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by Tina Potterf
Khaled Jaraysa, ’08,
Strives to Make a Better Life
for Youth Scarred by Trauma
When Khaled Jaraysa sees the pain in a child’s eyes, he
understands. When he encounters a young person who
struggles to speak and is tormented by nightmares, he
empathizes. When he hears stories colored by fear and
heartache, he offers comfort.
Trauma is indiscriminate in its cruelty, and for many kids
the scars it leaves behind are deep and slow to heal. But
Jaraysa wants to reverse that through his support of the
Holy Child Program, a special school in Bethlehem that
helps and heals children who would otherwise be lost.
For the children of Palestine injured—both physically and
emotionally—by war and haunted by visages of destruction
and death, Holy Child and Jaraysa offer hope.
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