All around, poverty and destruction
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
The children's faces show courage, but smiles too
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Looking at the report by Medico International Schweiz
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
The therapy uses both mind and body
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Weeping, an essential aspect of the treatment
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
A key which recalls the house in the lost land
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Demolished buildings add to the dreariness of the place
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Checkpoints, endless and nerve-racking
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Cooking oil to get the cars to work
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
On one side the wall, on the other the huge expanse of the sea
(Photo: Hess/Hauser)
Living under pressure
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A photo report by doctors Maja Hess and Ursula Hauser, of the Swiss NGO Medico International Schweiz, who have worked on a mental health programme in Gaza. Their latest visit was in 2008.
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