CVT’s healing programs in offices in Amman and Zarqa, Jordan, touched the lives of thousands of refugee survivors of torture from the MENA region. Over the years, a large community of Syrian survivors came to CVT’s Jordan clinics, numbering in the thousands over time. As survivors participated in healing programs, CVT clinicians heard about the need for justice and accountability as the Assad regime continued its deadly systems of violence and torture. This led CVT to establish an Amman-based regional office where clinical teams could support Syrian civil society with a focus on detainees, torture survivors and their families.
In 2016, CVT formed a partnership with Syrian civil society organizations and started the Survivors of Torture Initiative (SOTI) or “my voice” (يتوص). The team began its work to strengthen Syrian civil society, advance justice and heal trauma.
SOTI brings together Syrian trauma rehabilitation experts, psychosocial service providers, human rights defenders, journalists, legal advocates, and others fighting for healing and justice in order to promote collaboration and address shared needs.
Read more here about CVT’s support for Syrians.
