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Ministry of Education (Psychological Services department [SHEFI]).
At the same time, Ashalim, in cooperation with The Ministry of Labor,
Social Welfare and Social Services, is developing solutions for families
experiencing loss, bereavement and crisis. These solutions rely on
the principles of spiritual support and guidance, rights advocacy and
reinforcement of family and community cycles.
Unfortunately, phenomena such as loss, crisis and trauma are an integral
part of our world – on the personal, professional and social levels. For
this reason, and in order to offer relief, as slight as it may be, to individual
and social institutions who deal with such situations, Ashalim continues
to promote the processes of knowledge development and to rely on its
accumulated and perennial professional experience in these areas.
I believe that the collection of articles and personal quest stories brought
forth in this issue can continue to assist in the development of directions
of thought and action for professionals working directly with the target
populations and within service systems on the community and national
level.