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
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My Book: a collection of poems, short stories and paintings edited by refugees and immigrants
All artists that have shared their art through #MyBook are or were beneficiaries of the Accommodation program implemented by SolidarityNow (ESTIA program – Emergency Support for Integration and Accommodation). The connecting thread is Art: painting, poetry, short stories, or rap lyrics. Art allows, each one distinctly, to find a way out from what pains them,
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
Pedagogical intervention in a refugee camp (Eleonas): an action research between formal and non-formal education
The text refers to a solidarity action in the form of a pedagogical intervention in the logic of critical research-action in a refugee shelter. The intervention sought both to detect, test and create the conditions for the participation of refugee children in the educational process and to train students, future teachers, in the reflective approach
Our Stories
“Our Stories” is an oral history project focused on migration to Greece during the 1970s and 1980s. Through oral testimonies and photographic material, the aim is to raise awareness about the longstanding presence of migrant communities in the country, especially in Athens. “Our Stories” seeks to shift the narrative and contribute to documenting the history
Samatasavata – Voluntary solidarity group of the D.E.C.E.
Samatasavata – Voluntary solidarity group of the Department of Early Childhood Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens