in the development of suicide guidance notes and a suicide mitigation toolkit for UNHCR operations, titled "Planning for Prevention and Risk Mitigation of Suicide in Refugee Settings", published in 2022.
Noëmie Maclet
Noëmie began her international career immediately after graduating from Sciences Po Paris in 2014. Her first position took her to Senegal, where she developed the activities of the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground in the Sahel. Passionate about the region, she then moved to Mali in 2018, where she coordinated the protection program of the Danish Refugee Council amid the intensification of conflict in the center of the country. During this period, she deployed emergency humanitarian responses in areas affected by fighting and serious human rights violations, notably working with women and girls who had survived violence, as well as separated and unaccompanied children. She also worked with people undertaking migration and exile journeys, leading a dedicated team to set up assistance points along migration routes. She then remained in Mali to take over the supervision of Search for Common Ground’s programs in the Sahel region, in an increasingly complex context marked by successive coups d’état.
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Subsequently, Noëmie moved to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to join the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), where she supported the preparation of the 2023 humanitarian programming cycle and the deployment of emergency responses in the eastern part of the country in the face of intensified hostilities between armed groups and forces. After this coordination experience, she chose to return to a more field-oriented position with the Danish Refugee Council, where she coordinated technical support for protection programs across the ten countries of East Africa and the Great Lakes covered by the organization. In this role, she regularly traveled to areas severely affected by conflict, mass displacement and food insecurity, in order to gather the needs of affected people and design responses focused on protecting their rights and dignity.
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In 2024, Noëmie decided to refocus her humanitarian commitment and specialize in the mental health of people directly exposed to conflict, violence and extreme danger. She resumed studies in clinical psychology and EMDR psychotherapy, with the ambition of specializing in the treatment of trauma among first responders and survivors of sexual violence. Currently in training, she plans to launch her practice in 2026. She is already engaged with CoCreate Humanity as a humanitarian peer supporter and with the Maison des Femmes in Marseille as a volunteer.
Paloma Vega
Paloma is a psychologist and humanitarian worker with more than eight years of experience in various contexts (Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East).
After witnessing for nearly a decade the challenges her humanitarian colleagues and friends face in maintaining good mental health and psychosocial well-being, Paloma joined CoCreate Humanity in April 2025, drawn by the organization’s commitment to fostering connection and psychosocial peer support.
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While continuing her work as a mental health and psychosocial support advisor, Paloma is eager to volunteer as a peer supporter for other humanitarians who may need a safe space to express themselves, be heard, and connect or reconnect.
Paloma enjoys reading, practicing yoga, and drinking coffee — though not all at the same time.
Paul Kopelen
He grew up in the Federal Republic of Germany along the southern border before moving to the United States.
As a young adult, he served with NATO in Bosnia, supporting United Nations peacekeeping operations and cataloging genocidal war crime sites across eastern Bosnia. It was there that he first understood what war and atrocities truly meant.
He spent 15 years supporting the United States Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, conducting humanitarian demining operations and other activities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In these locations, he worked and coordinated with the United Nations, Coalition partners, NGOs, and IGOs.
During these years, he gained a deep understanding of the impact of depression, suicide, and PTSD on the humanitarian workforce, exacerbated by multiple field rotations without support from their organizations. Throughout this period, he also supported Coalition counterterrorism operations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He retired from government service in 2017.
He completed an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology, a Master's degree in International Military Relations, and another Master's in Military Science.
In his free time, he enjoys reading, SCUBA diving, and traveling.
Rodney Gallwey
Rodney Gallwey has dedicated the past twenty years to working primarily in the humanitarian (ICRC) and development (UNDP) sectors at operational levels. His commitment has led him to engage in complex contexts, including rapid emergency deployments and crisis management. This experience has allowed him to work at various scales, whether at the national, regional, or headquarters level, giving him a deep understanding of organizational nuances.
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Throughout his career, Rodney has observed a significant gap between the realities on the ground in the countries where he was deployed and the perceptions of different managerial levels. He has also faced the challenges of burnout, the distress of his colleagues, constant stress, security incidents, and the uncertainty that characterizes these environments.
From these challenging experiences, he has learned that human and intercultural connections are invaluable and that mutual learning is essential for building true resilience. In his view, peer support is crucial for mutually supporting one another in these high-risk sectors and moving forward together on the path to recovery.
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Rodney is trilingual, fluent in French, English, and Spanish. In addition to his humanitarian work, he also offers olfactotherapy, a practice focused on emotional healing.
Sarah Verrier
Since 2010, Sarah has been committed to the field of international solidarity, working with various non-governmental organizations, including Solidarités International, Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion, Action Against Hunger, and Bioforce. She began her career in support roles, particularly in administrative, financial, and human resources management, before transitioning to operations and project management.
