Guest blog by Jamie Balfour-Paul, Founder of Magic for Smiles (www.magicforsmiles.com)

Magic is a wonderful took for the relief of trauma for refugee and asylum seeker children. Benefits are emotional (joy, wonder, hope), social (interaction, trust building, self-confidence), and cognitive (imagination, concentration, analytical skills). Magic for Smiles is a charity tha took on this mission in the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and UK) through the delivery of magic shows and workshops. We work with a whole range of partner organisations mostly but not exclusively with psychosocial type programmes. More partners are encouraged to come forward and this may also attract more funding.

All photos credit to Jamie Balfour-Paul (author)