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Help transform the trauma, despair and frustration of young people in Gaza and Bethlehem whose lives have been shaped by conflict and lack of opportunity. Amos Trust's partners combine music, dance and work-based training with therapeutic support to address trauma and create hope.
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Situation
This summer saw the fourth major conflict for young people in Gaza. Even before the conflict, 25,000 were waiting for trauma therapy; now many more need it. Families have returned to destroyed homes, crippling poverty and no hope for the future. Aida Refugee Camp Bethlehem is highly overcrowded, has a failing infrastructure and - since Covid struck - has 70% unemployment. Hemmed in by the Separation Wall, young people’s lives are dominated by military presence and lack of opportunities.
Solution
Our partner in Gaza City, NECC, runs play therapy sessions for children from the most affected areas, and provides trauma therapy for all the young people on their employment-based training programmes, which includes Gaza’s first women-only graphic design course. Alrowwad, in Aida camp Bethlehem is a safe, highly supportive space where children and young people can study and channel their dissatisfaction and desire to express their identity through music, dance, drama, film and photography.
