By using play as therapy for traumatised youngsters, War Child, one of our charity appeal partners, is helping those caught in conflict
Leila, 19, in her bedroom in Babliyeh, south Lebanon, after having to evacuate the village in September. ‘I used not to sleep because I was so busy following the news,’ she says. ‘I was always thinking of home.’Leila, 19, in her bedroom in Babliyeh, south Lebanon, after having to evacuate the village in September. ‘I used not to sleep because I was so busy following the news,’ she says. ‘I was always thinking of home.
Huda grabbed what possessions she could and set off towards Akkar, Lebanon’s northernmost province, where she had relatives. It was the first time the family had been beyond Beirut. Huda did her best to help her family settle into the War Child shelter, as the charity’s staff and volunteers turned classrooms into homes.
“The first objective is to create a safe space for the children to access their childhood and for them to express themselves, in addition to identifying children in need of more support,” said Fatima Nabaa, a child protection manager at War Child since 2016. War Child staff were also displaced. Nabaa’s home in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh was damaged in an airstrike and she had to move three times to find a safe place for her children.
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