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Sudan, June 2023: Displaced children engage in psychosocial activities at a gathering centre in Madani.
Through coloured drawings, the children expressed their experiences during the fighting and its impact on their lives and dreams. The activities are organized and delivered by the State Council for Child Welfare (SCCW) with UNICEF support and aim at providing psychosocial support through fun activities.
The fighting that erupted in Sudan on 15 April has displaced thousands of children and their families. These have been affected by the impact of war. UNICEF and partners are providing children with psychosocial support to support them heal from trauma.
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"Save the girl child campaign by SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIC"
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
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According to one United Nations estimate, 113 to 200 million women are “demographically missing” from the world today. That is to say, there should be 113 to 200 million more women walking the earth, who aren’t. By that same estimate, 1.5 to 3 million women and girls lose their lives every year because of gender-based neglect or gender-based violence and Sexual Violence in Conflict ( Read more about UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict www.stoprapenow.org/ ). We can point a finger at poverty. But poverty alone does not result in these women’s deaths; the blame also falls on the social system and attitudes of the societies.
India alone accounts for more than 50 million of the women who are “missing” due to female foeticide - the sex-selective abortion of girls, dowry death, gender-based neglect and all forms of violence against women.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India. Experts are calling it "sanitized barbarism".The 2001 Census conducted by Government of India, showed a sharp decline in the child sex ratio in 80% districts of India. The Census Report of 2001 reveals a highly skewed child sex ratio (0-6 year-olds), that fell from 945 females per 1,000 males in 1991 to an all-time low of 927 in 2001. The ratio even dropped further to 800:1,000 in some specific parts of the country. Additional data from the India’s birth and death registration service indicates that the figures have further fallen to fewer than 900 females per 1,000 men over the last few years.
The decline in the sex ratio and the millions of Missing Women are indicators of the feudal patriarchal resurgence. Violence against women has gone public – whether it is dowry murders, honour killings, sex selective abortions or death sentences awarded to young lovers from different communities by caste councils, it is only women’s groups who are protesting – the public and institutional response to these trends is very minimal.
More women are working now than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day 2008.
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Say no to sex selection and female foeticide!
Say no to dowry and violence against women!!
Say yes to Women’s Resistance, Education and Empowerment!!!
16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Manal Ali Al-Husban serves as referral officer at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Irbid. The centre offers psychosocial support to Syrian refugees in Jordan. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ladli — which in Indian languages (Hindi and Urdu) means ‘beloved daughter.’
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LADLI - The loved one! campaign by SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIC
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
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"Worst of all, violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence -- yet the reality is that, too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned." (UN SECRETARY-GENERAL in International Women’s Day 2007 Message.)
“Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept.” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the eve of International Women's Day 2008)
According to one United Nations estimate, 113 to 200 million women are “demographically missing” from the world today. That is to say, there should be 113 to 200 million more women walking the earth, who aren’t. By that same estimate, 1.5 to 3 million women and girls lose their lives every year because of gender-based neglect or gender-based violence and Sexual Violence in Conflict.
In addition to torture, sexual violence and rape by occupation forces, a great number of women and girls are kept locked up in their homes by a very real fear of abduction and criminal abuse. In war and conflicts, girls and women have been denied their human right, including the right to health, education and employment. “Sexual violence in conflict zones is indeed a security concern. We affirm that sexual violence profoundly affects not only the health and safety of women, but the economic and social stability of their nations” –US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, 19 June 2008 (Read more about UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict www.stoprapenow.org/ ).
Millions of young women disappear in their native land every year. Many of them are found later being held against their will in other places and forced into prostitution. According to the UNICEF ( www.unicef.org/gender/index_factsandfigures.html ),Girls between 13 and 18 years of age constitute the largest group in the sex industry. It is estimated that around 500,000 girls below 18 are victims of trafficking each year. The victims of trafficking and female migrants are sometimes unfairly blamed for spreading HIV when the reality is that they are often the victims.
