Intisar Foundation - Innovative Achievement in Growth

Company: Intisar Foundation, Whales, London , United Kingdom
Company Description: Intisar Foundation is a humanitarian UK- registered charity founded in 2018 to provide Arab women with mental health support. It is the first organization to work on the mental health of women affected by war and trauma in the Arab world. Our President and Founder, HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, has always made it her mission to help heal others and help spread positivity.
Nomination Category: Achievement Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Innovative Achievement in Growth

Nomination Title: Our Innovative Achievements For Peace and Empowerment in the Arab World

Since October 2018, HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah ensured steady and situation-sensitive mental health support programs. Since its launch, Intisar Foundation has held over 2,500 hours of programs on the field, worked directly with over 250 women affected by trauma, launched thirteen Drama Therapy programs and one Eyemovement desensitization and reprocessing(EMDR) program. The Drama Therapy programs were spread out across Lebanon and Jordan. When the COVID19 pandemic started, the programs switched to virtual platforms to ensure continued support.

Following the Beirut Port explosion, Intisar Foundation responded to the dire psychological fallout by partnering with local NGOs working in the field of mental health care and started EMDR programs. These programs are targeted to women affected by the explosion to help them cope with and overcome the trauma of surviving such an event. More recently, a Drama Therapy program aimed at women in the workplace has been set to launch in February 2021. This program acknowledges the need for psychological support as a part of women-driven economic growth.

As a part of the plan to sustain the growth of Intisar Foundation, HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah has embarked on a mission to demystify the foundation's work through research and communication. In 2020, researchers working with Intisar Foundation published a scientific research paper on the qualitative impact of Drama Therapy. This study is the first of its kind, offering insight into the experiences of seven refugee women with Drama therapy, and its benefit for their mental health.

The study can be found here:

http://www.davidpublisher.com/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=42913.html

Further to research, Intisar Foundation maintains a high level of communication efforts through traditional and new media to inform and educate the public on the merits of mental health care.

Our global publication swerved the record for the year 2020 with numerous leading announcements, publications, and appearances:

- The Call To Unite: Peace and Unity in the Arab region, we were chosen among the most leading, influential, and pioneer representatives around the globe like Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, Bill Clinton, and many more to showcase our response amid the post COVID19 situation in the Arab world
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CANzvvvgOGH/?igshid=1w2wp371qvmlb
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CANzgk_AryO/?igshid=mv2ps6ho4kh8

- On world refugee day Intisar Foundation organized a joint webinar discussion about “Women, War, Mental Health, and the Quest for Peace” with UN in Kuwait, UNHCR Arabic, UN75Talk and UN Women Arabic
https://youtu.be/jc0ZD7jCKFo

- We won The Visionary of the Year Award 2020
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CI2OXSHAzb7/?igshid=9l4ggw0spruv

- We were featured in a special article at Forbes magazine in 2020
https://bit.ly/34xddZd

- We were featured in Vogue magazine
https://www.google.com/amp/s/en.vogue.me/culture/intisar-foundation-drama-therapy/amp/

- We were featured in Marie Claire magazine
https://marieclairearabia.com/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD

- 2020 March issue of the Entrepreneur Middle East Magazine https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347314