AdZU Partners with Project Banig Zamboanga and Canvas for Basic Psychosocial Intervention for Children
The Ateneo de Zamboanga University Guidance and Counselling Office, in partnership with Project Banig Zamboanga, conducted Basic Psychosocial intervention for displaced children affected by the armed conflict in the city through telling the story of Nadia and the Blue Stars.
The psychosocial intervention was funded by Save the Children Foundation.
The storybook entitled “Nadia and the Blue Stars” was donated by CANVAS.PH The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS). It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting greater awareness and appreciation for Philippine art, culture and the environment. CANVAS is committed to making our stories accessible and affordable
for everyone. Digital versions of their books can be read and downloaded for free at www.canvas.ph.
The world of Nadia in the story “Nadia and the Blue Stars”—a world of fear, displacement, and loss—is a very real one for countless children who experience war, natural calamities, and other difficult circumstances.
In the time of war, there was a girl named Nadia who took care of her beautiful flowers. Most beautiful among them were Nadia’s Blue flowers. When the war hit Nadia’s village, all her flowers were burned to ashes.After crying for 10-days, Nadia kept on watering the parched soil everyday, until one morning, when Nadia woke up, she saw her blue flowers slowly blossoming back from the war-torn land.
