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Nablus/Hawara 28/5/2023
On Sunday, 28 of May, 2023, TRC conducted an awareness-raising workshop , at the Hawara Forum in Nablus under the project
"Improving Child Protection and Providing Psychological and Social Support
Services for Families and Disabled and Non-Disabled Children Affected by
Conflict-Related Violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem". The
project is funded by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs/Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA/oPtHF) and in
partnership with War Child Netherlands and the Jerusalem YMCA.
The workshop was attended by
approximately 23 participants, including mothers, volunteers, and members of
the community. The workshop focused on defining the concept of mental health,
methods of promoting it, as well as psychological disorders, prevention
methods, protection and coping strategies, and the foundations of dealing with
stress through lifestyle changes. The participants also learned effective
strategies for stress management, prevention, and building positive and healthy
relationships.
The workshop was delivered by clinical
psychologist at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture,
Alaa Jafar. Participants expressed their encouragement for such specialized
workshops that shed light on these important topics, which constituted an
additional link in raising awareness and emphasizing the importance of mental
health and its continuity and subsequent prevention methods. They called for the
holding of more such workshops with a deeper, more inclusive, and detailed
concept.
