How Art Is Helping Children in One Syrian Refugee Camp

I believe that the long term emotional scars of living through years of conflict with psycho social support is critical and life-saving for children. In giving children an outlet to express their feelings, including through art is such an important thing. I want to incorporate this into my FLS.

“Art is an important form of self-expression and for many children in Za’atari an outlet to express the horrors they have witnessed.”Art is an important form of self-expression and for many children in Za’atari an outlet to express the horrors they have witnessed.

Art can be used for children to express the harsh experiences as well as their hopeful ones. Yes, we would see artwork by children that is highly politicized and depict awful scenes of conflict and death. Things no child should ever have to witness. We also see artwork from children who have gone through UNICEF’s psycho social support programs that depict scenes of peace and hopefulness.

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