BACKPACK ID

Bridging languages and memories to foster multiple identities: "Never leave your backpack behind!"

About the project

BACKPACK ID is an innovative intervention for promoting the inclusion of refugee children at school in 4 European countries (Greece and Italy, Germany and Sweden), which are met with acute and very diverse challenges by the ongoing refugee crisis. Informed by these differences, the present approach on social inclusion advances a common account of social inclusion challenges; it sees the social inclusion of refugee children as a function of addressing the needs and perspectives of those children and their families, and local communities and stakeholders, while affirming common European values.

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Outputs

Backpack ID using a bottom-up participatory method produced the following outputs in order to address social inclusion interpersonal and intergroup understanding in the school environment.

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Partners

Who we are

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Contact

The project is now closed. If you would like to request additional information about the project, you can contact the project coordinator here.

Vanessa, my family in Vietnam

My name is Vanessa and I am a nice girl and I get along well with people. My name originates in England from the Irish writer Jonathan Swift and from Latin translated means “Queen of butterflies” and translated from Greek means “the appearing, the shining”. My mother went to Germany at the age of 18 to learn German and to study. Then she met my father and a few months later, they got married.

Something that makes me special are the many scars I have and the fact that I like to be alone.

If I had to leave my home, I would take my family; food and water should not be missing so we don’t die of hunger or thirst!

My favourite food is spaghetti!

And now I would like to introduce my family:

Mum: I love her a lot, she is patient and reliable.

Dad: He is pretty determined and friendly.

Niklas: He is a great cousin, always available when I need him.

Karsten: He is my uncle and very nice.

Jutta : is the mother of Nico, she is a great nan.

Sieghart : is my poppy, very nice and funny.

Bac Hang: She is my aunt, she’s great, very nice and always there for me.

Bac Hai: He is the brother of my mother.

Ba Ahn: is my nan, she is lovely and hard-working.

Ong dien: He is my blood poppy, but he died during the Vietnam war.

Ong: He can only speak Vietnamese, he is funny and reliable.

Opa Gerd: He is my poppy, he is totally funny and nice.

Andre: is my uncle, he is a professional diver and also pretty funny.

Julia: is my aunt, she’s a professional potter, she’s great and I am her sunshine.

Herald: is Julia’s husband, thus my uncle. He is extremely nice and funny.

Nino: is my dog, he is very playful and in the flat he is very calms

Amand: was my dog before that, unfortunately she died on 1/8/2018.

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