The goal of these classes is to help the children expand their inner world and mitigate the hardships the kids are going through amid the ongoing civil war, Sputnik's Arabic edition reported.
Two of the millions of internally-displaced Syrians, a brother and sister named Zein and Zeina, respectively, managed to flee their home in the city of Homs and settle in the Damascus district of Baba Amr.
They told Sputnik about their thoughts on the philanthropic creative circles they are attending in the Syrian capital.
"Every day I look forward to the beginning of drawing lessons and I cannot wait to dip my hands in paint and then put them on paper," Zein said.
When at the lessons, he often draws his 'dream house' where he says he would like to live. When asked about his future career plans, Zein said that he wants to be an artist.
As for Zeina, she said that she likes creative circles, especially those where she is taught origami, the art of paper folding.
"I want to be a doctor when I grow up. Mom promised me that I would go to school next year" — said Zeina.
In an interview with Sputnik, Syrian psychologist Amna Haj, who works in one of these circles, specifically pointed to the effectiveness of such classes for children from families who've lost their homes, fled the war and survived the death of relatives, among other hardships.
According to her, the use of drawing and other forms of creative activity has long been practiced in the rehabilitation of kids after a psychological trauma.
"In certain cases, we allow the circle's new participants to draw what frightens and disturbs them in order to help a child release the stress from his mind and forget about the tragedy, she said.
The method of visualizing disturbing thoughts using pictures typically brings quick positive results in 90 percent of cases, helping psychologists understand what is bothering the child and how to continue working with him r her.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry has said that the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation at Hmeymim Airbase has registered a total of nine violations of the ceasefire agreement in Syria over the last 24 hours.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting numerous opposition factions and radical Islamist groups, including Daesh.
Russia conducted its anti-Daesh air campaign in Syria for six months, between September 2015 and March 2016 at the request of Damascus. Moscow started withdrawing aircraft and personnel from bases in Syria after Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the goals of the campaign had been completed.
