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Non-profit Organization 🕊🎨🦋
Innovative mental health and psychosocial support for children trapped by the trauma of war, conflict and displacement.

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أربعة أيام من التعلّم والمشاركة والإبداع، عاشها ميسّرو مشروع الفن من أجل التعافي | ‪Art for Healing‬ ضمن برنامج تدريبي نفّذته مؤسسة سبارك للابتكار والإبداع بالشراكة مع مؤسسة ‪Peace of Mind Foundation‬ ‪(PoM)‬ ‪@foundation_peaceofmind.‬‬‬‬‬
يأخذكم هذا الفيديو في جولة بين أبرز لحظات التدريب، الذي هدف إلى تطوير مهارات الفريق وتعزيز قدرته على دعم الأطفال ومرافقتهم خلال رحلة التعافي.

Four days of learning, participation and creativity brought together the facilitators of the Art for Healing project in a training programme conducted by SPARK for Innovation & Creativity in partnership with the Peace of Mind Foundation (PoM) @foundation_peaceofmind.
This video captures key moments from the training, which aimed to develop the team’s skills and strengthen their ability to support children throughout their healing journey.
#ArtForHealing #MHPSS4CHILDREN #PeaceofMindFoundation #SPARK

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نفّذت مؤسسة سبارك للابتكار والإبداع، ضمن مشروع الفن من أجل التعافي | ‪Art for Healing‬ وبالشراكة مع ‪Peace of Mind Foundation‬ السويسرية ‪(PoM)‬ ‪@foundation_peaceofmind‬، ورشة تدريبية بعنوان «قراءة رسوم الأطفال» لموظفي المؤسسة والعاملين في المشروع.‬‬‬‬
تناولت الورشة مراحل وخصائص رسوم الأطفال، والرموز والموضوعات المتكررة فيها، وتأثير الأحداث الضاغطة في محتوى الرسم، إلى جانب الفرق بين الرسم الحر والرسم الموجّه.
كما شملت تطبيقات عملية على تحليل الرسومات، وإدارة جلسات الرسم، وتوثيق سلوك الطفل وتفاعله أثناء العملية الإبداعية، مع التأكيد على حماية الخصوصية وتجنّب التشخيص أو إصدار الأحكام من رسم واحد.

SPARK for Innovation & Creativity, in partnership with the Swiss Peace of Mind Foundation (PoM) @foundation_peaceofmind, conducted a training workshop titled “Reading Children’s Drawings” as part of the Art for Healing project.
The workshop engaged SPARK staff and project team members in exploring the developmental stages and characteristics of children’s drawings, recurring themes and symbols, the impact of stressful events on drawing content, and the distinction between free and guided drawing.
It also included practical activities on observing drawings, facilitating drawing sessions, and documenting children’s behaviour and interaction throughout the creative process, while emphasising privacy protection and the importance of avoiding diagnosis or definitive judgments based on a single drawing.
#ArtForHealing #MHPSS4CHILDREN #PeaceofMindFoundation #SPARK

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We are thrilled to announce our partnership with @foundation_peaceofmind. Together, we'll implement “Healing the Shattered Soul – Part Two,” the second phase of Healing the Shattered Soul project implemented from 2024 to 2025 in the south west region of Cameroon.
This initiative is dedicated to strengthening the mental health and psychosocial well-being of vulnerable children and adolescents affected by conflict and trauma in Cameroon. Through this partnership, Help for Orphans in Cameroon will provide safe spaces, psychosocial support, resilience-building activities to help children heal, regain hope, and build brighter futures.
The project will also equip caregivers with trauma-informed care knowledge and skills to better support children affected by trauma and adversity.
We are deeply grateful to the Peace of Mind Foundation for believing in this work and investing in the emotional well-being and future of children.
Stay tuned as we share the journey, the impact, and the stories of hope made possible through this partnership.
#MHPSS4Children#HelpForOrphansInCameroon#peaceofmindfoundation #mentalhealthmatters

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🎨💙 CREATIVITY CAN HEAL. HOPE CAN GROW.

New Learning from Quetta, Balochistan! 🇵🇰

What happens when children are given a safe space to create, express, connect and heal?

Since 2023, Youth Association for Development (YAD) Pakistan, with the generous support of Peace of Mind Foundation, has been implementing the project “Supporting Mental Health and Healing for Vulnerable Children in Quetta.”

Through dedicated Healing Rooms in partner schools, Afghan refugee and host-community children participate in a structured, arts-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programme using:

🎨 Art
🎵 Music
🧸 Play
📖 Storytelling
💬 Group reflection
🤝 Trauma-informed facilitation

And this is about much more than creativity.

🌱 It is about creating safe spaces where children can express what words cannot always explain.

The evaluation of the programme’s third cohort found encouraging improvements in psychosocial wellbeing. Among 135 children surveyed, average scores increased across all five measured domains:

💙 Emotional regulation
🛡️ Safety & adaptability
🏫 School support
👨‍👩‍👧 Family support
🌈 Hope & wellbeing

Children, caregivers and teachers also described positive changes — including children talking more openly about their feelings, managing anger and anxiety differently, participating more confidently in school, connecting with peers, and expressing greater hope for their futures.

✨ At YAD, we believe every child deserves a safe space to be heard, supported, express themselves and imagine a hopeful future.

📘 Read the full learning brief:
https://lnkd.in/eX8Rm8cQ

🤝 Evaluation commissioned by Peace of Mind Foundation, implemented in partnership with Youth Association for Development (YAD Pakistan), and conducted by The MHPSS Collaborative.

🌱 Together, let’s create spaces where children can heal, grow and hope.

#YADPakistan #YouthAssociationForDevelopment #MHPSS #MentalHealth #PsychosocialSupport #ChildWellbeing #ArtsBasedMHPSS #HealingThroughArt #MentalHealthMatters #MHPSS4CHILDREN #EMERGENCYMHPSS

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🌈 Colours of Healing | Trauma-Informed Collective Healing & Expressive Emotions Mega Art Exhibition

Mega Art Exhibition of Four Cohorts from September 2024 to August 2026

Every painting tells a story. Every colour reflects an emotion. Every brushstroke represents a child's journey toward healing.

The Youth Association for Development (YAD) proudly presents the documentary of the Colours of Healing-Trauma-Informed Collective Healing and Expressive Emotions Mega Art Exhibition, the culminating celebration of the project Supporting Mental Health and Healing for Vulnerable Children.

Over two transformative years, Afghan refugee and host community children in Quetta discovered safe spaces to express their emotions through art, music, play, and collective healing. Their creativity became a powerful voice of resilience, hope, courage, and recovery.

This Mega Art Exhibition brought together the inspiring artworks of children from eight partner schools, celebrating not only their artistic achievements but also the remarkable progress they made on their healing journeys. It also united parents, teachers, therapists, artists, community leaders, and partners in a shared commitment to children's mental health, inclusion, and peaceful coexistence.

🎥 We invite you to watch this powerful documentary and witness how trauma-informed creative interventions can transform lives, strengthen resilience, and give children the opportunity to be seen, heard, and celebrated.

Together, we can create communities where every child has the opportunity to heal, thrive, and dream.

🤝 Implemented by: Youth Association for Development (YAD)
💙 Funded by: Peace of Mind Foundation

Because every child deserves a safe space to heal. Every child deserves hope.

Every child deserves hope.
Every child deserves healing.
Every child deserves a future.

Quetta, Pakistan
#MentalHealth #yadpakistan #youthassociationfordevelopmen #TraumaHealing #ArtTherapy #PlayTherapy #MusicTherapy #ChildrenMatter #Resilience #Hope #Quetta #Pakistan #CommunityHealing #SupportingChildren
#PeaceofMindFoundation #MHPSS4CHILDREN #EMERGENCYMHPSS
#quetta #baluchistan #arttherapy #traumahealing
#MentalHealthMatters

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Trauma-Informed Play, Music and Art-Based Collective Healing Rooms in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

Behind every child's smile is a story. For many Afghan refugee children and vulnerable children from host communities in Quetta, Balochistan, that story has been shaped by conflict, displacement, uncertainty, and trauma.

Today, a new chapter is being written.

Through the Supporting Mental Health and Healing for Vulnerable Children project, the Youth Association for Development (YAD) Pakistan, with the generous support of the Peace of Mind Foundation, is creating Trauma-Informed Play, Music, and Art-Based Collective Healing Rooms across eight partner schools.

These are more than child-friendly spaces; they are places where fear becomes confidence, silence becomes expression, and trauma begins to heal.

Through evidence-based play, art, music, and psychosocial support, children are rediscovering joy, resilience, creativity, trust, and hope. Every drawing, every song, every game, and every smile represents another step toward healing and a brighter future.

Because mental health is a fundamental human right, and every child deserves to feel safe, to belong, to dream, and to thrive

We invite donors, humanitarian organisations, UN agencies, NGOs, child protection actors, mental health professionals, educators, governments, philanthropists, and the global community to join us in expanding trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial support for children affected by crisis.

Together, we are not only supporting mental health, but we are restoring childhood, strengthening communities, and building a more peaceful tomorrow.

Every Child Deserves Hope.
Every Child Deserves Healing.
Every Child Deserves a Future. ❤️

@foundation_peaceofmind
#peaceofmindfoundation #mhpss4children #emergencymhpss
#quetta #baluchistan #arttherapy #traumahealing
#mentalhealthmatters #Pakistan #afghanrefugees #youthempowerment
#resiliencebuilding #peaceofmindfoundation #youthassociationfordevelopment #yadpakistan
#mentalhealthart #ptsd #artheals #artmaking #intuitivepainting #artismytherapy #therapysession

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What does belonging look like when thousands of young people have been forced to leave everything behind?

Today at Kado Secondary School in Zone IV of Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, we explored that question through art.

🎨 Through our Belonging Collage: Building Community session, students reflected on the communities that shape their lives, their families, schools, places of worship, friendships, and the spaces where they feel safe, valued, and connected.

Using drawings, symbols, colors, and collage-making, they transformed individual stories into one collective artwork, showing that despite different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, and identities, we all share a fundamental need: to belong.

Home is more than a place. It’s the people who support us, the communities that welcome us, and the connections that help us heal and thrive.

In Bidi Bidi, where hundreds of thousands of refugees are rebuilding their lives after displacement, these moments of creativity help strengthen identity, connection, and hope for the future.

It is especially important to highlight during #refugeeweek2026 how creativity can invite young people to rebuild with each other.

#ArtForHealing #FacesUp #BidiBidi #RefugeeYouth

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🌍🎨 HEALING THROUGH COLOURS | VOICES OF CHILDREN IN QUETTA 🎨🌍
In Quetta, Pakistan, Afghan refugee and host community children are turning pain into expression and silence into colour.
Through a trauma-informed initiative implemented by Youth Association for Development and funded by Peace of Mind Foundation, children are receiving safe spaces for healing through art, music, and creative expression.
Across eight collective healing art exhibitions, children have shared emotions shaped by displacement, uncertainty, and loss, yet transformed them into powerful messages of hope, resilience, identity, and peace.
Each artwork is more than a painting.
It is a voice.
It is a story.
It is healing in motion.
Guided by psychologists and trauma-informed facilitators, these spaces are helping children move:
💛 from silence to expression
💙 from distress to emotional strength
💚 from isolation to connection
These exhibitions also brought Afghan refugee and host community children together, building empathy, understanding, and social cohesion through creativity.
✨ This is more than an art project.
It is a mental health and healing journey for vulnerable children.
📢 We invite the global community to recognise and support trauma-informed, creative approaches to child mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings.
Because when children are given safe spaces to express themselves…
They don’t just heal, they inspire change.
🎬 Watch the documentary & share the message of hope.
@foundation_peaceofmind
#peaceofmindfoundation #mhpss4children #emergencymhpss
#quetta #baluchistan #arttherapy #traumahealing
#mentalhealthmatters #Pakistan #afghanrefugees #youthempowerment
#resiliencebuilding #peaceofmindfoundation #youthassociationfordevelopment #yadpakistan
#mentalhealthart #ptsd #artheals #artmaking #intuitivepainting #artismytherapy #therapysession

