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  Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
  Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
Program of Assistance for Surviving Families
 Iraqi Widows Program  
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Initiatives

DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL AND [MENTAL] HEALTH PROGRAMS surrounding coping with traumatic grief and its related effects of clinical depression and psychological impairment. Deliver outreach and services as appropriate, via available radio, television and internet infrastructure and resources in conjunction with PRTs, local Iraqi leadership and participating Iraqi NGOs.

CONDUCT TRAINING to American expatriates to provide Iraqi women survivors with coping strategies following exposure to grief and trauma.

ESTABLISH IRAQI WOMEN'S CENTER(S) to facilitate training, education and community building following traumatic loss.

ESTABLISH SOCIAL MICROBUSINESS opportunities for Iraqi women with focus upon war widows, with concurrent family-oriented programs for their orphaned or fatherless children.

BUILD AWARENESS AND PROMOTE PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Conduct four (4) regional seminars or conferences with international authorities on creating stable societies using established methods and techniques for social groups in developing countries.

GOALS AND OUTCOMES will include: enabling and empowering women traumatized by war and local hostilities; providing bereavement and emotional support to war survivors; seeding microbusinesses across Iraq’s provinces and regional governates.

Two, community-based women’s centers will be established in Al Kut, Wasit Province, and in Diwaniyah, Qadisiyah Province, respectively. The Women’s Centers will focus on providing financial education, micro-financing, and job training skills for Iraqi widows while concurrently offering programs and services addressing improving psychological health.

Concurrently, the Women’s centers in Al Kut and Diwaniyah will provide programs that will address the social and mental health issues of the widows of Iraq who have been profoundly impacted by the consequences of insurrection and extended exposure to traumatic grief. We expect that through the providing of skills, micro financing opportunities, and education to the widows of Al Kut that it will be possible for Iraqi widows to regain their strength, stability and stature while becoming active citizens.
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Social disruption is the context for many people's lives after group violence such as war, mass killing, or terrorism. We cannot ignore the importance of social problems such as poverty, lack of food and shelter, and disrupted community. However, people are often unable to solve their social problems without understanding and addressing their emotional and other psychological problems.

TAPS’ programs in Iraq seek to address both the social and emotional needs of those traumatized by war and local hostilities. TAPS will provide bereavement and emotional support to war survivors. TAPS will also help to seed microbusinesses across Iraq’s provinces to train disadvantaged Iraqi widows on a set of skills that will empower them politically and increase their economic independence.
 
 
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