According to the UNAIDS around 17.3 million, women (almost half of the total number of HIV-positive) living with HIV ( www.unaids.org ). While HIV is often driven by poverty, it is also associated with inequality, gender-based abuses and economic transition. The relationship between abuses of women's rights and their vulnerability to AIDS is alarming. Violence and discrimination prevents women from freely accessing HIV/AIDS information, from negotiating condom use, and from resisting unprotected sex with an HIV-positive partner, yet most of the governments have failed to take any meaningful steps to prevent and punish such abuse.
United Nations agencies estimated that every year 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure – which involves the partial or total removal of external female genital organs – that some 140 million women, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and in Africa, have already endured.
We can point a finger at poverty. But poverty alone does not result in these girls and women’s deaths and suffering; the blame also falls on the social system and attitudes of the societies.
India alone accounts for more than 50 million of the women who are “missing” due to female foeticide - the sex-selective abortion of girls, dowry death, gender-based neglect and all forms of violence against women.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India. Experts are calling it "sanitized barbarism”. The 2001 Census conducted by Government of India, showed a sharp decline in the child sex ratio in 80% districts of India. In some parts of the country, the sex ratio of girls to boys has dropped to less than 800:1,000.
It's alarming that even liberal states like those in the northeast have taken to disposing of girls. Worryingly, the trend is far stronger in urban rather than rural areas, and among literate rather than illiterate women, exploding the myth that growing affluence and spread of basic education alone will result in the erosion of gender bias. The United Nations has expressed serious concern about the situation.
Over the years, laws have been made stricter and the punishment too is more stringent now. But since many people manage to evade punishment, others too feel inclined to take the risk. Just look at the way sex-determination tests go on despite a stiff ban on them. Only if the message goes out loud and clear that nobody who dares to snuff out the life of a female foetus would escape effective legal system would the practice end. It is only by a combination of monitoring, education, socio-cultural campaigns, and effective legal implementation that the deep-seated attitudes and practices against women and girls can be eroded.
The decline in the sex ratio and the millions of Missing Women are indicators of the feudal patriarchal resurgence. Violence against women has gone public – whether it is dowry murders, the practice of female genital mutilation, honour killings, sex selective abortions or death sentences awarded to young lovers from different communities by caste councils, rapes and killings in communal and caste violence, it is only women’s and human rights groups who are protesting – the public and institutional response to these trends is very minimal.
Millions of women suffer from discrimination in the world of work. This not only violates a most basic human right, but has wider social and economic consequences. Most of the governments turn a blind eye to illegal practices and enact and enforce discriminatory laws. Corporations and private individuals engage in abusive and sexist practices without fear of legal system.
More women are working now than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day 2008. Are we even half way to meeting the eight Millennium Development Goals?
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Unite To End Violence Against Women!
Say No To Sex Selection and Female Foeticide!!
Say No To Female Genital Mutilation!!!
Say No To Dowry and Discrimination Against Women!!!!
Say Yes To Women’s Resistance !!!!!
Educate & Empowered Women for a Happy Future !!!!!!
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16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Manal Ali Al-Husban serves as referral officer at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Irbid. The centre offers psychosocial support to Syrian refugees in Jordan. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
"Save the girl child campaign by SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIC"
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
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According to one United Nations estimate, 113 to 200 million women are “demographically missing” from the world today. That is to say, there should be 113 to 200 million more women walking the earth, who aren’t. By that same estimate, 1.5 to 3 million women and girls lose their lives every year because of gender-based neglect or gender-based violence and Sexual Violence in Conflict ( Read more about UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict www.stoprapenow.org/ ). We can point a finger at poverty. But poverty alone does not result in these women’s deaths; the blame also falls on the social system and attitudes of the societies.
India alone accounts for more than 50 million of the women who are “missing” due to female foeticide - the sex-selective abortion of girls, dowry death, gender-based neglect and all forms of violence against women.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India. Experts are calling it "sanitized barbarism".The 2001 Census conducted by Government of India, showed a sharp decline in the child sex ratio in 80% districts of India. The Census Report of 2001 reveals a highly skewed child sex ratio (0-6 year-olds), that fell from 945 females per 1,000 males in 1991 to an all-time low of 927 in 2001. The ratio even dropped further to 800:1,000 in some specific parts of the country. Additional data from the India’s birth and death registration service indicates that the figures have further fallen to fewer than 900 females per 1,000 men over the last few years.
