3 Sept 2015 - 13 Dec 2015

My Voice-My School 2015

Teenagers in London and Brussels had first hand access to the life of refugee students from Syria. Over three months, 13 to 15-year-old students from London and Brussels paired with Palestine refugee students in Damascus to explore what quality education means to them. They surveyed their peers and created their own advocacy projects to improve education for all.

The need for safety to study, improving the school environment, and having future work opportunities were common concerns the students shared over their three Skype conversations.

The exchange between the Palestine School in Damascus Oaklands School in London were featured on a BBC broadcast who gave them the chance to meet the British Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening.

My Voice-My School

Key stats

Weeks

Live exchanges

Countries

Schools

Students

130

Highlights

Mvms 2015 Palestine School Damascus Class With Teacher

Mvms 2015 Yarmouk School Qabr Essit Syria Classroom Smiling

Mvms 2015 Oaklands School London Girls Interviewing Syria Students

Mvms 2015 Palestine School Damascus Girl Watching Screen

Mvms 2015 Students Syria Refugee Girl Talking

Mvms 2015 Students Syria Refugees In Skype Meeting With London Peers

Mvms 2015 Europe Iv School Brussels Teamwork

Mvms 2015 Students Homs Interacting Online With Peers In London

Mvms 2015 Palestine School Damascus Class Laughing

Mvms 2015 London Students In Skype Meeting With Class In Syria

Mvms 2015 Girls In Syria Classroom Getting Ready For Skype Meeting

Mvms 2015 Girls Syria Warming In Classroom

Mvms 2015 Al Ramleh Al Shajarah School Homs Students Smiling

Mvms 2015 Bow School London Greeting Skype Meeting

Mvms 2015 Al Ramleh Al Shajarah School Homs Students Greeting Skype

Mvms 2015 Cnn Screenshot Damascus London Virtual Exchange

Participants

Testimonials

“

My Voice My School helped me become a courageous person and I overcame my fears and met new people from another place. I liked this project because it gave me a chance to deliver my voice to people.

Jihan

Student, UNRWA Palestine School, Damascus, Syria

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We had three sessions of Skype calls to the children in Damascus, where they informed us of their problems and how they overcome them. This stimulated us to try and develop our school too, that’s why we have introduced the idea of having an onsite school counsellor.

Hafsa

Student, Oaklands School, London, UK

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My Voice My School will help develop education because it gives us the chance to identify challenges, and share these with the world with the hope the world can help us solve them.

Raghad

Student, Yarmouk School, Damascus, Syria

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Education is really important because we can use it to communicate different views that might help us build a better society. A person without a voice is a person without a life.

Lujain

Student, Al Ramleh/Al-Shajarah School, Homs, Syria