Gaz (Garry) Kishere is a Brit who comes from the South coast of England. He has been working in people caring contexts for the last 30 years, mostly in the sector of charities and NGO’s. Whilst having a desire to personally engage with issues considered to be frontline humanitarian work, it is behind the scenes that he has found the most opportunities to address needs, in helping important workers and volunteers to remain healthily engaged with difficult work and avoiding long recoveries associated with secondary trauma.

Gaz is co founder of the counter human trafficking charity Cross Border Initiatives, which has adjusted its humanitarian mandate to include therapeutic support of frontline workers. As one project leader stated: “ it is not that we are losing people to stress and burn out, it is that we are losing their experience and expertise, which is an unacceptable loss”

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