On the 8th and 9th October, two students from San Jose Jesuitak School in Durango were in Strasbourg. There, in the European Parliament, JRS Europe, JRS Portugal and Alboan were conducting a workshop at the EYE (European Youth Event) 2021. In this post the two students explain how were invited to be part of it. […]
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For two days, I had the privilege of travelling to Strasbourg to attend the EYE 2021 at the European Parliament, a multicultural event that brought together thousands of young people from different countries. It was encouraging to see how these different backgrounds and national contexts merged in this place where we set aside our
Women worldwide face gender specific challenges. In countries where basic human rights are not respected, being a refugee woman involves challenges regarding healthcare, discrimination, physical abuse, violence and human trafficking. For these reasons, listening to the story of a refugee woman is always particularly moving. On top of this, listening to a woman’s testimony
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JRS Europe is carrying out research to understand the attitudes of students around the topics of migration and asylum. The findings of this research project, U-CHANGE, will contribute to best practises for education programmes raising awareness and creating more inclusive societies. Since September 2019, over 2,500 students from nine European countries have taken part
Dans la salle d’assemblée du Collège Notre Dame de la Paix à Erpent, cinq classes ont participé à différentes rencontres dans le cadre du projet CHANGE avec deux refugiés vivant en Belgique : Nick du Burundi et Ema d’Ethiopie. Sur deux jours, assis en cercle, des élèves âgés de 14-15 ans ont écouté Nick et Ema
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Along with the very practical challenges of finding housing and being allowed to remain in the country, newcomers to Portugal – refugees and migrants alike – have to contend with the real problem of culture shock. Many don’t know where they’ll end up when they leave their country of origin, and didn’t have the
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If it hadn’t been for A. telling us about his difficult experience, I would have been part of that group of people who don’t know what it’s like to face such a difficult change of life. Before him, I was convinced that such a journey lasted about one, two weeks at the most. But
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Ghalia is a Syrian woman who has been in Portugal for almost 6 years. Although her Portuguese is pretty much perfect, every time she goes to schools she always talks a bit about how her country was before the war, how the journey to Portugal went and how integration played out. She wants to
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After listening to the story of S., I particularly reflected on the importance of the life of every human being. S. fought against the enemy of all, death, and showed us that we can win if the choices we make are accompanied by hope and solidarity towards those who are facing the same situations. I
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Hamza has been a very active participant in the CHANGE project. He started with his mum and now does a lot of presentations by himself. Unfortunately, since the pandemic started, schools haven’t allowed people from the outside to enter, so most of the presentations were done online. These photos are from the first presentation
