What’s called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) does not fully capture the experience of children in Gaza, because it assumes that danger has ended and trauma is in the past.

Why does a child draw a ‘perfect home’ while living in a tent? The home becomes a second self the epicenter of security. Through these drawings, children create an ideal space that protects their inner world from chaos and fragmentation.

What can we learn from these children’s lives? And how will the world respond to an entire generation growing up under the shadow of genocide?

The PHRC has produced and published The Witness, an archival book that brings together drawings and testimonies by children in Gaza.

These are the words of children living in Gaza today. Their wishes for 2026 are simple: a clean place with electricity to live in, a home to sleep in instead of a tent, a school to return to, time with relatives and friends, and moments of normal childhood.

A theatre show written and performed by our children, ages 9–12, created over 10 sessions (3 hours each) as part of the Storytelling & Theatre Path.