Tamer Institute for Community Education launched a training program at the beginning of the year titled "Expressive Arts for Life Skills and Protection." The program aimed to equip teachers, facilitators, specialists, and counselors working in the Safe Spaces project with the skills to use expressive arts tools to address concepts and issues related to child protection. Tamer Institute seeks to generalize its educational approach among professionals working with children in the Palestinian community.

During the first week of July, a group of facilitators in the fields of arts, creative writing, theater, and drama, who work in centers affiliated with the Safe Spaces project, came together for a series of meetings as part of the program. The goal of these sessions was to provide them with the skills to work with children and utilize expressive arts tools to shed light on child protection issues and safeguard children from risks.

Shadi Al-Sheikh, who participated in the program, stated that the experience contributed to building the capacities of the participants through the presented methods and techniques.

The program continued for four days with the facilitators, concluding with the development of activity plans tailored to working with children. It is worth noting that facilitators of expressive arts had received prior training on child protection issues, investigation and referral, and the child protection policy before starting to work with children. The Safe Spaces project aims to create safe spaces for marginalized children in society to express themselves, improve their psychological and social well-being through expressive arts, and protect them from dangers and violations they may face in the community by providing them with case management and counseling services.