Narrative report for the psychosocial support for Gaza children after war. From: Project Coordinator. The Subject: Narrative Report for the Psychosocial Support for Gaza Children after War I would like to inform you that the above-mentioned project (Psychosocial Support for Gaza children after War) has been completed. The project began on 1 March 2009 until 30-3-2009.The project ran according to agreed guidelines and timeframes sent from your office.The project is about implementing psychosocial support activities included 140 boys and girls children from Gaza after war period where they were witnessing on the crimes happened in Gaza. The program aimed to give these children the opportunity to practice their life naturally and try to delete the negative impact happened for them and their families. The project extended for a month and its cost 6000$ USD. The war in Gaza is very miserable which didn't pity human, plants or innocent childhoods. The tanks and jeeps destroyed the dreams of the rest of children after it had destroyed hundreds of their poor bodies. The scenes were very horrible and no one can imagine that moments while rockets and the sounds of explosions stroke the areas violently during the war in Gaza. All these scenes prevented children from sleeping or practice their life normally as before war. The problems increased for the children as phobia, terror as well as the enuresis and glumness in addition to different psychosocial disorders. Therefore, the idea of dealing of those children appeared in order to return their self-confidence and provide them with a type of safety and security. Hence, the psychosocial support sessions are the best way to overcome on these disorders.
The Target Group 140 children, who disadvantaged directly from the war, aged between 7 to 12 years.
Justifying of Implementation the project:The project came in the time that the Gaza children suffer from psycho disorder and diseases as a direct result of the war on Gaza. The implementation of this project came to reduce the stress on the children besides move the status of children from the conditions of the suffering and misery to relax and enjoyment by providing children with recreational activities and psycho support for the target children.
The Project Objectives The project aims to: - Provide the psycho support for disadvantaged children from the war on Gaza.
- Reduce the stress on the children who disadvantaged from the war to practice their normal life.
- Rehabilitate the children in order to reintegrate in the daily life and school life.
Activities have been Accomplished in the Project The project aims to reduce the psycho stress on the children through implementing psychosocial and educational activities in addition to conduct cognitive sessions for the children's parents in addition to joint and individual monitor for the children. 140 children from marginalized and conflict areas have benefited from the activities and the different stresses are reduced on the children due to difficult conditions that children pass by. The project, which continued for four weeks, included different activities as narrating story for children talked about the conflicts and how to behave in that times besides offer different free activities in order to help children to reduce the stress and express about their attitudes and desires. The project includes also workshops for the parents and teachers to aware them with conflicts happen and how to behave. The project includes different activities as free drawing in addition to full recreational day where the presents and gifts were distributed on the participants. The project is implemented during the difficult conditions that Palestinian people live in which leave bad impacts on the inhabitant. All theses actions let us to carry out the project via psychosocial support. When the project implemented, we conveyed a message to children in the schools that we can smile, the hope is still available for better future, and this reflects on the children's behaviors in their original life promoting the positive thing and littleness the violent and aggressive life for the children. In the implementing the activities, there is a recreational activities represented in theatre (Puppets) aimed to talk about shock that children face during the war in mock way. The children talked about their dreams and frightening; they participates in animate drawing. There is two cultural session conducted by professional team (Quick Response) about psycho disorders for the children targeted 50 women. The sessions, which continued for several days the concept of aggressive behavior, the shapes and causes of it and suggestions to overcome on the disorders.
Success Indicators 1. Thanks and appreciation from the board of directors, families, beneficiaries, area committee for the donor represented in Educational Aid for Palestinians EAP in London and implementer represented in Nour El Marifa El Khairia Association.2. Special thanks from disadvantaged families to reduce the burden on their children. 3. Raise the families' spirit where they benefited from the program and their children became well.
Recommendation
- Make this emergency project as a renewable and sustainable program to support the families and children
A child waiting for help in Gaza