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Wethaq organizes healing trip for war traumatized children

[02/04/2018 01:36]

MARIB-SABA
Wethaq Foundation for Civil Orientation, a local NGO, has organized an entertaining trip for a number of children traumatized by the ongoing conflict between the government and the Houthi militant rebels.

Twenty seven ex-child fighters in the Houthi ranks and children who experienced the horrors of the war were taken to the tourist and archeological sites of Marib including the city's historical Great Dam for healing as well as educational purposes. A psychologist in charge of the trip said entertainment program which consists of other activities will help children get rid aggressive behaviors, mindlessness and the psychological shocks they had experienced before.

As many as 81 children from Marib, Amran, Aljawf and Taiz are targeted by the healing project which had started in August 2017.