Many crisis workers and psychologists have known the effects of natural disasters on children. They saw it at Banda Aceh in Indonesia and in Haiti. Children are suffering from panic attacks. The Feb. 27 quake has lasting effects on all the Chilean children who are still at home. Their school has been delayed until mid April after the government announced an intensive project of school rebuilding. Christian organization, World Vision, is doing something to help solve these problems. World Vision needs your financial assistance to meet its goals.
Through community centers, World Vision is trying to return the kids to normalcy through play.
"The Christian charity is opening several centers in some of the hardest-hit parts of Chile, which it is calling "Child Friendly Spaces," to try to ease the burden of the quake on kids.
World Vision is also launching a nationwide toll-free help line. The phone bank staffed by psychologists will offer counseling to anyone feeling stressed, anxious or severely depressed. They are also offering advice to parents on how to help their children cope with the traumatic event...."
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