Children
staying in relief camps (officially closed at the time of the interview), in
temporary shelters until their homes are rebuilt (or is safe to return) or
relocated in other regions were interviewed. The children were allowed to speak
of the events that they had witnessed, their perceptions of what they had
witnessed and who the perpetrators were. The children were encouraged to express
themselves through drawings, especially of ‘good things’ and ‘bad
things’ in their lives.
The backdrop of this page is a picture of children studying in the Char Tora Kabrastan (graveyard) in July 2002
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