By Joshua Governale | Public Relations and Fundraising
Clinic for Yazidi Women & Garden Update 06/29/2021
Highlighting healing
This Spring, the Healing Garden hosted a number of groups and events more in-line with pre-pandemic programming. This report we’d like to highlight the continuation of our group therapy program for Yazidi women. This past May our psychotherapists from the Clinic for Yazidi Women in Chamchamal invited two therapy groups to the garden to introduce and discuss the impact of horticultural therapy and animal engagement on individuals’ moods.
Internal assessments from our therapists describe stabilizing effects and a reduction of symptoms for patients after engaging in continuous animal-assisted intervention and horticultural therapy. As we move into summer months individual and group therapy visits from the Yazidi Women’s Clinic will become more regular and provide our staff with better insights into the effects of these newly added programs.
Vaccinating staff
At the time of this report the majority of our staff in Chamchamal have received their first does of the COVID – 19 vaccines. This coincides with our ability take on new beneficiaries and host new events for children, families, and groups outside of the area.
The new room
If you have been following our updates you probably already know about the construction of a new multipurpose building at the Healing Garden. Well we are happy to report the building project has been completed on schedule and is already being used for group therapy and children’s events.
New additions to our animal family
In May, the Healing Garden received a honey hive complete with a full colony of honey making bees. Also in May we welcomed two baby geese to our animal family!
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The Healing Garden requires a lot of upkeep. The sustainable architecture and living materials are in constant need of maintenance and the animals require daily care. Excluding staff salaries, the Healing Garden costs on average $3,500 each month to maintain.
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