YOUTH ON THE RUN
Type
Description
Instrument/tool – Role-play game
Each year, millions of people worldwide are forced to flee their homes due to
persecution, war, or natural disasters. In search of safety, many of these
people face hunger, poverty, humiliation and despair. Those who are granted
asylum in other countries too often face prejudices and racism in their new
homes.
The purpose of the “Youth on the Run” programme is to enable young people
to put themselves in the shoes of refugees and asylum seekers around the
world, via a 24-hour role-play game. The role-play is based upon the
interaction of participants (who play the roles of refugees) and instructors
(who play the roles of various characters that the refugees meet on their long
journey). By using this unconventional learning method, young people are
more likely to develop tolerance for refugees and reduce prejudice and
racism.
Weblinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnTPz3wrCg4 (promo video to give an
idea)
Annexes (e.g.
worksheets,
presentations)
Name
Email
For further info and cooperation contact your local Red Cross section and if
they do not have experience – Italian, Norwegian, Irish or Russian (SaintPetersburg) Red Cross youth sections.
Inga
[email protected]
EUROPEAN VITAMIN
Type
Description
Best practice in Youth Exchanges (2010)
This project aimed to create an awareness-raising of young people on migration
issues in parallel to the priorities of “European Year for Combating Poverty and
Social Exclusion-2010”. The AIM was to establish a youth exchange on three vital
concepts of Europe: Assimilation, Integration and Migration. We talked about
how to integrate immigrants coming from other countries without assimilating
their fundamental characteristics, such as religion, culture and so on. Our
message to Europe Youth is that migration needs essential characteristics such
as to live in peace, to permit the integration of immigrants to their new lives
rather than assimilating their essence coming from their origin. In our project,
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