Conflict Resolution begins its campaign to make the public aware of the free phone line supporting children in the Gaza Strip

Gaza, Publication and Information Unit:
The Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution, within the child protection teams project, has begun its new campaign to make the local public aware of calling the free phone line to protect children from violence and exploitation and to provide psychological and social help to children and their families in the governorates of the Gaza Strip.

In this context, the director of the Conflict Resolution Center's Gaza branch, Iyad Abu Hjair, stressed that the campaign "The free line in your home" began its events in the North governorate to make people aware of the importance of addressing their children's psychological and social problems by calling the child protection teams' free phone line. He pointed out that the psychologists and social workers at the Centre supervise the follow-up of children's cases and problems through the free phone line and through direct meetings at the Centre's branches.

Abu Hjair went on to say: "The campaign targets public squares and markets, mosques, hospitals, private clinics and sports clubs, as well as reconciliation committees and civil society organisations in the Gaza governorates." He added: "We have sent text messages to the mobile phones of more than 5,000 citizens, in addition to beginning public meetings with families in the North governorate, moving on to the other governorates."

It is worth noting that the Conflict Resolution Center provides the free phone service in the governorates of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank within the child protection teams project, with funding from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).