Children and War

Gaza

Children in Gaza

For a number of years, the Foundation has been supporting the work of Dr. Thabet who has piloted the Foundations “Writing for Recovery” Manual with adolescents there. Unfortunately a formal evaluation of the use of the manual was halted because of an increase in the fighting.

Evaluation of Writing for Recovery in Gaza

Psychology trainees from the University of Bergen, Ida Lange-Nielsen and Silje Kolltveit plan to use our Writing for Recovery Manual in a trial with adolescents affected by the war in Gaza. The purpose of the project is to reduce post-traumatic stress in adolescents in Gaza and evaluate the effect of the group intervention “Writing for Recovery”.

Training for Recovery in Gaza

Professor Raija-Leena Punamaki of Tampere University in Finland has worked for many years in Palestine.  The Foundation had agreed to train people in the use of our group Recovery Manual, but the recent fighting has not only destroyed schools and clinics and traumatised thousands more children, but will now set back the scientific evaluation of different methods of helping.