Ivo arrived in Belgium in 2013 from Mozambique and became a speaker for JRS’s awareness-raising programme CHANGE. He now visits schools in Belgium to help students change perspectives on migration.
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As part of the Student Ambassador programme, the students from the school of “Via Micheli” in Rome wrote an article in the school newspaper. They have written about the experience of being able to welcome a refugee in their class, even if online due to Covid measures. They have been deeply touched by Shadam, an
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On December 19th, 20th and 21st we celebrated the third edition of the European Interschool Kahoot. This time we were participating together with schools from Hungary, Ireland, Malta and Portugal.
More than 3,500 students playing for an inclusive society Read More »
One of our speakers from JRS Malta shared his testimony of CHANGE and the experience of talking about his experience with students. “I was scared to tell people about my stories because of the wild range of discussion surrounding migrants and refugees around Europe, so I keep my experience to myself as one of the
As part of CHANGE, 55 students from Collège Saint Michel school in Brussels attended the puppet-theatre show Who We Are organised by company Transe en Danse.
Who We Are: CHANGE students attend puppet-theatre show on migration Read More »
Many Italian schools who have actively participated in CHANGE through different activities. In order to further recognise their effort, Centro Astalli-JRS Italy has given them the title of “Refugee Friendly School”. These are schools that have promoted the implementation of awareness-raising and active citizenship initiatives among students with the aim of creating a fairer and more welcoming society. On Centro Astalli’s website www.centroastalli.it you can have a look at our interactive map with all the schools and the different activities that they have carried out. Italian version Scuola Amica dei Rifugiati Sono state molte le scuole italiane che hanno partecipato attivamente a CHANGE attraverso
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Mikiel Cassar, a participant in CHANGE, shares his experience teaching refugees and other people in search of a better life: The change programme was truly wonderful in every way. It was my first experience working with refugees and yet I felt at ease from the very beginning. I used to teach Maltese and English
“All that I felt was the immense appreciation the students had” Read More »
In October 2021, I accompanied JRS Europe to Strasbourg in order to attend the European Youth Event at the Parliament, a sort of conference aimed at young people meant to foster ideas for the future of the European Union. I went to assist with the Communications side of things, mainly to take pictures. Our
A few Irish students share their impressions of the CHANGE programme, after meeting a refugee and watching videos about the situations of forced migrant youth: “Meeting Ghazel and watching a video about Filimon has impacted my life hugely and has made me think about the privileges and safety that I do not have to
“I cannot imagine moving to a different country and starting a life without my family.” Read More »
In this post, the two students who participated in the workshop Change: building a society where everyone is welcome share their opinion with us: “The workshop was very interesting and enriching. Different ideas were presented and we’ve learned a lot. There were people who had different opinions, so the debate was more enriching. The
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