Trauma & Reconciliation

People living in war zones face terrible experiences, and even those not directly impacted can be severely affected psychologically and emotionally. For children, who are at the most impressionable stage of their lives, the trauma can be even deeper.

The work of One to One Children’s Fund over the past decade in Kosovo has underlined the need to address trauma in children and young people affected by war and conflict. This has been validated by the recent major grant to One to One Children’s Fund by the European Commission to provide social services to disabled and vulnerable children in Kosovo.

The Kosovo experience provides compelling evidence to support our work with CHERISH in the Middle East – support now for traumatised young people can help prevent catastrophic difficulties in later life for individuals, and help build a more cohesive society.

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