As people in Haiti recover from the recent earthquake, stories are emerging of the techniques used by survivors to assuage the panic and anguish they felt as they waited to be rescued. We found this moving article about a survivor who used his imagination to take him to a violin concert where he was the lead musician.
And Plan UK, a child-centred community development organisation, is working in Haiti right now, to give children valuable play opportunities, helping them gain a sense of normality among the chaos.
As Stuart Brown M.D., a contemporary American psychiatrist says
"Play allows us to develop alternatives to violence and despair; it helps us learn perseverance and gain optimism."Image from Plan UK
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