This policy brief was developed as a deliverable in the project “Fair Game: Theatre of the Oppressed for Youth Empowerment” funded by the European Union. It tackles the topic of bullying in schools and offers recommendations drawn from the field experience in Lebanon that focused on the methodology of Legislative Theatre to raise awareness on bullying in schools and advocate for better policies.
About NARA
نَرى (NARA) – Nurture, Access, Relief – is a youth-led initiative based in South Lebanon that empowers youth of all nationalities, including refugees, through education, protection, mental health support, and community peacebuilding.
يهدف هذا الكتيّب إلى رفع الوعي حول الصحة النفسية وتأثير الصدمات النفسية على الأطفال والأهل، وتسليط الضوء على أهمية الاعتراف بالألم النفسي والتعامل معه بطريقة إنسانية وآمنة. يقدّم الكتيّب شرحًا مبسّطًا لمفهوم الصدمة النفسية، وكيف يمكن أن تظهر عند الأطفال بطرق مختلفة، سواء من خلال السلوك أو المشاعر أو التفاعل الاجتماعي.
كما يركّز الكتيّب على دور الأهل في دعم أطفالهم نفسيًا بعد الأزمات والحروب، من خلال الاستماع، توفير الشعور بالأمان، واستعادة الروتين اليومي. ويعرض نماذج شائعة من الاضطرابات النفسية التي قد يمر بها الأطفال، مثل القلق، نوبات الهلع، والخوف الاجتماعي، بأسلوب توعوي غير طبي.
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Terre des hommes foundation has been present in Lebanon since 1977. We provide life saving child protection assistance to the most vulnerable children and their families regardless of their nationality, ethnic origin and religious affiliation. Through our child protection in migration and access to justice programmes, our staff support victims of physical and sexual abuse, worst forms of child labor, child marriage, severe neglect and children in contact or conflict with the law. We work with children, their families, communities, NGO and UN partners, local authorities and religious leaders .
In the most recent impact report, you will find the joys and pains of another exceptional 12 months that were bittersweet for some and out of the ordinary for absolutely everyone. Despite all the uncertainties we are living through from a continued economic meltdown and an ailing healthcare system, our team has, by the grace of God, persisted in carrying out the mission with hope and faith.
Based on interviews conducted with doctors, nurses and other frontline staff across West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, the paper exposes how the stresses and strains of protracted COVID-19 response have compounded existing challenges of working in a health system already rendered fragile, fragmented and resource-deprived by perpetual occupation and blockade, to cause a deepening wellbeing crisis among the Palestinian healthcare workforce.
