A music therapy program set up to help Iraqi children suffering from war trauma may be forced to shut down next month due to funding problems.

The program, funded by UNHCR and run through the Noor Al Hussein Foundation, has been a success, according to music therapists running the program:

Music therapist Lisa Rae Eisenman and her colleague Maryellen Fairchild came to Amman from the US to work with a group of patients aged six to 21 in order to “use music to meet non-musical needs”.

Eisenman said she has seen a noticeable difference in the children since the programme started in May.

“When the kids first came in, they were very quiet, they were very shy and they weren’t smiling,” she said

And now?

“The kids are full of joy and a love for music,” Fairchild said, noting that they have received gratitude from parents.

Source: MENAFN

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