Partners

 

ANERA Gaza partner - the Community Training and Crisis Management Center

Children with psychosocial needs get attention at the Community Training and Crisis Management Center in Gaza

Children at the Center engage in fun activities, like drawing, to help them better cope with the stresses they experience in their daily lives.

We would not be able to do what we do without a host of amazing partners in the Middle East. Their work is inspiring and we feel privileged to help them realize their ambitions to make life better for people in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.

This page is dedicated to highlighting the work of our partners.

Featured ANERA Partner:

The Community Training and Crisis Management Center

The Community Training and Crisis Management Center in Gaza was established in 1997 as a nongovernmental institution to meet the increasing psychosocial needs of Palestinian communities and children.

Surveys have shown that a high percentage of children in Gaza exhibit symptoms — excessive anxiety, depression, phobias — of psychosocial distress. Professionals working in the mental health field recognized that there was a lack of institutional support for those who were suffering and they created the Center to fill that void.

The Community Training and Crisis Management Center is directed by Dr. Fadel Abu Heen, and administered by a local board of directors, including both staff and voluntary members. It employs 26 people, including 17 trainers and 3 volunteers, in addition to a group of specialists who include doctors and academics working in the fields of mental health and psychological support.

From 2007-2008, the Center partnered wtih ANERA on a psychosocial program funded by the Canadian government (CIDA). The Center held many stress relief activities for children from the ages of 6 to 12. These after school activities were of a great help for the children to ease their daily suffering.

More recently, after the bombardment of Gaza in early 2009, ANERA has worked with the Center to bring psychosocial assistance to 6,500 chidren and 1,500 adults who experienced loss and trauma.

Watch a film about ANERA's and Center's psychosocial work in Gaza >>

Download a fact sheet about ANERA's and the Center's psychosocial work in Gaza >>