Intervention Level: As a child sponsor, you can help change the life of a child by providing the basics that every abused child deserves - an education and rehabilitative treatment program within a safe and loving environment. WHAT DOES ‘SPONSOR A CHILD’ ENTAIL? By sponsoring a child, your donation will offer children who have suffered from abuse and neglect new possibilities to experience happy, healthy childhoods. Services covered by the sponsorship package and provided comprehensively include psychosocial services, physical rehabilitation, education services, in-house care and social services to the family. Psychological Services: Psychological services include diagnostic, assessment and treatment services provided by a qualified team of psychologists and counselors in close coordination with other teams and professionals. Child-friendly and creative techniques of therapy, such as play, art, sports and music are all used to ensure the effectiveness and appropriateness of therapeutic methods with children under 12 years of age. Physical Rehabilitation: All cases of abuse require medical attention ranging from malnutrition to significant surgeries. Minor bruises, injuries and illnesses are treated at the center by the resident nurse. Nevertheless, and due to the severity of cases referred to the center, a large percentage suffer from severe physical and sexual injuries which may even require reconstructive plastic surgery. Thus, children are treated at hospitals and specialized clinics. Education Services: In addition to registering all their children in neighboring public schools, Dar Al Aman offers after-school support by a group of professional teachers at the Center who tend to their needs and support their progress, addressing any special needs the children may have developed because of previous neglect or trauma. Academic achievements play a significant role in the rehabilitation process of Dar Al-Aman children and in restoring their self worth and value. Attending school and school activities also presents a connection with the local community and therefore, facilitates children’s reintegration into their communities and environments. Children below six years of age attend the Early Childhood Development Unit (ECD) at the Center that specializes in offering this critical age group with developmentally appropriate activities to prepare them for school as well as contribute to their rehabilitation process. Daily Care Services: Every (5-6) children at Dar Al-Aman reside in a home-like apartment with two caregivers. The caregiver resembles the mother and safety figure to the children and attains to their daily needs. The work of the caregiver restores children’s self-worth and value as they are cared for dearly and with great love and acceptance. Therapeutic interventions are integrated into the children’s daily interactions within the apartment and are closely implemented and reported by the caregiver. Social Services: The goal of the social services is to reunite families after both the family and the child have received help. Regular visitations to the families are conducted to assess the family dynamics and devise a treatment plan that is in line with the child’s therapy. The family is encouraged to creatively challenge problematic behaviors and to engage in behaviors which build on their strengths and interests, and at the same time preclude abuse, giving way to more adaptive healthier alternatives. Parenting, positive family dynamics and communications skills are among the programs included in the treatment plan of the family. In cases where direct families could not be treated, children are united with their extended families who also undergo assessment and receive intervention services in order to facilitate the child integration with his/her new family. Upon reunification, children and families remain under supervision for at least one year, whereby social workers supervise the reintegration of the child into the family, and the progress achieved in the family dynamics and other protective factors.