Education

Refugee Youth Project expanded its work in 2009 to include an Education Project, which sends volunteers into schools to give presentations and teach lessons to KS3 students (yrs 7, 8 and 9) on refugee and asylum issues.

Background

The aims of the Education Project are:

1. To improve British pupils' knowledge and understanding of refugee and asylum issues and of children’s rights.
2. To develop Refugee Youth Project's links with schools. 

Refugee Youth Project in schools

The workshops were piloted by trustees and volunteers in three schools in London and Brighton during Refugee Week in 2009.

During lessons pupils reflect upon the definitions of 'refugee' and 'asylum seeker', and the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and internationally. Pupils have the opportunity to relate these experiences to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Workshops ultimately encourage pupils to reflect on their own views and rights as well as those of refugees and asylum seekers.

Schools gave excellent feedback about the workshops; all teachers said they would recommend the workshops to other schools.

Pictured above: Winning entries in Refugee Youth Project’s poster competition in Whitefield School, Refugee Week 2009. Congratulations to our winners!

Get involved

Refugee Youth Project's Education Project is currently recruiting volunteers to go into London schools during Refugee Week 2011.  Are you interested in volunteering to go into London schools and deliver lessons or assemblies?  Are you available during Refugee Week (between Monday 20th and Friday 24th June 2011)?  If so, and for more information on training days, please email Alice at education@refugeeyouthproject.org.uk. If you are a teacher who would like to request an assembly or a lesson to be taught during Refugee week please contact Alice at  education@refugeeyouthproject.org.uk.
 
Click here for more information on Refugee Week 2011.