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  • Daimohk dates

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    We’re thrilled to be able to announce the venues and dates for this year’s Daimohk Tour.  If you have not had the joy of seeing the Chechen Children’s Dance Ensemble before then please make an effort to come and see them – not only is the story and the spirit of these young dancers extraordinary,…

  • A message from the Chair

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    Hello, and welcome back to the website if you’ve not been here for a while.  I’ve had a tinker with the website and hopefully it should now be easier to access and receive regular news reports of what we are doing – particularly if you use RSS feeds (if not then find out more on…

  • Little Star Psychologists to Visit the UK in 2009

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    Most of the twelve Little Star psychologists will visit the UK in 2009. Working every day with traumatized people causes a strain for those conducting this work, and Peacebuilding UK therefore arranges a break or retreat for the team of psychologists and counsellors each year for rest and recuperation. Previous retreats have been conducted in the…

  • Supporting Psychosocial work in Gaza

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    Peacebuilding UK has been invited by an NGO in Gaza to support their work through staff training in the fields of child psychological trauma counselling and rehabilitation. This co-operation will focus on psychosocial counselling of children in the field and the training of new staff/ mental health professionals in Gaza. An initial one-week seminar is…

  • Rebuilding Sharoi School

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    Introduction The children of the village of Sharoi have been without a school from 1999 to 2008, after the original school building was largely destroyed during bombardments in the second Chechen war from 1999-2000. Sharoi is deep in the mountains in the South of Chechnya, and access to other villages from it is limited. The…