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Integrated Care Programme for Traumatised Children
Location: Gaza Strip
Number of Beneficiaries: Around 129 children
Start Year: 2001
Status: Ongoing



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Project Overview

The violence in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has claimed the lives of many children and left thousands more physically and emotionally scarred.

Children live with fear on a daily basis, and are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events.

Islamic Relief established the Integrated Care Programme in 2001 to help rehabilitate traumatised children physically, psychologically, and socially. The programme also provides educational activities.

Project Background

The project provides a complete package of integrated care services that include psychological, mental, social and educational assistance to traumatised children.

Traumatised children will also receive support to re-integrate into their community, especially if they have become disabled.

Informal educational activities help children express themselves through artistic and theatrical activities.
There are also workshops for families on subjects such as ‘Dealing with a Traumatised Child’, ‘Rehabilitating Traumatised Children’, and ‘The Psychological State of the Traumatised Child’.

Project Objectives

  • To help the families of the students and teach them how to deal with traumatised children.
  • To provide the children and their families with psychosocial services.
  • To provide the children and their families with essential health care services.
  • To provide traumatised children with formal and informal education.

Project Activities

The project provides a complete package of integrated care services that include psychological, mental, social and educational assistance to traumatised children.

Traumatised children will also receive support to re-integrate into their community, especially if they have become disabled.

Informal educational activities help children express themselves through artistic and theatrical activities.
There are also workshops for families on subjects such as ‘Dealing with a Traumatised Child’, ‘Rehabilitating Traumatised Children’, and ‘The Psychological State of the Traumatised Child’.

How Islamic Relief Helps

"Islamic Relief is striving for a fairer world. Our mission is to help the poor and needy to live sustainable, self-reliant lives within safe and caring communities. Our work is guided and shaped by the core values of accountability, humanitarianism, neutrality and impartiality, inclusiveness, integrity and co-operation, all of which are also integral to the Islamic faith."
Dr Hany El Banna - Founder of Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief was established in 1984 and our unique approach is the result of these many years of hands-on experience.

  1. Where possible we adopt a community partnership-based approach; encouraging community involvement, understanding and ownership of projects.
  2. We run the majority of our field projects ourselves, giving us direct insight into the problems faced and how best to solve them.
  3. We aim to empower those we help in order to achieve sustainable results.
  4. Though our emergency response teams are quick to respond to emergencies around the world, we continue to support communities long after the initial media interest has died down.
  5. We recruit staff locally to benefit from their local knowledge. This ensures that we are culturally sensitive and allows us to reach communities and areas other organisations cannot.
  6. Where necessary we coordinate our work with other reputable aid agencies, local organisations and governments.

Millennium Development Goals

Islamic Relief is committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been agreed by the world’s leading development institutions in an effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by the year 2015. 

The goals:

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  2. Achieve universal primary education
  3. Promote gender equality and empower women
  4. Reduce child mortality
  5. Improve maternal health
  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  7. Ensure environmental sustainability
  8. Develop a global partnership for development

For more information about the MDGs, please visit: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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