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.

Ninos' personal story

My name is Ninos and comes from Iran. My parents chose my name. I wanted the name Mohammad because it's a prophet's name that I like. There are not so many called.

Me, my brother and my mother moved to Sweden with the help of the UN. I am 12 years old and went to school in Iran. There were always a lot of conflicts occurred in Iran. The pupils roared, the teacher and the principal were not good at school. I had my fruit with me at school on my school bench. Moving from Iran was tough because my mother missed her mother. There are differences between me and my classmates here in Sweden. Some are happy and happy and some miss their dad in their lives.My brother worked as a mechanic. We moved because the UN moved us. I was worried about my mom. It was really hard to say goodbye to my grandmother.

I missed my uncle. Mom has memories of grandmother and my dad who passed away. In Iran, I used to go to the gym and at home I practiced boxing.

Ninos' personal story
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