Games and plays help Turkish children cope with post-quake stress

STORY: Games and plays help Turkish children cope with post-quake stress DATELINE: March 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:57 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing games in an earthquake victims relief center in the capital city of Ankara's Mamak district 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HANDE ATMACA, Counseling psychologist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BURAK HATIPOGLU, Volunteer STORYLINE: Play-houses, dress-ups and other children's games are being used as an effective way by Turkish therapists to help child quake survivors cope with post-traumatic stress. The deadly earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye in early February have killed over 48,000 and turned many cities in ruins, leaving huge mental health impacts on survivors of all ages, but children are the most vulnerable. With the help of games, films, and dramas, children are distracted from the devastation that they have witnessed in their native towns. In a relief center and residential complex in the Mamak district of Ankara whic