The decline in the sex ratio and the millions of Missing Women are indicators of the feudal patriarchal resurgence. Violence against women has gone public – whether it is dowry murders, honour killings, sex selective abortions or death sentences awarded to young lovers from different communities by caste councils, it is only women’s groups who are protesting – the public and institutional response to these trends is very minimal.
More women are working now than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day 2008.
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Say no to sex selection and female foeticide!
Say no to dowry and violence against women!!
Say yes to Women’s Resistance, Education and Empowerment!!!
Sudan, June 2023: Displaced children sit together in a gathering centre in Madani, which is now their new home after fleeing from war.
The fighting that erupted in Sudan on 15 April has displaced thousands of children and their families. UNICEF and partners are providing children with psychosocial support to support them heal from trauma.
© UNICEF/UN0856145/Mohamdeen
UNICEF press release as conflict in Sudan hits 100 days: Severe violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan, warns UNICEF
Like Ousmane, Kadidia, 14, had to flee her home when her school closed due to the violence sweeping through Mali.
She now lives with her aunt in Mopti, and attends a school supported by Save the Children.
Kadidia is determined not to let conflict disrupt her education, and her parents feel the same.
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20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Players compete for the ball during football practice for girls in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Kadidia knows the value of education – even more crucial in a culture where early marriage may force girls to give up their hopes of studying.
She enjoys chemistry, maths and biology, and wants to become a doctor.
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Juli left Honduras with her pregnant mother, her aunt, and her younger sister. They decided to leave to reunite with her grandmother who lives in the United States and whom she had only met on video call.
They first took a bus to reach Mexico and then jumped on 'the beast' – la bestia –, a goods train that crosses the entire country from south to north. They managed to reach the border town of Tijuana, where they settled in a shelter waiting to obtain permission to cross the border.
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Miranda* is a participant of the USAID Funded project “ACOPLE: Community-Based Treatment Services for Afro-Colombian Victims of Torture”, implemented by Heartland Alliance International. As part of our aim to provide context-specific, replicable, effective and sustainable community mental health services for 1600 survivors of torture and political violence, project participants are given emotional support through individual and/or group therapy. Sessions are complimented by Art-therapy such as dance-therapy and the use of social and community photography. Miranda was internally displaced to one of the bigger towns in the Pacific Coast several years ago where even today, the violence is rife. When she arrived at the ACOPLE Center, she had clear signs of trauma and depression and clearly needed emotional support. She received psychosocial support several months ago, and was invited to the art-therapy exercise to give follow-up and as a means to compliment previous attention. She was invited to carry out two photos in a dark room, holding a torch that would illuminate her in a color of her choosing for each photo. The first photo represents how she felt when she arrived at the ACOPLE Center the first time. She chose red, which for Miranda depicts anger and blood. The second photo shows how she feels today. She chose the color green, for hope. The importance of ensuring emotional and mental health of the poor and vulnerable is often overlooked when talking about ending extreme poverty. However, mental and emotional health is essential to ensure the daily functioning of all, and enable people who face conditions of poverty and vulnerability, to advance in their aim to overcome these circumstances and look for new opportunities.
Credit: Heartland Alliance International – Project ACOPLE (Colombia) / Gloria Carolina Barrera Mejía
Honduras is among the top countries of origin of refugees and migrants determined to make it to the US. The country suffers political instability of a decade-long and is hostage to widespread gang violence, making it one of the three deadliest countries in Latin America.
Honduran families often flee to save their lives after criminal gangs kill their family members or threaten to do so if they refuse to give into their demands. The humanitarian consequences of this violence are no different from the ones in conflict zones.
The pandemic has made things even more difficult for the 6 out of 10 Hondurans who were already living in a vulnerable situation.
©European Union, 2016 (photographer: A.Aragon)
OCHA observed an overall increase in violence and insecurity in the Northern Triangle during the pandemic. Criminal groups took advantage of the lockdown to tighten their control over territories and communities, killing their opponents and increasing extortions.
Border closures and health risks have led many to postpone their journey, but those who had no other option to save their lives had to take the risk.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most visa and admission processes have been halted: courts are not conducting hearings for health reasons and vulnerable refugees and migrants are forced to wait for months before receiving an appointment to follow up their case.
