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A student ambassador group from the Sagrado Corazón School in Pamplona explains how they wanted to use sports as a way of sharing experiences with migrants their age:   Over the past two years, the Government of Navarra has hosted unaccompanied young migrants in a building right in front of the school, known as the […]

Young Loris tells us the story of a nameless man, whose life had mostly been about surviving, rather than living: indeed, he went through the separation from his parents, and a journey across the desert and the sea, after escaping prison. The story proceeds in images, just like in a photographic film. A stream of

I really enjoyed the session, it was an enriching experience that made us grow as citizens and as students, but most importantly as people. From the moment we hear the life experience of someone who has lived through the worst of humanity, surely we will all think differently when we eventually hear about these brave

The story “Aquarium“ puts us in the shoes of Basma, a girl who fled the war in Syria with her family and moved to Rome. Basma feels like she is living in an aquarium, as she cannot understand what other people tell her in the language of her new city. Fortunately, the kindness of people

When Ghazal came into our class to speak about being an immigrant, it moved me. She talked about a war in Syria that was happening only a kilometre away from her home. She came to Ireland when she was 18, so to continue with her education, she needed to complete Sixth Year. She talked about

In her story, young Valentina tells us about an Earth torn apart by the hate and mistrust of humanity, to the point that the most virtuous men had to abandon it and move to the Moon. The hope for Earth’s rebirth resides in the children, still uncontaminated by the cruelty of humanity, as well as

My name is Božana and I am a student of the faculty of Law. From time to time I volunteer for associations and organisations in the field of social entrepreneurship and civil society, whose main goal is to improve and upgrade quality of life for society as a whole.   During my volunteering activities I

Dijana Požgaj, the mentor teacher, shared the story of how the CHANGE project served as an inspiration for the an entry into the LiDraNo competition:    8th grade students in the press group of the Vugrovec-Kašina elementary school decided to record a radio show for LiDraNo this year: a literary, dramatic, and journalistic creation. The guidelines for radio entries

On 2nd June 2020, the 7th grade students and teachers of Portuguese and English of the Azeitão school used Zoom to meet Ghalia Taki, a Syrian refugee living in Portugal since 2014 who collaborates with JRS, and Carmo Belford, from the Portuguese JRS Communications Office.   The meeting was organized as part of the CHANGE

Maria Martina Floarea, 16 years old, shows us the real conditions of the migrants living in the Termini train station in Rome, through her eyes. Young boys, women with children, men, all extremely skinny, hungry and thirsty, sitting on the floor of the station without hope or an end to their suffering in sight. Maria