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Limbo
RÉPARER LES SURVIVANT.ES
NOTRE CONSTAT
La majorité des personnes exilées souffrent de graves traumatismes psychiques. Elles have often lived through hell, the real one. That of crossing deserts and seas. Above all, that of the torture camps in Libya, Egypt or Sudan. The majority of exiled people arriving in Europe suffer from severe psychological trauma. Nightmares, depression, suicides, many experience great difficulty in living and integrating in their host country. However, these traumas are only very rarely taken care of by the official structures. In the face of this situation, Limbo, founded in 2016, has organised week-long stays which aim to repair some of the trauma, by taking care of refugees from torture camps in Egypt, Libya and Sudan. Through the practice of art therapy, community experience, and a week in a stable and soothing structure, Limbo accompanies these survivors on the path to resilience, and helps them to come back to life.
OUR ACTIONS
Since its creation, LIMBO has divided its action into two areas: reconstruction, and raising awareness. This dual commitment is the result of our deep-rooted desire to carry out, in parallel, work on the ground directement auprès des survivants, à travers un soutien physique et psychique lors des séjours thérapeutiques, dans nos ateliers parisiens et Aveyronnais, lors des permanences et d’écoute psychologique et lors des sorties en groupe. A côté de cela nous poursuivons un travail de plaidoyer auprès des autorités, mais aussi du grand public, à propos d’une réalité que peu connaissent et encore moins veulent reconnaître, les traumas avant, lors et après leur route d’exil, dont les camps de torture en Libye.
LIMBO IN NUMBERS
LIMBO IN THEIR WORDS
Usually, in French class, when the teacher asks
- what did you do this week ? - I have nothing to say.
But this time, I'll speak during the whole hour !"
