Author(s): Iftikhar Ahmed: Youth Association for Development (YAD), Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Voices Unbroken follows how the YAD in Quetta supports Afghan refugee and host community children through trauma-informed art, play, and music therapy. By creating healing rooms in schools, led by local therapists and educators, the project helps children express trauma, rebuild resilience, and restore joy, showing that creative safe spaces can spark healing, inclusion, and peace.

This microfilm was created using documentary-style digital filmmaking, combining observational footage, interviews, and live recording of trauma-informed art, play, and music therapy sessions.

Materials Used: Children’s artworks, musical instruments, play-based therapy tools, and on-site visuals from YAD’s healing rooms in Quetta.

Work Format: Short film