Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Immigration, Refugees, Minnesota
Curt Goering, CVT executive director, gave this speech at the CVT Restoring Hope Breakfast – October 3, 2018.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Refugees
Islam Al-Aqeel, psychotherapist/trainer for CVT’s Syrian Survivors of Torture Initiative (SOTI), delivered this moving speech at CVT's 2018 Restoring Hope Breakfast.
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Amrita Chudasama, psychosocial counselor at CVT Nairobi, writes about her work with survivors and the beauty in their process of change.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
The team at CVT Nairobi developed a Parenting program to help refugee parents cope with stress and bring families closer together.
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Friday, September 7, 2018
Forced separation, whever it occurs, can create lasting trauma for survivors of torture.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Joseph Wesonga, physiotherapist/trainer, writes about the impact of physical therapy at CVT Kakuma.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
For Christine Bornhofer and her niece, Danielle, crafting DIY heat packs for CVT’s torture survivor clients is a family affair.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Refugees
Jack Indusa, logistics officer, CVT Nairobi, writes about the complexity and importance of logistics work in Kakuma and Nairobi.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
(Tekle Tareke) Taktar, member of the Victims of Sinai Torture Association, Adi Harush refugee camp, Ethiopia, wrote this original poem.
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
As part of CVT's Healing Hearts project, a new paper explores how integrated behavioral health care can effectively address the needs of a group of Karen refugee clients.
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