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Intisar Foundation has launched two fundraising campaigns – on Go Fund Me and Global Giving platforms – to support its efforts in providing psychological support through drama therapy to Arab women traumatised by war and violence.
Aiming to raise €40,000 through two campaigns, Intisar Foundation will use the funds to reach its One Million Arab Women For Peace goal, an initiative aimed at enabling one million Arab women suffering from war and/or violence trauma to reach the state of self-empowerment by 2050.
To join our campaign on Go Fund Me, please follow the link here.
To join our campaign on Global Giving, please follow the link here.
Women affected by war are often exposed to mental health stigma or a lack of adequate psychological support that prevents them from overcoming these traumatic experiences. Furthermore, the UN Women states that refugee or internally displaced women often live in congested shelters with no privacy or lights which makes them more vulnerable to experiencing violence.
At the same time, women in the Arab world have an essential role in societal change as mothers, educators, and caregivers. The more mental health support these women receive, the safer they will feel in their societies and feel empowered to rebuild their lives.
By delivering kind, effective, and non-stigmatising therapy, Intisar Foundation aims to close this gap. Drama therapy is a type of creative arts therapy that offers a culturally informed and socially acceptable treatment procedure in Arab societies.
To join our campaign on Go Fund Me, please follow the link here.
To join our campaign on Global Giving, please follow the link here.
Officially registered as a humanitarian organisation with the Charity Commission for England and Wales in 2019, Intisar Foundation is the first charitable organisation in the Middle East dedicated to providing psychological support programmes of drama therapy to Arab women affected by the brutality of war and violence.
Intisar Foundation
Number 22, Mount Ephraim,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN48AS
UK Registration Charity Number: 1182384
For more than a month, we are witnessing how international humanitarian law fails to protect Palestinian mothers and children.
Day after day, we have been lamenting and denouncing new acts of violence that brought injustice and the bemoaning loss of innocent lives in Gaza.
And yet, Palestinians in Gaza still face new perils with every next hour.
In writing this letter to the world as a demand for action to end this suffering, I join millions of others who have condemned the continued Israeli aggression and call for an immediate ceasefire.
We at Intisar Foundation also invite you to join us in working on preventing this trauma to linger and gnaw through another generation of Palestinians, and Arabs in general.
The mission of Intisar Foundation is to bring Peace to the Arab world through the psychological recovery of Arab women traumatised by war and violence, which can result in the women stopping the continued cycle of violence inflicted on or by them.
In this way, our work helps Arab homes traumatised by violence become more Peaceful again.
The ripple effect of this outcome can be that Peace flowcharts from one Arab home to another, from one Arab community to another, reaching and affecting our whole region.
In its very essence, therefore, Intisar Foundation’s work has always been about breaking the chains of trans-generational trauma.
While I salute people around the world confronting this injustice – from the world’s best universities, influencers, civil society activists and organisations, to ordinary people taking to streets and social media to raise their voices for Peace – I am now certain that we will not resolve the Palestinian crisis only with ceasefires, humanitarian aid, or rebuilding their homes and neighbourhoods.
We need to recover and protect the souls of current and future generations of Palestinians, and all Arabs, from this trauma.
To that end, Intisar Foundation is committed to turning this terrible man-made tragedy into a healing woman-led victory for Palestine, for humanity!
Intisar AlSabah
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