Wars and conflicts have a wide psychological impact on young people, suffering from psychological pressures and psychological problems and emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and social problems and reduce psychological effects and in order to support social cohesion and peace-building between the displaced person, on October 1st, 2019 Organized a recreational and scientific trip to the (Khenis Village and Lalish temple) for(150) IDPs in Shekhan Camp and Host community at Shekhan of both gender from Shekhan camp, The beneficiaries were mostly participants attending our activities, also including people have psychological problems, and they were aged between (16- 30) years, with the aim of psychologically supporting them and strengthening social relations, it’s very important to involve them all in one event to strengthen relationships and make them know more about each other, which develops their social relationships and breaks the barrier of shyness that is very common in their culture. Especially between males and females and relieving the psychological stress and daily difficulties faced by these displaced persons and with the aim of enhancing self-confidence, mutual trust, dialogue, peace-building and enhancing resilience and trust between them, we are happy and proud to be in one common holy place after losing all their possessions, and did not leave the smile, joy and happiness on their faces, and where the team worked to entertain participants through competitions and games and hear songs , in order to alleviate psychological pressures and peaceful coexistence and the creation of a spirit of cooperation that can be shared by people living in the camp, as a first step in forming social relationships, The aim of this trip is to teach peace to help people cope with psychological problems and psychosocial disorders , This process of adaptation drives us to think and search for solutions, which makes us take appropriate decisions about these pressures and we take active roles to get rid of them or adapt to them. When the adaptation process succeeds either by relieving or coexisting with stress, it creates a new awareness and exciting insights in life that make us more adaptable in the future and more resistant to stress. Confronting grief, not losing hope, and not severing relations with others.
The activity was a trip to Lalish, an archaeological site and a sacred spiritual temple located in Shekhan, this temple contains special monuments and rituals of the Yezidi religion. Yazidis met in Lalish during holidays, feasts, and other religious events to perform their religious rites. They were warmly welcomed and respected by the Sheikh and we were guided by a clergyman who showed us all the rituals and place of the holy temples in the temple, as well as provided all the historical and religious information and stories dating back to hundred years ago, this information was very important to young people who are not well educated about their religion.
