The newspaper “Migratory birds” is a non-typical inclusive education practice, with journalism and mass media as the main tools, aimed at teenagers and young people aged 13-25.
The Young Journalists, a group of teenagers and young refugees, immigrants and Greek, publish the newspaper “Migratory Birds” and produce podcasts. The newspaper includes texts in English, Arabic, Greek, Urdu and Farsi. The “Migratory Birds” also fly on the internet, with the website migratorybirds.gr.
The content of the printed and electronic newspaper is produced exclusively by the members of the group, with the encouragement of NCR. The aim of the program is to transmit the principles and values of journalism, to promote intercultural dialogue, to help children exercise their basic rights, such as the right to freedom of opinion and expression, to strengthen their integration into society and to fight xenophobia.
The reason for the creation of the program was the reluctance of those living in refugee/equality accommodation areas to speak to journalists, as they believed that their story would not be portrayed as it should be.
The program was included as a promising good practice and example of peer-to-peer participatory learning in a practical handbook for professionals working with children, compiled by the Council of Europe’s Directorate for Children’s Rights.
The program is an initiative of Network for Children’s Rights and is implemented with the support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.
You can read all the issues of “Migratory Birds” here!
Information
Youth Center-Alkamenous 11a, Larisa Station, Athens
Tel: +30 210 8846 590
Email: migratorybirds@ddp.gr
*The program received funding from UNICEF, OSF and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – Greece Branch.
