would like to participate in the worshop next friday
Hello!
My name is Florianne. First a bit about my professional life… I work in public health with migrant communities in Barcelona, Spain. My background is humanitarian worker in refugee camps and conflict affected areas (mainly in Africa) for various institutions. I have recently come back from Lesbos volunteering with the refugees with some friends with similar backgrounds. We were inspired by the work done by the volunteers taking on a huge share of the work of receiving the refugees alongside the usual suspects of the trade. We did feel that this amazing energy could be better harnessed to provide a follow up for people arriving so that they are not left stranded and without help once they leave Greece, or when they arrive at their destination. Taking stock of all the local groups and projects that are currently working to help refugees, we did wonder: What happens to people who do not speak any european languages or even arabic? What happens to the ones who do not read and write, or use internet? Is there a way to provide information on resources available along the way to refugees/migrants at their point of entry so that the ones who are less ‘networked’ are not stranded? We are thinking of these questions as we prepare to go back to the local volunteer groups we worked with in Greece. We have also started to linking families we have met in Greece with people willing to meet them at their point of destination. I don’t know if these are themes of interest for this workshop, but in any case I am quite interested to hear from all of you if you think I could contribute on behalf of our little group.
The team has produced participants notes for the Collaborative inclusion workshop. You can download them here. Please have a look at them before the event for more enjoyable, smooth participation.
Be advised that we expect a full house for this event. Be on time!
In a way I have been a migrant for the past three years of my life. I didn’t leave my country because of major social/political/economical issues. I left looking for something different because I couldn’t fit in anymore with the cultural and social constraints I was surrounded by in my home country. A blessed and privileged migrant sure, still I can share part of the feeling of being alien and alienated.
As part of the team working on the OpenCare project I’m confident we will have the chance to include migrants (and hopefully refugees) in the conversation and to involve them in the designing of the prototypes.
I believe the workshop would be a good way to set the right mind set and get inspired on how to reach and involve the communities of migrants.
Hello, my name is Eva and I’m an MA student in Leuven. I’m going to be writing my thesis on socio-cultural integration for refugees - so this event is perfect, as it’s so focussed on my interests! What can I do to get a ticket? Looking forward to it!
Thanks, I’ve added my name to the list to document the Collaborative inclusion event about migrants-residents collaboration. I won’t be using the hackpad but I’ll upload my notes to the shared file afterwards - hope that’s ok! How do I get my ticket?
