UNICEF says it is concerned about the lack of counselling for the large numbers of children traumatised by Papua New Guinea's Mt Pago eruption in August.
UNICEF's country director, Rudy Rodriguez, says thousands of children sheltering in care centres in West New Britain have received no counselling since the eruptions.
UNICEF has donated nearly 200,000 US dollars worth of aid supplies to the coordinators of the eight care centres, which house 17,000 displaced people.
Mr Rodriguez says informal education facilities have been established for those showing typical signs of trauma.
"Mainly withdrawn, very very quiet not wanting to play, these kids have led very stable lives, so when Pago started to erupt they were woken up in the middle of the night, and forced to flee their homes and went into care centres that were very basic so this experience was very hard on them."
Rudy Rodriguez of UNICEF
