In the fall of 2017, BuildaBridge staff and board member traveled to the Netherlands. Partnering with the youth-focused Parlan NGO, BaB Board member Kelly Finlaw helped young refugees create a mural based upon the world they know and the world they want to know. This hope-infused art-making experience framed by BuildaBridge's trauma-informed safe spaces model helped shape a new reality of opotimism, self-efficacy and resilence for these youth. #Holland #Amsterdam #Refugees #R

On a lovely sun-drenched Saturday in September, BuildaBridge International coordinated a field trip to Ellis Island for clients of the Philadelphia Partnership for Resilience (PPR), Nationalities Services Center (NSC) and HIAS. The PPR is a partnership between the NSC, HIAS and BuildaBridge that serves individuals arriving to the United States who have endured torture in their country of origin or of most recent residence. Alongside these survivors were also refugees that the