Our trauma recovery programs work to combat the negative stigmas of mental health struggles and help people on the long road to healing.
Questscope creates spaces where young people and families can name what they’ve lived through and begin to feel steady again. Through mental health support and creative activities like art, music, and storytelling, people learn safe ways to process stress, express emotions, and reconnect with others.
The journey of displacement is often long. For many, there is no clear path home.
On average, people forced from their homes remain displaced for over a decade. Imagine a room of 10 people who’ve been forced from home.
At least 2 or 3 are living with depression.
In some communities, it’s more than half the room.
Displacement doesn’t just take away a home.
It leaves people managing:
For many, this becomes part of daily life—not something that fades over time.
Sometimes fear and uncertainty take up the whole room. But with a safe, steady presence—something Questscope works to create every day—people begin to feel grounded again
Sessions include:
They talk through what they’re carrying.
They learn what stress and trauma are doing in their bodies.
They create—through art, music, writing, and storytelling—finding ways to express what’s hard to say.
They spend time with others who understand, rebuilding trust and connection.
This work is led by trained facilitators and shaped by community members inside Za’atari Refugee Camp.
At sixteen, Basel had already found his voice in pencil. His early drawings were intense—thin, warped figures, heavy lines, and raw emotion that felt close to Egon Schiele. They held tension. They held truth.
Then, through shared art sessions at Questscope, something shifted. Color started to show up. His lines loosened. The weight on the page began to move.
Now his work feels different—alive with motion and color, closer to van Gogh, where feeling lives in the paint.
Basel found a way to put what he was carrying somewhere it could be seen.
Not everyone has that.
Without it, things stay inside—shaping how people think, connect, and move through daily life.
With it, people begin to make sense of what they’re feeling, reconnect with others, and find a way forward.
Over 2,000 people are getting the support they need to process what they’ve been through. In Za’atari alone:
And this work is growing—reaching more people inside Za’atari and expanding into communities across Jordan.
"Before joining the SEL sessions, I was afraid to speak in public. Now I lead discussions in my group."
— Ahmed, 16, Zaatari Camp
Help create spaces where people can process, heal, and move forward.
For 30 years, Questscope has built a reputation in the Middle East that is unparalleled. We partner with refugees and communities
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