Post-war counseling awaits Gaza children going back to school

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Post-war counseling awaits Gaza children going back to school

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/post-war-counseling-awaits-gaza-children-going-back-025207809.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eIdBtDKzodtJH_rn7Bp2ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-15T025207Z_1_LYNXMPEA8E021_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST-GAZA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The empty chair of a student is seen inside a class on the first day of the new school year in the east of Gaza City" align="left" title="The empty chair of a student is seen inside a class on the first day of the new school year in the east of Gaza City" border="0" /></a>By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological counseling before regular studies begin after a devastating 50-day war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The opening of the school year had been delayed for three weeks because of damage to more than 250 schools and the use of about 90 U.N. educational facilities as shelters for tens of thousands of residents displaced by fighting, the United Nations and local authorities said. &quot;The top priority now is making sure that after a period of psychosocial support, including the use of theater for development techniques, our students can return to their regular curricula,&quot; said Pierre Krähenbühl, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which runs more than 200 Gaza schools. He said UNRWA has employed over 200 counselors who would engage with the approximately 240,000 students in its schools, with a transition to standard studies scheduled in a week.</p><br clear="all"/>

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