Throughout her career, Sarah has been deployed to numerous countries, including Afghanistan, Kenya, South Sudan, Haiti, Turkey, the Philippines, Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Jordan. Having returned to France a little over a year ago, she is currently working as a trainer in humanitarian professions.
Silvia Risi
Silvia was born in Italy and holds a degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bologna, which led her to study Arabic for a year in Syria. This experience sparked a realization: she wanted to dedicate her life to supporting people with fewer opportunities than she had. She later earned a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.
In 2006, Silvia left her small hometown near Bologna and moved to Lahore, Pakistan—without a job, but with a clear vision of what she wanted to achieve. She began working with a small local NGO focused on maternal and child protection, which marked the beginning of a 16-year career in international and non-governmental organizations. These included Première Urgence, CESVI, Concern Worldwide, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), as well as the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Her work took her to Afghanistan, Haiti, Chad, and—most notably—seven years in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Her roles primarily centered on management and coordination of emergency, post-emergency, and resilience programs.
After returning to Italy from the DRC, Silvia decided to pursue a new path. She trained in coaching and mentoring, with a particular focus on Travel Coaching—a field that deeply resonates with her. This new direction allows her to blend her long-standing passion for travel with personal transformation, exploring the healing potential that travel can offer.
Silvia joined CoCreate Humanity in September 2024, grateful for the opportunity to continue serving others. Today, she is dedicated to supporting humanitarian workers, with the ultimate goal of promoting mental health and well-being in a field where much remains to be done. She also offers support in Italian.
Stérenn Péresse
Stérenn Péresse, originally from southern Brittany, was born in 1975 in Chambray-lès-Tours, France, into a family of travelers. Her ancestors were farmers, fishermen, restaurateurs, and carpenters. She grew up near a forest in the western suburbs of Paris and spent every summer by the sea.
After obtaining a "scientific baccalaureate that opens all doors," Stérenn chose to pursue a career in hospitality with the ambition of opening her own dinner theater. However, her path took a different turn, shaped by various encounters, experiences, and a transformative trip to Cameroon in 2002.
The first ten years of her career were dedicated to hospitality, internet startups, real estate, and audiovisual production. It was after her journey to Cameroon that her second professional life began.
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For ten years, Stérenn split her time between France and Africa, working as a humanitarian in roles related to administration, finance, human resources, and logistics (DAF-RH-LOG), providing support in both emergency and development contexts, and as a social worker. She collaborated with a range of organizations, from small local groups to large international entities like the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross).
From a young age, Stérenn was fascinated by differences, and over time, she continuously explored their richness. Her professional journey is a mosaic of operational and management roles across various sectors, including associations, startups, SMEs, NGOs, individual enterprises, international organizations, and local governments. She has also held various statuses: volunteer, employee, expatriate, temporary worker, contractor, and now, entrepreneur.
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After a second professional life filled with twists and turns, Stérenn began her third life in Sète, in the south of France, where she has lived since 2015.
In 2012, she created the Facebook group LIHFE (L’Information Humanitaire For Everybody) with the idea of centralizing and sharing humanitarian information, bringing together experiences, and offering a space for discussion. For her, it was time to co-create and share methods and tools that she wished had been available at the start of her career, particularly to support humanitarian workers.
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To realize this vision, Stérenn pursued further training and is now a professional transition coach and a trainer in management and human resources through Couleurs RH, her Qualiopi-certified training organization founded in 2018. She is passionate about reactivating each person's motivation so they can give their best to a project that inspires them, while respecting themselves and others.
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In 2019, with the creation of CoCreate Humanity, Stérenn felt a deep sense of fulfillment: finally, a structure was dedicated to the mental health of humanitarian workers, an often-overlooked aspect. It was with gratitude and enthusiasm that she joined CCH as a peer supporter in March-April 2024. For her, it's an opportunity to use and share her rich professional experience within an organization dedicated to supporting humanitarians.
Thibault Malzieu
Thibault, passionate about human development, has over 18 years of experience as an expert in emergency humanitarian logistics. He has worked with renowned organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). For more than five years, he has shared his expertise as a trainer, collaborating with Bioforce and Toyota Gibraltar Stockholding. In addition to his logistics skills, Thibault is also a coach and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner, and he has served as a peer supporter for MSF Switzerland.
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In 2021, Thibault founded "Le Pas Sage au Trible," a retreat center primarily aimed at humanitarian workers. Located in the heart of nature, this sanctuary provides an ideal setting for recharging and regaining energy. Today, Thibault is fully dedicated to developing this project, which he views as essential for offering his peers a vital space for relaxation and decompression.
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Deeply empathetic, Thibault understands the critical importance of professional support in managing the often challenging realities of humanitarian work. He is committed to continually evolving in his role as a supporter. Passionate about life, collaboration, and the sharing of joy, Thibault embodies a genuine commitment to well-being and personal development.