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Is Gaza a SIEGE!?

Is Gaza a SIEGE!?. SIEGE? Lack of supportive physical and social environments Breakdown in social norms and values Panic Risk and Danger Trauma. Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC. Family separation Family stress Closed schools and kindergartens Lack of safe play space.

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Is Gaza a SIEGE!?

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  1. Is Gaza a SIEGE!?

  2. SIEGE? • Lack of supportive physical and social environments • Breakdown in social norms and values • Panic • Risk and Danger • Trauma Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  3. Family separation Family stress Closed schools and kindergartens Lack of safe play space 1. Lack of supportive physical and social environments

  4. Lack of privacy Lack of regular routines and activities Post-war dependence 2. Breakdown in social norms and values

  5. Reactions: Emotions fade away or disappear The perception of time is changed Pattern of behaviour: Your body is in charge Fight Flight Freeze 3. Panic

  6. In the aftermath levels of resilience changes 4. Risk and Danger

  7. 5. Trauma • A single event as an accident, sudden death, violent crime, rape, natural disasters, WAR or….. • A complex trauma as an ongoing war abuse, violence within the family, bulling, hostage situation, ongoing war and torture Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  8. Gaza doesn’t have 5.400 injured. Gaza have 1,5 million injured, everyone is suffering Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  9. A safe and secure place Structure Fulfilment of basic needs Not to be left alone Needs during the phase of denial

  10. SIEGE?

  11. General reactions in crisis, disaster and distress • Sadness, weeping, grief and missing persons, animals or material things • Anxiety, vulnerability • Anger, acting out, demand (insist on) attention • Social isolation, feeling of guilt • Emptiness – separated from reality. • Hyper alertness. Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  12. Blaming themselves, disgrace, dishonour Sleeping disorders Tensions Headache, stomach ache, extra vulnerable for infections, less or more appetite Lack of power of concentration – problems at school Regression and repetitive play Children's Reactions in crisis, disaster and distress

  13. Typical reactions of parents • Less sensitive for the needs of their children • Difficulties in expressing their emotions • Less time/strength for care of their children • Difficulties in keeping up rules in the family • Difficulties in keeping up the daily structure/routines for the family • More irritated and more protective

  14. Palestinianchildren, Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza 1989 (First Intifada) Photo: Mads Gilbert

  15. Trauma, stress and resilience:Children have a large coping capacity Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  16. Gaza: Children and parents traumatic experiences Thabet AA ea, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2008

  17. Listen – when the child/youth wants to talk Be sensitive not pushy Avoid to say ” I know how you feel” or ”poor you” What can we do? Photo: Mads Gilbert, NORWAC

  18. Children are the most vulnerable in the aftermath of emergencies and…

  19. …Gaza is a Siege? http://empire.blogsome.com/

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