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Interview: How violence and discrimination in East Jerusalem is impacting vital youth psychosocial services

Ongoing Palestinian protests against forced displacements and systematic discrimination in occupied East Jerusalem have been met with excessive force and mass arrests, including against children. This has compounded the stresses and insecurity faced by young Palestinians growing up in the context of Israel’s military occupation and annexation. We spoke to the Resource Development and PR Officer at Al Saraya Centre, to hear how the current violence is affecting their work and the young people they serve.

مقابلة: كيف يؤثر استخدام العنف والتمييز على الخدمات النفسية والاجتماعية المقدمة للشباب في القدس الشرقية

قوبلت الاحتجاجات الفلسطينية المستمرة ضد التهجير القسري والتمييز المنهجي في القدس الشرقية المحتلة بالقوة المفرطة والاعتقالات الجماعية، بما في ذلك ضد الأطفال. وقد أدى ذلك إلى تفاقم الضغوط وانعدام الأمن الذي يعيشه الشباب الفلسطيني الذي نشأ نتيجة الاحتلال العسكري الإسرائيلي وقرارات الضم.

“We are still in shock”: Assessing the impact of attacks on Gaza

Following Israel’s 11-day military offensive on Gaza, which ended with a ceasefire on Friday, Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) Gaza team have been taking stock of the destruction caused to healthcare facilities, and persisting health and humanitarian challenges.

World Mental Health Day: “COVID-19 threatens young Palestinians' futures”

Read about the impact of COVID-19 on young Palestinians’ mental health and how MAP is supporting them cope with these new challenges.

Troubling times for Palestinian children increase demand for mental health support

Aseel Baidoun, MAP’s Advocacy Officer in the West Bank, explains how MAP is bringing psychosocial support to children living under occupation and as refugees.

Promoting confidence and dignity amongst East Jerusalem’s youth

Through our partnership with the Saraya Centre, MAP is helping to support the psychological wellbeing and dignity of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: “I’m proud to be a survivor at the Dunya Centre”

MAP recently met with women from the Dunya Women Cancer Centre, to hear about the clinic's psychosocial support and the difference it is making to Palestinian women’s lives.

“When I help my fellow refugees, I feel I am helping my family”

To mark International Youth Day the occasion, we spoke to Hisham, a Social Worker in the MAP-supported Adolescents Health and Life-Skills Education project.

“This house was my life, but I saw it smashed into rubble because I am Palestinian”

Ghaleb Abu Hadwan, 63, and his family are staying with extended family back in Shufat refugee camp after Israeli forces last week destroyed the new home they had constructed in Wadi al-Hummus, after saving up for it for years.

World Refugee Day: “We have been refugees for 71 years now”

This year, Palestinian refugees marked the 71st year of their displacement, following the Nakba (“Catastrophe”).

Helping to bring a brighter future for young Palestinian refugees

MAP's ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills Education’ programme, run in partnership with local NGO NISCVT, provides free health and lifeskills education to young people living in the 12 official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

How MAP is helping to bring family medicine to Palestine

MAP is helping to adapt the family medicine model of healthcare for the Palestinian health system.

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