House of Hope - West-Africa: trauma and flight

The project

•	a project within the framework of the BMZ-programme “Perspektive Heimat”, supported by GIZ 

•	based on a train-the-trainer-programme (counsellor-cascade-system) for the qualification of locals in a  
•	narrative procedure to cope with traumata (Narrative Exposition Therapy, NET) 

•	developed and successfully applied in vulnerable countries (e. g. Ruanda und Kongo) by Prof. Dr. Thomas Elbert (University of Constance) and some of his colleagues   

The aim

•	to show returnees possibilities how to cope with their traumatic experiences as refugees, how to overcome feelings of guilt and shame in behalf of their own failure and simultaneously  

•	sensitise the surroundings of returnees to the circumstances people in exile have to face 

•	the empowerment of young Senegalese (counsellors) by giving them the opportunity of self-managing a project in aid of their country, who therefore 

•	become pioneers in the area of psychologic healing  

•	a transfer of knowledge in both directions while facing each other at an eye level

Further information:

•   https://fka-ka.de/house-of-hope-trauma-und-flucht/

•   https://www.facebook.com/pg/psychotherapie.gratuite/posts/
•   https://www.house-of-hope-west-africa.de (Blog)

Donation account:  Freundeskreis Asyl

  Sparkasse Karlsruhe

  IBAN: DE28 6605 0101 0009 9091 85

  BIC: KARSDE66XXX

supported by	fka - Freundeskreis Asyl Karlsruhe e.V.	
	Menschenrechtszentrum	
	Alter Schlachthof 59, 76131 Karlsruhe	
	www.fka-ka.de