The Refugee Journey: path of life

Below the main characters on the board, you see 4 rows, each representing a different stage of a refugee's journey. From top to bottom:

• Reason for fleeing: war, family violence, natural disaster, repression, poverty
• With whom?: alone, with parents, with friends, via a smuggler
• Mode of transportation: car/truck, boat, train, plane, on foot
• Environment: refugee camp with tents, independent living, welcoming family, police, border guards, refugee camp with containers
• Future: passport, family reunification, travel by plane, giving inspirational presentations, graduation.

Above the drawings, you'll see different numbers, which are linked to the rotation disc or to a dice.

• Make an additional row with pictures of different duty-bearers, e.g., a policeman, a teacher, a parent, a youth worker, the government ... Have the children turn the rotation disc again and let them continue the story about their character they started earlier. Make a new row by looking for pictures on the internet and printing them out or by drawing these pictures yourself (for example 1-2-3 Police, 4-5 Teachers, 6-7 Health workers, 8-9 Parents, 10-11-12 The Government).

• Play the game with the duty-bearers you work with and have them think about different reflection questions afterwards:

- Do you reflect on the different backgrounds (their life histories) of the children you work with?

- Do you know if they have experienced some of the situations depicted on the panel?

- How do they talk to children about these experiences?

- ...

• Find the storylines that connect to Ibrahim's story.

• If children find it difficult to invent their own story, let them start from the stories of the five characters used in our education toolkit (Anna, Frederick, Julia, Ibrahim, Priya). More information about the characters can be found via http://www.street-smart.be/all-children-all-rights

• If possible and psychologically safe, ask the children about their own path of life. When doing this, make sure to prepare some questions beforehand. Some example questions are included in different games within this manual.

Creative storytelling