Music and creative arts are used as a way of promoting well-being, self-confidence, trust, communication, self-expression, and help to alleviate the biological, psychological and social effectsof traumatic experience. And EDA team visited Arsal recently to assess the need.
The children in Balsam Special School have complex needs. Hassan is blind, but through music he has discovered his talents as a drummer and singer. A little girl suffered from sleepless nights and nightmares as a result of trauma. She is now sleeping better and is much happier.
The EDA team , led by Professor Osborne, ​have recruited Sahar, a Lebanese woman who has experience of working with children, and Noor, a Syrian singer specialising in non-religious music. They will give a 45 minute session each week to each grade from nursery to 6th grade, in both the Balsam School and the mainstream school in Arsal. Using the rhythms of music, they can help children develop speech, become more confident and release the tensions brought on by trauma.
We aim to offer refugee children the experience of creativity, knowledge and understanding, based on activities in the creative arts and to offer them a “soft landing†as they go back to school. We aim to help the children rebuild self-confidence and self-resect and to help foster children’s personal development through encouraging family and community participation in creative arts, and to develop future leaders.
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