« The impact of war on children is devastating and its effects can last for decades after hostilities have ceased.”
It’s the stuff that movies are made of: a group of Yazidis from Iraq make their way to Jerusalem to learn the fine art of medical clowning.
According to the Foreign Ministry, that is exactly what happened last week when a group of Yazidis came to receive training in medical clowning to help children in need of medical treatment or suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The project was a joint initiative of Dream Doctors, an Israeli NGO integrating medical clowns into the country’s hospital healthcare system, a British charity called Road to Peace, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem and the Foreign Ministry.
