Heal a Hurting Heart  post traumatic stress childrens curriculum for children experiencing earthquake in Turkey
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Heal a Hurting Heart

(To be translated into Turkish for the children of Turkey)

Thank you for your interest in learning more about the 'Heal a Hurting Heart' (HHH) children's Post Traumatic Stress 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 initially a Caribbean Hurricane version and expanding into an African Cyclone, Flood and Volcanic Eruption versions. The flood version can be used in Guyana and other Caribbean areas that experience flooding.

It has been adapted to cover Volcanic Eruptions in St Vincent and has since been translated into French for the DR Congo Volcanic Eruptions and more recently the Haitian earthquake and now the earthquake in Turkey.

Over the last few years this has been extended to cover the Corona Crisis around the world.

A new version has been edited for the child soldiers of DR Congo and our most recent additions include the 'Surviving Slavery' curriculum for children experiencing slavery in this day and age as well as those that are seeking healing from the hurts of slavery over 400 years ago as well as a new 'Child Soldier' French version for the children of DR Congo, a Swahili version for Uganda and East Africa and an English/Nuer version for the children of South Sudan.

Each of the lessons includes a Bible Story, following the life of Joseph and a comparable 'real-life' and 'culturally sensitive' children's Story Book about the experiences of a family who live through a devastating nutural disaster, or the Pandemic. 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, Flood, Volcanic Eruption and Corona Crisis HHH programme focuses on the English speaking islands of the Caribbean and CARICOM. Many have over the years been devastated by natural disaster, such as Guyana, Grenada, Barbuda, Dominica, the Bahamas and St Vincent. United Caribbean Relief has worked in all these areas and we are delighted to be able to introduce this new PTS children's Programme.

A Dutch version is being created for flooding in Suriname as well as the Corona Crisis in Holland.

The Spanish HHH Flood, Hurricane and Corona Crisis versions are being created with the Spanish speaking children of the Caribbean, including Cuba and Dominican Republic, in mind. And more recently the children in Spain experiencing the Corona Crisis.

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.

Translation 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 now complete for Chad, Rwanda and DR Congo as well as the French speaking Caribbean islands 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.

And more recently the children in France experiencing the Corona Crisis. An earthquake version has recently been translated for the children in Les Cayes in Haiti.

This story has been adapted to cover a Cyclone and is being translated into Portuguese to help the children of Mozambique. And more recently the children in Brazil experiencing the Corona Crisis.

An English/Twi version has been worked on for the children of Ghana and an English/Nuer version for the children of South Sudan.

More recently we are working on a Turkish translation to help the children who experienced the terrible earthquake.

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

Following Covid, from a child's point of view, we have entered into a very strange time. Schools are closed and its not yet holidays! There is no football training, sports, no swimming, no drama, music or dance classes. Not even church as usual!

They are not allowed to visit their friends or even their grandparents. No shopping, trips to the beach, walks in the park. As we all know this is all because of the Coronavirus. Because of the magnitude of this Corvid 19 Crisis we have adapted this programme to assist parents, family members, school staff, youth Pastors, Sunday school teachers and other trusted adults who can play an important role in helping children make sense of what they hear in a way that is honest, accurate, and minimizes anxiety or fear.

Using God's Biblical principles as well as the arts and drama to help the children living through what has become to many a nightmare.

Click on the links below to access these other Curriculum and download the material for use.

 

HEAL A HURTING HEART - Natrual Disaster

Efik
English
Yoruba
French
Portuguese
Ukrainian
Chichewa
Dutch
Swahili
Nuer
Twi

HEAL A HURTING HEART - Corona Crisis

English
English
Dutch
Yoruba
Malawi
Swahili
Portuguese

A DROP OF HOPE

Drop of Hope Swahili
Drop of Hope
Drop of Hope Chichewa
Drop of Hope French
Drop of Hope Nuer
Drop of Hope Dutch
Drop of Hope Portuguese
Drop of Hope Shona

GROW AND GO CURRICULUM

Grow and Go English children's curriculum
Grow and Go Nuer children's curriculum
Grow and Go Swahili children's curriculum
Grow and Go Chichewa children's curriculum
Grow and Go Lingala children's curriculum
Grow and Go French children's curriculum

SOWING SEEDS OF SUCCESS - MORINGA CURRICULUM

French Lingala
English
French Creole
Swahili
Yoruba
Dutch
Efik
Nuer
 
Portuguese

SUPER FRUIT CURRICULUM

English
Dutch
Swahili

Chichewa
Nuer

NEW LIFE CURRICULUM

New Life French Child Evangelism Curriculum
New Life Swahili Child Evangelism Curriculum
New Life Yoruba Child Evangelism Curriculum
New Life Chichewa Child Evangelism Curriculum
 
New Life Persian Child Evangelism Curriculum

 
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