Provision of Psychosocial Support for Vulnerable Students Affected by the Education related Violations in Khan Younis Governorate This project will support the delivery of quality psychosocial support (PSS) services to the most vulnerable school boys and girls aged 6-15 in the eastern villages of Khan Younis Governorate, especially those affected by the 2021/2022 escalations. The escalations have affected all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip, in particular the education system which has been hit hard and faced several challenges and obstacles due to the longstanding Israeli blockade and internal Palestinian political divides. 
Based on assessment conducted by the MoE, it showed that the public schools in the eastern villages of Khan Younis have witnesses heavy attack by May escalation on Gaza Strip. It has resulted in chronic humanitarian crisis characterized by protracted psychological distress and deteriorated living conditions of the people in Gaza and in particular children. Thus, this project will be implemented in 5 public schools located in Abassan and Bani Suhaila villages of Khan Younis Governorate.

The project proposed duration will be 12 months aiming at contributing to mitigate the effects of the education related violations through delivering quality school based PSS services to the vulnerable children, parents and school staff. In specific, the project will respond to the psychosocial issues faced by 800 students aged from (6-15) and 50 teachers alike as a result of the coercive environment they are subjected to. The data of the target students will be obtained from MoE database, and will be verified by the project staff. The data verification will be approached by contacting the school counselors to get more data about the cases as well as organizing home visits to meet the student’s parents or caregivers who will provide the social workers and the psychologists more information about the students life.

Also, the project will target 150 parents to ensure effective participation and community support for student during project implementation. 
In this context, this project shall be achieved through the implementation of the following activities:
1. Train the projects’ staff and schools’ counselors through conducting a training on “Methodology of providing PSS services to affected children and parents/caregivers”. 
2. Building the capacities of 50 school staff through training and supporting them in First Aid Psychosocial Support, self-care and stress management.
3. Provision of individual and group counseling activities for the most affected students including students with disabilities. Also, structured psychoscocial recreational activities will be provided for students through the implementation of activities including psychodrama, puppet shows, theatre, storytelling, drawing, and music. These activities will be provided in cooperation with the schools’ counselors to improve the overall psychosocial wellbeing following the IASC guidelines, and use different methodologies developed by PSCF. 
4. Provision of parental awareness sessions on child protection, psychological first aid and self-care. 
5. To address the learning and psychological needs of the students with disabilities and students with development learning disorders, 3 resource rooms will be upgraded.