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Since May 2024, Amna has trained over 170 frontline workers in Gaza to provide trauma-informed mental health support to communities living through profound grief and loss.  The training also offered frontline workers space to acknowledge their own grief and trauma and equipped them with tools to help themselves and others.   The following reflections from frontline…

Growing up as a Palestinian refugee in a camp in Jordan, Mahmoud often faced racism. “It was part of bullying,” he said. “People treated me differently.” These experiences shaped him. By the time he was a teenager, he had become withdrawn. “I was introverted,” he explained. “I didn’t think about my future. I didn’t care…

Months after reaching Jordan, Fatoum, who escaped war in Sudan could not feel safe. Fatoum had crossed the border from Sudan to Chad through an open vast savannah on foot, alone. Her journey had left her with scars that didn’t seem to heal. The sight of men in uniforms terrified her and sent her into…

When Andriy (17) and Olena (12) arrived in Serbia from Ukraine, they faced not only the trauma of displacement, but also the quiet, daily challenges of growing up in a new country with limited support. Their mother worked long hours, leaving the siblings to navigate most of their days on their own. While Olena began…