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🎵 Rwanda Youth Music, Kivu Youth Music & Peace of Mind Foundation

These images tell the story of how music can move through a community—connecting children, youth leaders, musicians, and families across generations and borders.

For more than a decade, Rwanda Youth Music, a Musicians Without Borders program developed in partnership with WE-ACTx for Hope, has used music leadership, creative expression, and psychosocial support to create safe spaces for vulnerable young people in Rwanda.

As the program grew, Rwanda Youth Music became a regional hub for training and community music leadership, helping to support the development of Kivu Youth Music in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Today, music leaders trained through these initiatives facilitate workshops with children and young people affected by conflict and displacement, creating spaces for creativity, connection, resilience, and hope. The work of local organisations such as Peace of Mind Foundation contributes to this growing network of community-based music and psychosocial support in the region.

The images in this carousel reflect the power of locally led music-making—from classrooms and rehearsal spaces to community workshops—demonstrating how music can support healing, strengthen relationships, and help build more peaceful communities.

🎶 War divides. Music connects.

#Music4Peace #MusiciansWithoutBorders #RwandaYouthMusic #KivuYouthMusic #PeaceOfMindFoundation

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🎨🎶 Healing begins when children are given safe spaces to express, connect, and rediscover hope.

In Quetta, Pakistan, Cohort 3 of the Supporting Mental Health and Healing for Vulnerable Children project has completed a powerful six-month journey of trauma-informed healing through art, play, music, and emotional support.

From colourful healing rooms and play therapy sessions to art exhibitions and music circles, vulnerable children found new ways to express emotions, rebuild confidence, and strengthen resilience.

Every painting carried a story.
Every rhythm created connection.
Every smile reflected healing in progress.

Together with mental health professionals, educators, artists, and communities, we are creating environments where children are heard, valued, and supported.

Because healing is possible.
Because every child deserves the opportunity to thrive. 💙

📍 Quetta, Pakistan

@foundation_peaceofmind
#peaceofmindfoundation #mhpss4children #emergencymhpss
#quetta #baluchistan #arttherapy #traumahealing
#mentalhealthmatters #Pakistan #afghanrefugees #youthempowerment
#resiliencebuilding #peaceofmindfoundation #youthassociationfordevelopment #yadpakistan
#mentalhealthart #ptsd #artheals #artmaking #intuitivepainting #artismytherapy #therapysession

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🚨 Grant Reminder: Peace of Mind Foundation – Grant Program (2026 Call for Proposals)
⏰ Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026

The @foundation_peaceofmind is inviting proposals for projects focused on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for children affected by war, displacement, violence, or natural disasters.

Programme features:
🌍 Global scope — open to experienced organizations worldwide
🧠 Focus: MHPSS for children in crisis contexts
📑 Proposal blueprint: Guidance available on required sections
❓ FAQ: Clarifies common questions about eligibility and submission

Outcome:
🌟 Support for impactful projects addressing urgent mental health needs
📈 Strengthened organizational capacity to deliver psychosocial support
🤝 Global collaboration to protect and empower children in vulnerable situations

🔗 Comment “leader” and we’ll send you a message to the application link

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Conflict has taken so much from these children,
but through music, they begin to find joy again. 🎵

In the DRC, our local trainers use rhythm, voice, and movement to help children in orphanages reconnect, express themselves, and heal.❤️‍🩹

These moments of courage are only possible when people choose to play their part.

Donate today and help us keep the music playing. ✨
🔗Link in bio

This project is made possible with the support of @foundation_peaceofmind ❤️

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