Within the School as Zones of Peace project Save the Children conducted a three-day…

Within the School as Zones of Peace project Save the Children conducted a three-day training on healing and education through the arts (HEART) method, which was designed for partners and mobile teams’ workers. HEART is an approach for children affected by serious or chronic stress which helps children and youth from 3 to 20 years of age, as well as adults, to deal with stress and engage with their peers in an entertaining and creative way. During the training participants learned how to help children to overcome stress by expressing their emotions through drawing, painting, sculpture, music, dance and much more.

“The training was fantastic, HEART is very interesting approach, and moreover all HEART activities contain three core components: healing, learning, and fun. I sure that through this process children will become more communicative and relaxed” – shared Olena* facilitator from the mobile team from Avdiivka.