Across the nations children are becoming traumatised through street violence, wars, domestic violence, kidnapping, child labour and trafficking. See the six Prayer Alert articles below. In South Africa the Petra Institute near White River, Mpumalanga, have developed a children’s ministry designed specifically to help traumatised children through the medium of play. It’s called the Walking with Wounded Children Course. The institute’s play therapy training model can be applied to any country or culture. To date the Institute has trained more than 13,000 people throughout Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Far East. Back in South Africa Petra recently presented their course in Modimolle (Nylstroom) to fifteen participants, eleven of whom were staff from an orphanage.  After training the participants put their new skills to practice with non-competitive games that overcomes age, colour and gender differences. Children became relaxed and uninhibited and shared their emotions which is hugely therapeutic.