"On Wednesday July 10th – about six weeks after its official opening – the Retaj Cultural Center organised a series of workshops, ranging from music therapy to psychological support. The women, led by a trained psychologist, gathered to relieve the ongoing stress of being mothers and wives in a town where the threat of violence is constant. In a separate room, young girls expressed themselves through music and games. In one workshop an officer from the Palestinian Civil Defence was invited to train the girls on how to behave in case of a fire and how to limit tear gas inhalation. Questions were posed by the officer in the form of a game. "What do you do if your house is full of gas and you can’t breath?" The girls, some of which are no more than six or seven years old, rushed to be the first ones to give the correct answer."
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:43:58 +0000
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