Samutthana, is the King’s College London Resource Centre for Trauma, Displacement and Mental Health. Samutthana means “renewal” or “regeneration” in Sanskrit. The project was established with the help of a grant from CAFOD by volunteers from the UK-Sri Lanka Trauma Group, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in the UK.

During its first year of existence the Forum for Research and Development, Mangrove Network and Basic Needs were its local partners. The main aim of Samutthana is to provide training and support for organisations and individuals responding to trauma related psychosocial needs of tsunami survivors and others who has experienced trauma in Sri Lanka. Through its training programme Samutthana aims to contribute to capacity building in Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness and mental health care in general.