Healing the Wounds of History
Organisation:
Alexandra Asseily
Overall Objective:
Compensation
Type of Activity:
Awareness Raising
Geographic Target:
International
Status:
Ongoing
Type of Organisation:
Others
Initiative's Approach:
Healing
Target Group:
Professionals
General public
Launched in:
2011
Description:
The Healing the Wounds of History (HWH) program has been developed to help to heal the deeper roots of violence which are rooted in recent but also older and even ancient historical grievances, memories and traumas. These psychological roots draw on perceived injustices and become the sources of violence, especially in acute times of crisis, fear and threat,where these driving forces usually remain unexamined. By unfolding and deconstructing them, individuals can begin to understand where many prejudices and impulses for violence against the other are held.