Thank you for your interest in learning more about the Heal a Hurting Heart (HHH) children's Dutch curriculum.

The structure of this Heal a Hurting Heart Training and children's Curriculum follows the Bible Society Healing Hearts Club, a Bible-based Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) healing programme for children who have experienced war, abuse, or a similar human or natural disaster.

Their original programme was written for the children of DR Congo and we are grateful to be able to follow the same structure and guidelines establishing a Caribbean/CARICOM version and expanding the African version.

Each of the lessons includes a Bible Story, following the life of Joseph and a comparable 'real-life' and 'culturally sensitive' children's story about the experiences of a family who live through a devastating hurricane or flood, so children can see the effects of trauma, learn how to work through their emotional and spiritual pain, and experience God’s love for them.

The Story Book features a family and especially a little boy, who learns about healing through the words of the Bible. Parts of the story book "And Puppy' which accompanies the curriculum was written and developed by the women and children of Dominica following hurricane Maria in 2017.

Activities, such as drawing a picture of happy and painful memories, help them understand what they’re feeling so they can deal with their trauma and eventually work through it. Dance, art, drama and play therapy is used to heal the broken hearts.

The Pattern of Ministry follows the same pattern as Kids In Ministry International because most of our teachers Regionally and Internationally, especially in Africa, have been trained in this excellent Children's Ministry, which following the 'Tabernacle Pattern of Ministry.'

This English Hurricane and Flood HHH programme focuses on the English speaking islands of the Caribbean and CARICOM including this Dutch curriculum for Suriname flood survivors. Many have over the years been devastated such as Guyana, Grenada, Barbuda, Dominica and the Bahamas. United Caribbean Relief has worked in all these areas and we are delighted to be able to introduce this new PTS children's Programme.

This Spanish HHH Flood and Hurricane version has been created with the Spanish speaking children of the Caribbean, including Cuba and Dominican Republic, in mind.

The curriculum has been adapted and is being translated into Spanish to cover the 'Economic Disaster' in Venezuela.

Translation is underway in Swahili the official language in Tanzania and Kenya and is also widely spoken in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo.. It's also spoken by smaller numbers in Burundi, Rwanda, Northern Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

Translating has begun into Chichewa, or Chewa, a Bantu language spoken in parts of Malawi , where it is an official national language along with English, and also in Zambia , Mozambique

A French translation is being worked on for Chad, Rwanda and DR Congo as well as the French speaking Caribbean including Guadeloupe, Martinique and Haiti.

A Haitian Creole version has been created for the precious children in Haiti who are so often exposed to natural and economical disasters.

This story has been adapted to cover a Cyclone and is being translated into Portuguese to help the children of Mozambique.

It is a partnership between Lifeline Ministries Dominica and United Caribbean Trust.

Recently three week of children's Deliverance has been incorporated into the curriculum. It follows Lesson #8 which is the Children's Evangelism Session.

Each of the three Deliverance Sessions are accompanied by a Deliverance Training PowerPoint for the Teacher, including Handouts and Warfare Prayers for the youth or children. Deliverance teaching has been adapted from Warfare Plus Ministries (Living Free Ministries)

These three weeks can be omitted if the church does not want to embark on Deliverance and Lesson #8 the Children's Evangelism Lesson can lead onto Lesson #12 the Forgiveness teaching.

This 12 or 15 week Disaster Management Programme is followed by a Reforestation/ Nutritional 12 week Moringa Curriculum - Sowing the Jesus Seed which is followed by a 12 week Super Fruit Curriculum.

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