Psychologists for Human Rights Association
Posted by Martine Vallarino on November 30th, 2009
It’s a volutary non-profit organization of social promotion that wants to promote in Italy and abroad human rights, collaboration among peoples and cultures, with special attention to the care of children and socially vulnerable groups.
Psychologists for Human Rights group work in periphery of Gaza (Jabalia Refugee Camp) proposing an intervention, training and action-research program with the following objectives:
•Working on children trauma using theatre, circus and narrative tools.
• Start to train local health workers in using clinical and artistic-experiential techniques.
• Involve the community (religious authorities, intellectuals, teachers, families and opinion leaders)
• Support economically ,through funds and conjoint projects, one of Emergency and Trauma Centres of Gaza.
Visit the website http://www.psychologistsforhumanrights.org