“Migratory Birds” newspaper by Network for Children’s Rights is the result of the teamwork of Young Journalists, a team consisting of teenage and young migrants, refugees and Greeks. The newspaper is multilingual and features articles in Arabic, English, Farsi, Greek and Urdu. The overall aim of the project, as also that of the “Radio Dandelion” […]
Entry Category: Children
Unfairy Tales: Malak and the boat
Unfairy Tales, three short animations –true stories of the flight of children from conflict– explain the horror behind why they fled. One story – “Ivine and the Pillow” – animates the true story of 14-year-old Ivine and her pillow. After a perilous escape from Syria, Ivine settles at a refugee camp in Germany only to […]
UNHCR Education Report 2022 – All Inclusive. The Campaign for Refugee Education
The 2022 UNHCR Refugee Education Report draws on data from more than 40 countries across the world, enabling UNHCR to paint the clearest picture yet of the state of refugee education – and illustrate how refugee children and youth are falling behind their non-refugee peers when it comes to access to an inclusive quality education. […]
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Children of War. Voices of Iraqi refugees
Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war: Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America. Some families left Iraq with money; others are penniless and ill or disabled. Most of the […]
Building a democratic school in Athens
This book presents the case of a primary school in central Athens that implemented inclusive and democratic practices to support the educational and social integration of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It documents the collaborative efforts of teachers, students, and families to create a school environment based on respect, participation, and equality. The […]
Παρβανέ / Parwaneh
A short film made by a group of refugee schoolgirls from Eleonas Camp. Three women in Afghanistan make their way to Europe trying to escape from an environment of insecurity, oppression and a lack of future for their children. […]
Children of the Labyrinth
This project ‘Children of the Labyrinth’ consists of nine handwritten intimate letters to their child from parents coming from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iran, Syria, Congo and Iraq. The letters are visualised in nine individual short films (4 – 7 mins each, 45 mins in total), and one combined short film (10 mins) where all letters are […]
Documentaries with refugee adolescents in Greece and Germany. Social exclusions and paths of integration
In the context of this research, after three years of personal involvement in a refugee shelter, an attempt is made to represent the experiences of adolescents in conditions of multiple transitions, through a documentary film, focusing mainly on the experiences of two children in Greece and Germany. The relationship and cooperation facilitate their approach as […]
Children, refugees, questions: ‘What is it like to have no home?’
British children and child refugees ask and answer questions about the refugee crisis. The Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2016 is supporting the work of three charities working with refugee children. This year more than 90,000 children have travelled alone, fleeing war and destitution, across Europe. […]
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Μonologues across the Aegean Sea – The journey and dreams of unaccompanied refugee children.
The content of this book is the result of a series of workshops that took place in accommodation centres for unaccompanied refugee children in the cities of Athens and Patras in Greece, from April to July 2016, in the framework of the action “Monologues across the Aegean Sea”. This action is part of the project […]