Disaster Relief and Mental Health: Comparing Residential Centers in Colorado and Poland
Since 202, IMR has been privileged to serve two residential centers over the long term: one for unhoused individuals in Denver, Colorado during the Covid pandemic and the other for displaced Ukrainians in Warsaw, Poland following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While these two centers were located across the globe from each other, the number-one diagnosis IMR volunteers saw in both residential populations was one relating to mental health. Similarities in Populations There are multiple similarities between the two populations. Limited Privacy Both communities lived in a communal situation where they spent their time during the day, for their meals