{"id":35757,"date":"2020-08-26T07:56:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35757"},"modified":"2020-08-26T08:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T08:12:43","slug":"lebanon-the-children-are-suffering-from-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/08\/26\/lebanon-the-children-are-suffering-from-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"LEBANON: \u2018The children are suffering from trauma\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trauma of the recent explosion in Beirut has left many of the city\u2019s children in need of psychological support, according to a delegation from the heart of the recovery effort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in a live link to Beirut watched by hundreds on Wednesday (19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August), Youmna Yammine, a member of the Youth of Hope group, said the people of Beirut need psychological, spiritual and emotional assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said: \u201cHelp is also being given for mental health because some people need psychological attention at the moment, especially children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHere we can see volunteers and NGOs trying to help the children and the adults who went through a traumatic experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe help is being done by the people, for the people, through NGOs and the help is being done by volunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Yammine explained that Lebanon\u2019s many recent crises have drained the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said: \u201cWe had the depreciation of the currency, this affected the income of the Lebanese people, for what used to be a good income is now basically nothing. Prices are rocketing. After that came the pandemic of COVID-19 and the lockdown started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBecause of the pandemic lots of people have lost their jobs\u2026On August 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0came the explosion \u2013 the cherry on top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She added: \u201cThe people are really tired. They need psychological support and religious support because it has been a lot to deal with in a very short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACN project partner Monsignor Toufic Bou-Hadir also explained that despite all the suffering in Beirut there was a lot of hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said: \u201cThe convents and churches opened their doors to receive the displaced people to say to them that in spite of this catastrophe, God is here, God is love, and hope is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about the help they had received from all over the world, Monsingnor Bou-Hadir said: \u201cGod always shows us with this solidarity that the light of hope always shines. Beirut will be reborn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cThank you to ACN and all of the benefactors all over the world. We really appreciate this solidarity, this brotherhood, this friendship which lasts forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acnmalta.org\/donate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trauma of the recent explosion in Beirut has left many of the city\u2019s children in need of psychological support, according to a delegation from the heart of the recovery effort. 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