From Anxiety to Hope: Psychosocial Services Provide Relief for Displaced Afghan Women - Afghanistan
From Anxiety to Hope: Psychosocial Services Provide Relief for Displaced Afghan Women Format IOM’s implementing partner referred Fatima to a counsellor. For the first month, she was having one counselling session every week. Now she meets up with her counsellor once a month. © IOM Afghanistan On a cold evening in December 2019, Fatima, a mother of five, was waiting for her teenage son to return from work. Eyes glued to the door, she had just prepared his favourite dish, kabuli polao (steamed rice with raisins, carrots, and lamb/beef) and was looking forward to his safe return. Fatima’s s...