© European Union, 2020 (photographer: C.Palma)
Juli is receiving social-emotional care in one of the EU-funded Child Friendly Spaces managed by Save the Children.
These areas are meant to support children, helping them to express and deal with emotions related to the often traumatic migration experience.
Here, Juli can share her thoughts with other children who have similar experiences, like her friend Alan*, who hails from the Mexican region of Chiapas and is also seeking to reach the United States with his family.
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Red Cross teams working in Greece witness on a daily basis the impact of uncertainty and dire conditions on the physical and mental health of migrants - people are exhausted, desperate and frustrations mount. Many have faced violence and trauma in the past. Birthe Solevad is a psychosocial worker from Danish Red Cross, and is supporting people living in camps in northern Greece by facilitating women’s and men’s groups where people have a safe space to share their worries and frustrations, and enabling people to run activities like English tuition and craft.
Photo: Socrates Baltagiannis/IFRC
Migrant person hosted in the reception centre set up by the Italian Red Cross in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy (Apr 2014)
Photo: Monica Timossi/ Italian Red Cross
Friendly Spaces are designed to protect children from physical harm and psychosocial distress and to help them continue learning.
Juli and other children attend several classes aimed at reducing educational gaps as a result of the migratory path.
“All children everywhere have the right to protection and a quality education. Integrating child protection and education activities in humanitarian emergencies reduces children’s vulnerability and exposure to risks such as exploitation, abuse, and violence,” says Corita Tassi, EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations' expert on protection, gender and education in emergencies for Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Multi-sectoral collaboration is one of our key priorities to promote access to rights in a safe environment and to help restoring a sense of normality, dignity and hope for all affected girls and boys,” she says.
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Shima Rani Das is the leader of the women’s group in a remote village in Khulna of south-western Bangladesh. The region is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods and cyclones, often leaving habitants destitute and traumatised. Shima was trained on trauma counselling, which she now uses to reach out and help other women dealing with grief and trauma.
Juli's favorite activities are painting, learning words and numbers, and drawing pictures.
“Before the pandemic, the situation was already critical for migrant children like Juli. Now, migrants in Mexico have greater difficulties in accessing sources of employment, having government support due to their lack of documents, or resorting to formal and informal support networks,” says Maripina Menéndez, CEO of Save the Children in Mexico.
“This precariousness has increased the anxiety, frustration, and vulnerability of the migrant population, affecting children and adolescents. It is necessary to double our efforts and implement all the necessary mechanisms to protect their rights and ensure their well-being,” she states.
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With EU humanitarian funding, Save the Children trains teachers, including on child rights, child safeguarding and delivering psychosocial support.
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Violence in Mali has resulted in thousands of children having to flee their homes, and schools to shut down.
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“Increased violence, social unrest, drought, natural hazards and the coronavirus pandemic force more Central Americans to leave their country and their homes each year to find safety and opportunities elsewhere,” says Liesbeth Schockaert, EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations expert on Central America.
“Unfortunately, the pathway to safety is becoming more difficult and traumatising, especially for the most vulnerable, the children. That is why in Central America, providing humanitarian assistance and protection to displaced children in Central America is one of our key concerns and why we support the creation of safe spaces for children,” she adds.
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Shima Rani Das is the leader of the women’s group in a remote village in Khulna of south-western Bangladesh. The region is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods and cyclones, often leaving habitants destitute and traumatised. Shima was trained on trauma counselling, which she now uses to reach out and help other women dealing with grief and trauma.
Juli sleeps in one of the tents provided by the shelter with her mother and siblings: 3-year-old Abril* and the newborn Jaime*.
Children make up a large portion of those fleeing from countries in Central America´s Northern Triangle and are the most vulnerable and exposed.
In 2020 alone, more than 11,500 children and adolescents were presented to migration authorities in Mexico for unlawful entry. Many of them were traveling alone.
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Haiti Earthquake, Port au Prince.
Norwegian field hospital, psychosocial support program worker Ea Akasha talks to a traumatized and hungry boy that lives in one of the many camps (30 January, 2010).
