TIME (11/14, Bajekal) reports that “the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has worked with tens of thousands of children in struggling, often war-torn nations around the world who are suffering from…toxic stress,” which is “a relentless cycle of trauma, violence and instability, coupled with a lack of adequate care at home.” According to TIME, “in some cases, the IRC has used drawing to help children open up or as a way to process their trauma.” The article features drawings “from IRC projects in Cambodia during the genocide, in Sierra Leone and Uganda in the early-2000s and in Jordan just last year.” These drawings depict “what it’s like to endure displacement, violence and separation, through the eyes of the children themselves.”
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— “How Traumatized Children See the World, According to Their Drawings, ” Naina Bajekal, TIME, November 14, 2018.