Knowledge, experiences, encounters and new perspectives.
Together,
we all have a
role to play.
WHO ARE WE?
JRS Europe believes education is crucial to fostering inclusive and welcoming societies. To this end, we promote critical thinking skills among young people on the positive contribution of forced migrants and refugees to society through a combination of a fact-based course and storytelling.
Our approach to education
self-education
Learning is an active process of self-education: meaningful knowledge cannot just be gained passively. This self-education process requires support, accompaniment and guidance from other people such as teachers
critical thinking
To develop critical thinking, it is important to become aware of one’s own experiences, attitudes and values. We also propose activities which encourage students to research and process information critically; notably by distinguishing between facts and opinions, and recognising prejudices and hate speech.
The importance of the encounter
Education is about opening one’s mind. This is possible by focusing on empathy and putting oneself in the position of other people, such as refugees and migrants. To this end, we promote meaningful encounters between students and refugees and migrants, to encourage a shift of attitudes and perspectives
participation
Our awareness-raising projects intentionally involve refugees and migrants. It is key to bring their voices to the forefront to inform youth of refugee and migrants’ rights, to share about their current situations and experiences as well as their hopes for the future.
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
We believe that education can shape our youth to be aware of themselves, their local communities and the world in which they live. A step further is to encourage youth to be more committed and involved: by undertaking action which seeks to strengthen social justice and inclusive societies.
Forming viewpoints
An important component of education is that students are able to form and discuss their viewpoints and well-founded judgements on the topics of migration and refugees. To do this, being open to different perspectives and acquiring the ability to reflect on ethical principles are key.
our courses
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latest news
Discussing Refugee perception in Hungary
JRS Hungary inaugurated their new offices in Budapest by hosting a U-CHANGE (Understanding CHANGE) event where a discussion about how European, including Hungarian, high school students’ perception of refugees has
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION: keys to promote critical thinking, empathy and participation in students
On March 21, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, from Alboan we carried out the online training session “Transformative education: keys to promote critical thinking,
Review and share one’s own immigration history
Coinciding with the International Day of Migrants, on December 18, we carried out an activity with young people from the Loiolaetxea Association aimed at reviewing and sharing their own migratory