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The report documents the experience of adapting and implementing this play-based home visiting intervention in a crisis setting and shares stories of community workers and caregivers participating in the program in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.  We are now scaling this intervention through our Ahlan Simsim program to reach even more children and caregivers.

Sinan, herself displaced by violence, created a safe spaces for refugee and displaced children in Iraq.

Iraqis who fled ISIS describe the brutality and oppression they suffered under the extremist group’s rule.

Through counseling and creative activities, thirteen-year-old Nada regained a sense of hope, security and confidence.