Between 75 and 94 percent of Sderot children ranging in age from four to eighteen are displaying symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to the constant rocket attacks on their homes.
Typical symptoms from such rocket attacks include: insomnia; lack of focus; irritability; anger; blackouts; nightmares; heightened anxiety; and nearly phobic avoidance of people and places associated with the trauma.
The Fellowship is participating as a full partner along with Israel’s Ministries of Health, Welfare, and Pensioner’s Affairs to complete the preparedness of five critical Trauma Centers in the hardest hit areas in and around Sderot. The centers provide various forms of diagnostic services and counseling to help victims overcome these events.
Five counseling sessions for a child is $300. It costs $80 for play therapy sessions which include like paints, games and more for play therapy, so children can overcome their fears and learn to just be kids again.
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- The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews was founded in 1983 by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein to promote understanding between Jews and Christians and build broad support for Israel and other shared concerns. Now celebrating our 25th year of lifesaving ministry, our vision is that Jews and Christians will reverse their 2,000-year history of discord and replace it with a relationship marked by dialogue, respect and cooperation
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