Kuwaiti team qualifies psychological counselor for Syrian refugees in Jordan

AMMAN, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- Some 28 trainees have successfully completed the first "psychological counseling" program organized by the "Tarahom" (compassion) of Kuwait's International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) aiming to help the Syrian refugees in Jordan.
The graduation ceremony was held in Amman on Thursday, attended by Kuwait's Ambassador to the Jordan Dr. Hamad Al-Duaij, head of Tarahom Nasser Al-Bassam, the general supervisor of the IICO office in the Kingdom Khalil Hamad and representatives from the Jordanian Islamic Charity Center Society.
The huge effects of the conflict in Syria have prompted the training program to prepare specialists in relief and psychological treatment of the Syrian refugees, envoy Hamad told KUNA on the side lines of the event.
Since the eruption of the Syrian crisis, the Kuwaiti official and popular agencies have been providing due financial and spiritual aid to the Syrian refugees, in line with the noble directives of the Kuwaiti higher leadership to pay utmost attention to the issue, he added.
Tarahom's adoption of the program has been motivated by a desire to share the "Syrian brothers" their plight, and offering them psychological assistance, Al-Bassam told KUNA.
The psychological counseling training program is among the team's major projects in Jordan, he told KUNA.
For his part, head of the psychological support and the general supervisor of the programs Dr. Othman Al-Asfour, said that during the five-month training covered how to handle psychological crises.
There are many Syrian refugees who are suffering psychological setbacks due to the war at home and the ensued sever impacts on them, Al-Asfour told KUNA.
Board Chairman of the Jordanian Islamic Charity Center Society Dr. Jameel Al-Duissat, lauded Kuwait's "fruitful" cooperation for providing the spiritual support to the Syrian refugees through dispatching psychology specialists and academics to the Kingdom. (end) mjb.msa