This report synthesises lessons learned and best practices towards the end of the REFUGE-ED project. At the same time, it suggests effective strategies and actions not only for the pilots involved, but especially for those interested in implementing them. […]
Audience: Psychologists and counsellors
Dialogic literary gatherings in class: new approaches to the education of refugee, migrant children and such from vulnerable social groups
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 […]
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 […]
I Support My Friends
“I Support My Friends” is peer to peer psychological first aid that is specifically adapted for training children and adolescents (9-17 years old) to support their friends in distress, under the mentorship and guidance of trusted adults. […]