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Agency For Families in Distress AFFID AFFID is about bridging the gaps in knowledge and institutional capacities transformation and empowerment of communities and institutions to break the cycle of violence and accelerate public safety security Agency For Families in Distress AFFID Welcome to the Agency for Families in Distress AFFID a Center for reliablecompassionate and uptodate information on mental health issues access resources and a holistic cuttingedge strategy to break the cycle of trauma and violence in the society heal and restore mental health and general wellbeing What Drives Us Our Mission We mobilize communities national regional and international cooperation and collaborationfor the bridgingof judgmentaction gapsa break the cycle of trauma and violence accelerate public safety security and development integrating cutting edge issues of diversity inclusion and equity Our Vision We believe in transformation and empowerment of the people their communities and institutions to break the cycle of trauma and violence Our Values Integrity Excellence Humble Confidence Service Fairness diligence Diversity Responsibility Improvement Dependability The 3Dimensional Psychological Intervention Strategy 3DPIS The ThreeDimensional Psychological Intervention Strategy3DPIS theory by Chioma I. Igboegwu was inspired by several years of psychological research in prisons shelters of victims of human trafficking and local communities of distressed women children and youths as well as research on posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in activeduty police personnel military personnel and veterans. The 3DPIS Model provides information for the bridging of judgementaction gap in security and development strategies at the local community state national and international levels of governance. AFFID is a nonprofit humanitarian voluntarydevelopment gendersensitive organization.