Common Threads Project

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• Common Threads offers a psychosocial recovery program for women who have survived gender-based violence, war, and displacement. In many cultures when women have faced unspeakable atrocities, they've come together to share their experiences, to support one another, and to sew their stories onto cloth as a means to find their way out of despair. Common Threads gathers women to sew story cloths and recover from trauma together, integrating contemporary evidence-based trauma treatment with traditional practices that have enabled communities to promote healing and resilience.Common Threads -builds community capacity to provide psychosocial support for survivors of violence -develops culturally responsive interventions in collaboration with local partners -integrates traditional practices with contemporary trauma treatments -promotes survivors strengths rather than treating their pathology -empowers participants as they make their way from victims to survivors to agents of changeIn 2012, Common Threads pilot project was established in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, in collaboration with UNHCR and local partners Taller de Communicacion de Mujer and The Womens Federation of Sucumbios. In 2014 we partnered with TPO Nepal and UNHCR to establish Common Threads Nepal, serving Bhutanese and Pakistani refugee women in Damak and Kathmandu. In our first six months in Nepal we have trained 15 local psychosocial counselors who have so far led groups for 71 women. In 2015 we will be launching additional sites in Bosnia with partners Vive Zene, Snaga Zene and Medica Zenica. Future projects will include Rwanda, and sites serving Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
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  Headquarters:25 Plaza Street West , Brooklyn, New York, United States

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  Website: https://www.commonthreadsproject.net

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  Employees:4

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  Revenue:$1 - 10M

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  Legal Name:Common Threads Project

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• |  NAICS Code: 622210  |

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