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Help Empower Palestinians in Crisis

La prochaine formation d'enseignants TRY de 20 heures se tiendra en personne les 11 et 12 mars 2022 à Duhok, au Kurdistan.  Aucune expérience en yoga n'est requise.

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Relief Efforts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

We are working closely with community-based organizations to enhance and expand upon mental health support and trauma recovery resources. We particularly focus on meeting the needs of poor, vulnerable, marginalized and isolated people. 

TRY Global works to improve the mental and physical well-being and resilience of low-income and marginalized communities by training Palestinians to teach Trauma Recovery Yoga and placing them in paid teaching positions. Our team is facilitating Psychological First Aid trainings for organization staff, aid workers and community leaders. And we're connecting Palestinians with volunteer psychologists online for one-on-on therapy  sessions.

How We Serve

TRY Teacher Trainings & Programs

After facilitating the 2-day TRY Teacher training, our staff mentors participants for a duration of 6-12 weeks to help prepare them to teach TRY classes in their communities. See more details on the program below.

Virtual Therapy Sessions

 In Through our hotline number, Palestinians can call and request a free virtual therapy session. They'll be connected with one of our volunteer psychologists within 48 hours.

Psychological First Aid 

This training equips humanitarians, crisis response workers and community members with the essential skills to provide immediate, compassionate, and practical support to those experiencing emotional distress or trauma.

Contenu couvert dans la formation TRY de 20 heures :
  • Psychologie du traumatisme

  • Le nerf vague et la connexion esprit-corps

  • Gestion des déclencheurs

  • ESSAYEZ la séquence de tapis

  • Méditation et Mantra pour les traumatismes

  • Techniques de respiration pour les traumatismes

  • TRY Séquence de chaise

  • Mouvements de pleine conscience (TRY pour les jeunes)

  • À faire et à ne pas faire sur ce qu'il faut dire et faire en classe

  • Comment travailler avec divers groupes de personnes

  • Faire face à la fatigue de compassion

  • Prochaines étapes de la mise en œuvre de TRY dans votre communauté

Ce cours est utile à toute personne qui :
  • A subi un traumatisme

  • S'occupe de quelqu'un qui a vécu un traumatisme 

  • Travaille professionnellement pour conseiller les traumatismes

  • Veut approfondir ses propres connaissances sur les traumatismes, l'autorégulation, la méditation et l'affirmation, la respiration et le mouvement

  • Pratique ou enseigne le yoga et souhaite étendre ses compétences au yoga sensible aux traumatismes

TRY Teacher Programs in the West Bank:

2-Day Online Teacher Training

Our team will facilitate Trauma Recovery Yoga trainings, in partnership with local organizations. Participants will include humanitarian staff and community members.

Mentorship

Upon completing the training, participants will have opportunities to practice and receive feedback on a weekly basis, both in-person and online. In order to teach in the community, they must first submit a video of themselves teaching the class, receive feedback, and official approval.

Paid Teacher Placement

Teachers will having ongoing opportunities to teach Trauma Recovery Yoga to adults and children in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Volunteers

We are open to volunteers with various skillsets. Let us know what skills you have, and we'll do our best to match you with a need in our organization.

This includes website development, advocacy and community outreach, fundraising, and volunteer coordinating. 

Please complete the form below if you're interested in and have the capacity to volunteer with our team.

Volunteer Psychologists

Our team is in the process of developing a Crisis Response Plan and a platform through which we can connect psychologists from around the world to people in dire need.

Please complete the form linked below if you're a licensed mental healthcare worker and are interested in volunteering to support Palestinians in crisis. 

Proudly Partnered with
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Jordanian Clinical Psychologists Association

The Jordanian Clinical Psychologists Association (JCPA) is an association of more than 60 licensed psychologists, many of whom with experience coordinating psychology services in emergency situations. They are helping create and manage virtual therapy sessions for Palestinians.

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Taraf for Consultation

Taraf for Consultation is a Therapy Practice founded and operated by Licensed Psychologist Nour Aqrabawi in Amman, Jordan. They are supporting the creation and management of our virtual therapy sessions for Palestinians.

When You Donate...

$20

You provide materials for 1 psychological first aid training

$200

You support the training and mentorship of a local TRY instructor in Palestine.

$60

You sponsor a Palestinian to practice TRY for two months

$600

You fund a Trauma Recovery Yoga teacher training for an entire Palestinian community

$100

You cover the cost of a Psychological First Aid training for humanitarian staff in crisis

$1,000

You sponsor a comprehensive TRY program* for a community in need

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