Gaza Successes

In Gaza, we are training teachers, supervisors, nurses, doctors, school counselors, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists from the following organizations:

Attendees by organization:

  • Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health
  • PA Ministry of Education
  • PA Ministry of Social Affairs
  • Community Training Center and Crisis Management
  • Al Aqsa University
  • El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
  • The Palestinian Red Crescent Society
  • United Nations Relief & Works Agency (UNRWA)
  • Islamic Relief
  • Gaza Program for Psychological Health
  • Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

Every aspect of the program is evaluated and supported jointly by CMBM and the local professionals involved in HWW. We will continue to reach out to include others over time, to train them in our mind-body approach.

Helpful Documents:

Update on Healing the Wounds of War in the Middle East (PDF 117 KB)

Dr. James Gordon's Gaza Diary (PDF 435 KB)

Dr. James Gordon's, "Both Sides Now" (PDF 54 KB)

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I thank the group from America for coming here to help the Palestinian people — to help them to lessen the stress, to lessen the violence, and to help us to live a normal life with others.

- Najat Al Astal, PhD, Hospital Manager for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Khan Younis, Gaza