This paper will offer observations on the implementation of the educational practices of dialogic literary gathering and reading buddies at the 66th Philip Stanislavov School, Sofia, Bulgaria in the context of the REFUGE-ED project. It will offer case studies from different high school classes where refugee children, as well as children with mixed ethnic backgrounds […]
Audience: Migrant children
Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in Bulgaria: In the Limbo between the New and Old Homes
This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of how children and young people adapt and move when placed in Safety Zones for unaccompanied minors in two RRCs in Sofia – Voenna Rampa and Ovcha Kupel. The study presents the findings of the implementation process led by a team of representatives from the REFUGE-ED project […]
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REFUGE-ED will improve the academic performance, emotional well-being and social integration of refugee children
In 2021, the paper published in the Academic Bulletin ‘The Refugees: Today and Tomorrow’ introduces the Bulgarian public to the aims of the research project REFUGE-ED (H2020) and its upcoming implementation in the five pilot sites in Bulgaria. It describes the REFUGE-ED Consortium and the main activities that will be implemented in the frame of […]
Interactive processes and practices contributing to the mental health of unaccompanied refugee children from Afghanistan
The article discusses the work carried out by a team of representatives from the REFUGE-ED project and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with unaccompanied minors (UAMs) from Afghanistan. The children were accommodated in the Safety Zone, which caters to unaccompanied minors seeking international protection, at the Registration and Reception Center ‘Voenna Rampa’ of the […]
Guidelines for carrying out the SPICE research approach
The Supportive Process for the Inclusion of Children’s,Experience (SPICE) approach is based on the premise that end-users (i.e., children) and their key integration agents (i.e., teachers, parents, community groups) should be actively involved in any research designed to evaluate practices/interventions that seek to improve, in this case, educational and MHPSS outcomes, from initial research design, […]
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TeamUp
TeamUp is a psychosocial support intervention developed by War Child, Save the Children and UNICEF Netherlands. The sessions allow children to relieve stress and tension in the body while creating a sense of security within themselves and others. It has been tested in Uganda and the Netherlands and TeamUp sessions are being held in several countries […]