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Photo: Jakob Dall
Over 550,000 Syrian children in Lebanon are out of school. (Jacquelyn Pavilon / Jesuit Refugee Service)
Shima Rani Das is the leader of the women’s group in a remote village in Khulna of south-western Bangladesh. The region is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods and cyclones, often leaving habitants destitute and traumatised. Shima was trained on trauma counselling, which she now uses to reach out and help other women dealing with grief and trauma.
Ousmane plays with friends in an abandoned mill in his village in Mopti, Mali.
He attends the Save the Children school for free, and is given all the supplies he needs for his studies.
Ousmane wants to become a teacher when he grows up.
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Shima Rani Das is the leader of the women’s group in a remote village in Khulna of south-western Bangladesh. The region is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods and cyclones, often leaving habitants destitute and traumatised. Shima was trained on trauma counselling, which she now uses to reach out and help other women dealing with grief and trauma.
With EU humanitarian funding, Save the Children supports schools for children affected by the violence in the Sahel.
Here, primary school director Sidi Lamine Dembele uses a solar radio during a lesson at the school where he teaches in Mopti, Mali.
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11-year-old Ousmane gets ready to leave for school in Mopti, central Mali.
Fleeing the violence that killed his father, Ousmane is now living with his aunt, Awa, who describes the little boy as a joy to be around.
“The whole village loves him, “she says.
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When not in school, Ousmane helps by looking after and feeding goats in his village.
He remains optimistic: “I have strength, I am brave,” he says”. “No one gets ahead of me in school.”
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20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Ayat Abohussein participates in sewing class in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
During a meeting with a group of Jordanian volunteers before they leave to Gaza to provide training and psycho-social support to several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) servicing towns and areas unreached by UN agencies within the Gaza strip.
Amman, Jordan/ March 11, 2009
خلال لقائها مع مجموعة من المتطوعين الأردنيين المتخصصين في مجالات الارشاد النفسي لضحايا الحروب قبيل توجههم الى قطاع غزة.
عمان، الأردن/ 11 آذار 2009
© Royal Hashemite Court
Haiti Earthquake, Port au Prince.
Norwegian field hospital, psychosocial support programme.
A young girl are having pain after the operation and the PSP volunteer Vanessa is talking and playing with her, to make her in a better mood. p-HTI0859
Photo: Jakob Dall
Haiti Earthquake, Port au Prince.
Central hospital in port Au prince.
This woman has lost her little girl, husband and unborn baby; she also has a broken leg. p-HTI0867
Photo: Jakob Dall
20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Young girl Abeer Qudah acts as model during hairdressing class in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Landing of migrant people in Salerno, Italy, in September 2014. Italian Red Cross volunteers and staff responded to the migrants’ basic needs and offered psychosocial support upon arrival.
Photo: Italian Red Cross
16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Incentive-Based Volunteer Enas serves as caregiver facilitator during a caregiver support session led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar, offering psychosocial support to Syrian refugee mothers and Jordanian host communities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Football practice for girls in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Trainer Rehab Heraki (right) leads hairdressing class in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
The JRS Jbeil centre serves 500 Syrian children – 250 in the morning shift and 250 in the afternoon shift (Jacquelyn Pavilon / Jesuit Refugee Service).
"I would say goodbye to my mom before I left to go to teach each day," Syrian refugee and English teacher at the JRS Jbeil centre recalls of life in Aleppo before she fled. "They just shoot, not thinking people are actually walking there. You leave your house never knowing if you're coming back."
In Syria, where mortars and bombings were a daily risk, many children could not leave their houses (Jacquelyn Pavilon / Jesuit Refugee Service)
20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: Players compete for the ball during football practice for girls in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Shima Rani Das is the leader of the women’s group in a remote village in Khulna of south-western Bangladesh. The region is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods and cyclones, often leaving habitants destitute and traumatised. Shima was trained on trauma counselling, which she now uses to reach out and help other women dealing with grief and trauma.
20 February 2020, Za'atari Camp, Jordan: A girl runs with the ball during football practice for girls in the Peace Oasis, a Lutheran World Federation space in the Za'atari Camp where Syrian refugees are offered a variety of activities on psychosocial support, including counselling, life skills trainings and other activities. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert