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Storycloth is CVT's quarterly newsletter. If you would like to be on the mailing list for Storycloth, email your request and mailing address to cvt@cvt.org.
Spring 2008
Read how CVT’s international programs train the healers who are contributing to the long-term healing in their countries. These local professionals continue to use their skills to heal survivors of torture, rebuild communities and speak out against inhumane treatment after the completion of a CVT project.
Winter 2008
In this issue we share the daily struggles of CVT clients and the inspiring resiliency they demonstrate when facing their pasts. Read how survivors courageously work to heal their wounds, develop new relationships, and build lives full of hope and meaning.
Winter 2007
CVT announces the addition of torture treatment centers in Sudan and Cameroon to its international outreach project. Learn how CVT supports the brave human rights defenders at these centers who work in an atmosphere of ongoing political violence and repression.
Fall 2007
Throughout the world, voices rose to speak out against torture on June 26. Learn how communities commemorated the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with marches, songs and artistic performances.
Summer 2007
The lead article, Rebuilding After War: Tactics from African Experiences, reports on a recent workshop in Liberia about restoring civil society. Learn how CVT is working to share successful tactics for rebuilding communities after periods of widespread violence, war and torture.
Spring 2007
In this issue, CVT helps clients reconnect to friends and family; setting up operations in the Democractic Republic of Congo, including a first community outreach activity with newly hired Congolese psychosocial counselors; and a volunteer shares her gift of music.
Winter 2006
CVT brings light to darkness in the Democratic Republic of Congo by bringing its healing services to Katanga province in the southeast corner of the country.
Fall 2006
From Monrovia to Minneapolis, CVT honored June 26 by showing solidarity with torture survivors and rededicating ourselves to working against torture. And, as Cambodia prepares for war crime tribunals in 2007, mental health experts anticipate old wounds will resurface. CVT's Cambodia Trauma Healing Initiative is working to help those affected by torture and brutality.
Summer 2006
CVT Liberia expands operations to Lofa County, an area almost entirely depopulated during the country's 14-year civil war and currently the focus of refugee return efforts organized by the UN.
Spring 2006
CVT clinicians reflect on the successes and on-going challenges facing clients during 2005.
Winter 2005
CVT's new program New Neighbors/Hidden Scars uses local clinics and organizations to help heal the wounds of torture in the Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center community.
Summer 2005
CVT celebrates its 20th anniversary. Also featured is CVT Liberia, which begins operations to provide victims of torture and war trauma with mental health counseling as the country settles into a fragile peace accord.
Winter 2004
Learn about CVT's approach to group therapy with torture survivors and the New Tactics in Human Rights International Symposium in Turkey.
Summer 2004
Mistreatment, abuse, prison scandal. CVT's Douglas A. Johnson says the images we see and hear coming out of Iraq are torture.
Spring 2004
CVT's new healing center in St. Paul opens! See pictures of some of the many people who made this possible. Ally Beckman also shares her experiences working as a CVT clinician and trainer in Guinea.
Winter 2003
This issue provides an overview of CVT’s work, as well as a statistical snapshot of CVT clients. Also featured is an interview with IT intern Ayesha Mahmood.
Fall 2003
Learn about torture in Liberia and CVT’s work in West Africa. Also, read about how some surviviors find healing, ice fishing in Minnesota’s North Woods.
Spring 2003
Find out how volunteer community guides connect CVT clients with the community and check out a piece about the challenges of implementing mental health programs in refugee camps in Sierra Leone.
Winter 2002
Read about the obstacles to family reunification facing many CVT clients separated from their children or spouses in their home countries. Also learn about preliminray results from CVT’s mental health research in West Africa.
Fall 2002
Learn about CVT’s efforts to train refugees as psychosocial agents in West Africa and the use of massage for healing the wounds of torture.
Spring 2002
Meet the Bosnian children who attend a CVT support group to talk about their experiences in the war, as well as a former refugee who is now a Humphrey fellow and CVT intern.
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