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“We draw, we shape the clay, we colour it, we laugh. Those are the best moments of my day,” says 14-year-old Rital, living in an UNRWA school-turned-shelter with her family in #Gaza.

Like the other 660,000 school-age children in the Gaza Strip, Rital’s childhood has been shaped by grief, repeated displacement and continued disruption of their education.

Through art-based self-expression, UNRWA counsellors begin to address the deep psychological impact of the war by inviting children to play, draw, and talk at their own pace.

#UNRWAworks

Full story: unrwa.org/newsroom/features/af…