Healing the Spirit, Instilling Hope

Photo by Eman Mohammad. Used with permission.

The Gaza Mental Health Foundation Inc. was formed in 2001 to support the critically important work of providing mental health services for the people in the Gaza Strip, especially the children who are the region’s future.

 
 

Mental Health in Gaza in early 2025

On January 16, 2025 Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, head of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), was interviewed by Gwyn Daniel, a UK family therapist, about the work which GCMHP is currently undertaking in the Gaza Strip.  Dr. Lama Khouri introduces the latest GCMHP report,  There, People Suffer and Die and journalist Victoria Brittain, who wrote about the report in an article entitled “Miraculously, therapeutic care for Gaza’s deeply traumatized people is happening,” frames the discussion.  

Drawing 1 by Hala, 10 year old girl, Al-Zaytoun, Gaza City
(Image from the latest GCMHP report)

 

The Gaza Mental Health Foundation is distressed to learn that on September 7, 2025 the Gaza City headquarters of one of our partner organizations, the Aisha Association for Women and Child Protection, was hit by an Israeli bombardment. One staff member was killed, in addition to a pregnant woman and child who were visiting its clinic. There were numerous injuries among the staff and others in the vicinity, and treatment is severely limited as Israel has accelerated its attack on Gaza City. We send the organization our deepest condolences.

 

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