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The Center for Victims of Torture

Thematic Focus Areas

Refugees
Global Health
Women & Girls
An international nonprofit providing critical mental health support and healing care to refugees and torture survivors, helping them rebuild their lives and restore their hope.

Website

EIN

36-3383933

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Charity Photos

  • Title: Syrian family together in Amman
  • Charity: The Center for Victims of Torture
  • Country: Jordan
  • Photo Credit: Abdallah Hassouneh

  • Title: Refugee woman in Nairobi
  • Charity: The Center for Victims of Torture
  • Country: Kenya
  • Photo Credit: Shravan Vidyarthi

  • Title: Physiotherapy session in Nairobi
  • Charity: The Center for Victims of Torture
  • Country: Kenya
  • Photo Credit: Shravan Vidyarthi

Charity Videos

Charity Impact

I was working as a teacher in Syria In 2015. One day in June, on my way to buy some gifts for my students, I was caught by the regime forces and detained for 10 days.  Before this, my family and I lived happily together. I’m a university graduate and worked as a teacher for six years. I had many friends and was a social person.  Then, our neighbors’ house was bombed and demolished.  My sister, brother and father died in the bombing. Once I was released from detainment, they imposed a one-month travel restriction on me, and I couldn’t leave the country. My mother and the sisters who survived the bombing had already fled to Jordan, so after waiting 30 days, I fled to Jordan to follow my surviving family.  When I arrived, I was sent to a refugee camp for two months. After that, I moved to Jerash...
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