Fuerza: On finding inner strength to build our new normal

By Nairy AbdELShafy

 

FUERZA is a reflective manual inspired by Puerto Rican oral history narratives of Hurricane María. It aims to provide simple, practical activities that can be adapted for different contexts to help individuals find inner strength to cope with post traumatic experiences. It is a working manual and an open source for any interested individuals and organizations to add to and develop.

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(you can also view it as an eBook, here)

 

Nairy is an enthusiastic social activist with a passion for community service and social work. An Egyptian Fulbright Scholar to the OHMA program, she draws from her experience to document movement and transition narratives for social change. She has worked and volunteered on non- formal education, self expression and intercultural learning with children, youth, adults and refugee communities for over ten years and has worked on documenting narratives of identity and movement with Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Cairo, New Damietta and Port Said, and Nubians’ reflections on displacement in Aswan. She appreciates food, enjoys travel and believes one has to be laid back to be able to take on life and take in its beauty.