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The American Psychology Association's Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP) is pleased to present the 2021 International Humanitarian Award to Mr. Bhava Nath Poudyal. Over a 25-year-long career, Poudyal has worked with several leading humanitarian institutions and published numerous scholarly articles in the advancement of assessing, designing, delivering, and evaluating mental health and psychological services, particularly in lower- and middle-income areas. His work has focused on contexts within Asia, Central Asia, West Africa, and Southeast Asia. Poudyal has brought his expertise to bear on responding to the needs of torture victims in his home country of Nepal, as well as Guinea and Sierra Leone. He has also worked with the International Red Cross in the areas of missing persons, natural disasters, and violent conflicts. He has trained and mentored over a thousand lay counselors and more than 300 psychologists around the world, simplifying complex psychological principles, therapies, and treatments to provide support for people experiencing significant trauma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).