Riding train for the first time, the participants of the trip were deeply moved. They felt relieved and energetic, breaking out from their daily routine and unwinding stress. Seeing joy on their children’s faces, the mothers were extremely happy as if they were reborn. “I feel like flying. It is the first time my kid smiles like that,” a mother of a special needs kid enrolled in the program “HBRP for Children with Disabilities” said.
To farther promote the ties of friendship between the parents of the special needs children and the community center staff, SSSD in cooperation with UNHCR organized a train trip from Aleppo to Jebrin, Hama.  Two hundred forty- five persons participated in the trip: special needs children, their parents and siblings, as well as SSSD facilitators. The kids enjoyed face painting. The mothers and their kids were both involved in enthusiastic singing and dancing.
The women collectively expressed that it was the first time their kids accompany them feeling happy and not shouting. Being in an unfamiliar, closed space, one mother was afraid that her kid might be nervous, shout and cry until she would take him back home. On the contrary he was smiling and fascinated by the landscapes out of the window, and was clapping enjoying the group songs.
One of the mothers expressed her gratitude, “It is the first time I go out with my six kids, my husband is always busy. Thank you very much for putting up with the burden of the children and I wish the trip was not over.” Another mother said, “My kid did not quit talking about the trip from the moment he stepped into home up to the moment he felt asleep. The very next day he told me that he dreamt of the train trip.”