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  1. Provide Syrian teachers with the means to educate!
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Provide Syrian teachers with the means to educate!

The first session of The Mobile Educator was closed with a festive presentation of the certificates. Your contribution helped to reach this result!

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
- Nelson Mandela

On April 21, 2016 16 teachers received their certificates of participation in the first session of The Mobile Educator. 

The meeting was not only a closure, but also the beginning of new initiatives that help refugees on their way in Dutch society. The participants gave presentations where they often looked back on what they have experienced in Syria, and also presented their plans for the future.

Lessons in asylum centers and on a university of applied sciences

‘I have only been in the Netherlands for seven monts, and now I have this certificate. Great!’ Says a physics teacher. In collaboration with Universe Awareness, and together with three Syrian colleagues, he developed a series of lessons about the universe. They will give these lessons to children in asylum centers this summer.

An English teacher is using educational websites for her lessons. She keeps in touch with her students through the online learning environment Moodle. In this way, the lessons can simply continue as she or her pupils are transferred to another reception center.

Four students have developed courses on intercultural communication together with teachers from De Haagse Hogeschool. In June, the will give these lessons during an internship at the Food and Nutrition department.

‘Refugees want to contribute’

The students received their certificate from Mardjan Seighali, director of the Foundation for Refugee Students UAF. Seighali complimented the participants: ‘You wish to develop and expand your skills. It is clear that you are highly motivated to contribute to our society.’

She stressed that this initiative can be an inspiring example for other organizations: ‘The Mobile Educator understands that refugees can enrich our society, but that they first need information and education, before they can show what they are good at.’

 

And now?

The first training session is over, but that does not mean The Mobile Educator comes to a halt. One of the follow-up projects is the plan of The Mobile Educator bus: some Syrian teachers want to travel with a bus to asylum centers to educate young people on the spot. This plan will be developed further.

The next training of The Mobile Educator is scheduled for August.

Donors

20-04-2016 | 14:09 Ab Vos
19-04-2016 | 19:49 Marian Borger
19-04-2016 | 11:34 Gerda Hop
30-03-2016 | 17:47 Ahmed .
14-03-2016 | 11:49 Lindy Wijsman
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€ 15 Many thanks! Hereby you donate a one-way train ticket to Leiden for a Syrian teacher. Many thanks! Hereby you donate a one-way train ticket to Leiden for a Syrian teacher. Donate now Recommended € 40 Thank you!You make it possible for one teacher to attend a whole day of training. Thank you! You make it possible for one teacher to attend a whole day of training. Donate now € 80 Greatly appreciated!You just helped two teachers. Greatly appreciated! You just helped two teachers. Donate now € 120 Many thanks!With this donation three teachers can follow one training. Many thanks! With this donation three teachers can follow one training. Donate now € 250 We are most grateful!With this donation we can buy a tablet for the training! We are most grateful! With this donation we can buy a tablet for the training! Donate now
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w.j.persson@bb.leidenuniv.nl

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