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Medical Action for Global Security (MEDACT) is an organisation whose members are mostly from the health professions and are committed to nuclear disarmament, prevention of organised conflict, third world development and enhancing the prospects of a safer and healthier world. In 1994, UNICEF UK approached the psychosocial group of MEDACT, which was working on refugee issues, to see if they would offer assistance to the UNICEF psychosocial pro grammes for war-traumatised children in the former Yugoslavia. The group, numbering about 15 from a variety of disciplines, held a series of meetings to discuss this possibility, to educate itself and to develop a model of practice. It was felt that by using a cautious, reflective approach, support could be offered by means of short visits on an ongoing basis to various UNICEF projects in the former Yugoslavia. A contract was established whereby UNICEF met the local costs and MEDACT met travel costs through fundraising. Four programmes of visits were established, this paper describes two.