This beautiful day started with a buddy learning activity
focused on some specific topics. Some of us took advantage of the sun :)
Then we started a game where we had to take a position (for,
against or in the middle) about some big questions regarding refugees. A lot of
different ideas and points of view came out and it was really interesting
because everyone had their own perspectives and opinions (neither right nor wrong!) so it was a thought provoking debate!
Then we watched a film called ‘The Good Lie’. It told the
stories of some Sudanese boys who arrived in the US following years and years
of living in a refugee camp in Kenya following the Sudanese conflict. It was
a very moving film showing the horrors of war, the difficulties of getting to a
place of safety, and the issues people encounter arriving in a new country for
refuge.
Finally we started a role play where the refugees had to
cross the borders to escape from the war and to reach a better place to stay
and live. Some of us played refugees, others were the border control, and some
were observers. After this activity we talked a lot about what we felt about
being our characters and discussed the complex issues that came up through this
exercise.
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