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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-israeli-volunteers-helping-syrias-traumatized-refugees/
Israeli Volunteers Help Syria's Traumatized Refugees
(Times of Israel) Debra Kamin - Behind the closed door at a Jordanian NGO, ten Jordanian volunteers discuss the importance of honest communication with their Israeli Arab teacher. In the swelling Zaatari refugee camp, a tent city of more than 100,000 displaced Syrians in the Mafraq region of northern Jordan, trauma is everywhere. Thanks to a team of Israeli aid workers, these volunteers are learning the skills to help treat it. Every two weeks, IsraAid has been running a course out of this office on the basics of trauma counseling. Thanks to a global network of Jewish donors, IsraAid volunteers have been making regular visits to Mafraq, where they deliver funds and oversee the distribution of dry goods, hygiene products and baby supplies.