Gaza, a prison

All around, poverty and destruction (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

The children's faces show courage, but smiles too (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Looking at the report by Medico International Schweiz (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

The therapy uses both mind and body (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Weeping, an essential aspect of the treatment (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

A key which recalls the house in the lost land (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Demolished buildings add to the dreariness of the place (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Checkpoints, endless and nerve-racking (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Cooking oil to get the cars to work (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

On one side the wall, on the other the huge expanse of the sea (Photo: Hess/Hauser)

Living under pressure

This content was published on January 15, 2009 - 10:48

A photo report by doctors Maja Hess and Ursula Hauser, of the Swiss NGO Medico International Schweiz, who have worked on a mental health programme in Gaza. Their latest visit was in 2008.

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