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Cross-sectorial Acción Tipo de actividad Audiovisual, film, video Paises participantes IT,TR,SE,FR
Fechas de inicio y fin Estado del proyecto finalized Subvención
Coordinador DUGONG SRL IT
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The project consists of a creative and intersectorial partnership between 6 creative and humanitarian organizations in 3 countries. First and foremost the project supported around 4.100 children and youth refugees and asylumseekers in Sweden, Greece and Denmark to socialize and express themselves in around 200 workshops. Given that they all came from different backgrounds and found themselves in a country where they did not necessarily speak the language, the method used was primarily animation fdm. The work methodology was previously developed by the Swedish partner Historieberättama and was used throughout 2015 working with unaccompanied refugee children and youth living in Sweden. The organization of workshops in housing/camps for refugee children and youth provided them with a safe place where they could discover their own voices and express their stories, thoughts and feelings in creative ways, with focus on the respect of democratic rules and the diversity in the room. The method enabled children and youth to communicate with each other and the host country through a language of images. With different materials such as clay and paper the participants began to create environments and characters. The practical work was a strategy to overcome language barriers and at the same time to create spaces of cooperation and socialization between the participants, film educators and people from humanitarian organizations and other sectors. The project created opportunities for refugee children and youths’ stories to be expressed, spread and listened to. This project supported the refugee children and youth to tell their stories despite language barriers and also to continue using the methodology with other peers. Around a million people in Europe have been exposed to the personal stories of young refugees and asylum seekers through different modes of communication, including organized screenings, radio, exhibitions, TV, lectures, articles and social media in 3 countries. Considerable time was invested, especially during the initiation phase, to understand the target group and the way that the workshops could be adapted to suit them the best. For example at the start of the project, it was a great challenge to reach out to refugees and asylum seeking youth and children and we realized that we had to do a lot of outreach and networking. We talked to many youth and refugees to understand what would work best for them, and also started involving youth in the workshops as mentors or pedagogues. Youth with special interests and talents were also given the opportunity to create their own workshops, develop and display their talents in different ways, for example organizing an exhibition at an art gallery and creating a special illustration workshop. Through the project, a platform of understanding and exchange between refugee youth and children themselves and EU citizens was built up, so that the voices and the stories could be shared through different channels with other refugees and with the general population. The reason to showcase the stories has been to share the experiences and stories of the youth and child refugees with EU citizens to increase the understanding of the lives and situations of refugees and why they have fled their countries. The stories are a way to create a meeting between refugees and the EU citizens and to create a dialogue and understanding. |