No one chooses to be a refugee. Refugees seek safety in another country when they experience a threat of persecution and because their own country is unwilling or unable to protect their fundamental rights, most often because of the war that broke out. In the face of serious violations of their human rights, they have no choice but to leave their homes, their families and communities in order to survive. Those who really suffer from the ordeal of becoming a refugee are Children. In order not to make them feel on the margins of society we need to help them build self-sufficiency in their host community and assist them through our tolerance in the healthy and safe social integration. Watch the video below to learn from the refugee children's experiences that running away from your own country is a great challenge and it doesn't always mean that you can find a safe home, peaceful life and the same opportunities in a new country, and furthemore, enjoy the happiest period of your life - childhood. This video will serve you as a guide to planning and organizing your own interviews with the refugees who fled to our countries and are striving to rebuild their lives in Moldova.
Take your time to answer the following questions based on the video:
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At our last meeting on Children's Rights Project, after having analyzed the reflective questions on Unicef Articles: 22, 24 and 27, we decided that we are going to accomplish Assignment 1 of the Challenge 1 and show the world that refugees have the same right to a safe and happy home as the other legal citizens of a country on the basis of the international standards. According to our Challenge requirements we have to give feedback to two diferent schools on their contribution to Phase 2 of the Project and to get feedback from other two schools. Here is the detailed instruction of the Assignment 1: Research and Report. You are going to do a research on the current situation of the refugees in our country, interview a few people and write a report on three stories of:
I assume that the issue of incoming refugees in our country seem to be not as critical as in other European countries, since our country is a poor one and moreover there is a great number of abandoned children who are waiting to integrate into a family and to have that high standard of living they are longing for. Nevertheless, we should be aware of the hardships the refugees face when fleeing their countries for various dreadful reasons. The national data reveals that within a year there were four times as many refugees seeking asylum in Moldova as in the previous years. The majority of them are originally from Syria, Ucraine, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The refugees can find temporary accommodation in Moldova with the support of the National and International social actors, such as:
Watch the video below and answer the following questions:
Tip: you may write answers to the questions in the Assignment 1 Report and Assignment 1 extended in a more creative way, for example by using one of the digital tools described on Teacher's Guide Page: Voki, Blabberize - talking character tools (you may use the face of a child to talk); Utellstory- a short photo presentation or create a short Powtoon animation by mentioning the key points of your answers.
Until Sunday April 3 you have time to finish the Challenge 1 of the Children's Rights Project. You can fulfil this Challenge by taking two relevant steps: Step 1.
Step 2.
Choose one or more of the following Assignments:
To learn how to accomplish the Assignments go to our International Project Homepage. Here you can see the examples from the previous Learning Circles and find creative inspiration for your own contribution to this Project Challenge. It is time to start working on the Phase 2: Challenge 1 of the Project. In this Phase you are going to analyze "the right to a safe home" which is clearly stated in the UN Children's Rights Convention. I invite you to watch the following animated film which tackles the right metioned above and to answer the following:
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