Let their voice be heard!

 

The project

The idea, the workshops of unaccompanied refugee children, the book... 

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The routes

Aegean Sea
The open sea with its islands.
Images of tragedy, 
images of horror... 

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The actions

Book Presentations, actions schools, theatre Festivals schools...  

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Children more than anything else

The number of people who were forcibly displaced around... 

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The book

The journey and dreams of unaccompanied refugee children... 

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Credits

6 Facilitators-drama pedagogues, 40 workshops in the cities of Athens and Patras in Greece... 

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"Monologues across the Aegean Sea" 

"Monologues across the Aegean Sea" is a collection of 28 testimonies of unaccompanied refugee children from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Morocco and Egypt. These children were forced to leave their homeland and arrived alone in Greece in 2015 and 2016, crossing the Aegean Sea.

Their stories were recorded in the book "Monologues across the Aegean Sea: the journey and dreams of unaccompanied refugee children", published in Greek and in English in 2016 by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) and the UNHCR Greece, (the UN Refugee Agency).

Let their voice be heard! - All year actions!
Let us; use the texts in any creative way we may think, to make their voice heard!
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​​International Action Day 2017 "Monologues across the Aegean Sea"
​The Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network in cooperation with the International Drama/Theatre & Education Association - IDEA and with the support of UNHCR Greece have set March 21st, 2017, as the International Action Day for the "Monologues across the Aegean Sea." Artistic events, performances, public readings, school festivals and youth events will take place around the world on the said date on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

We stand together #WithRefugees 
Now more than ever, we need to tell the world we stand #WithRefugees. Add you name now at WithRefugees.com


“Greek young people tapped into the power of the Ancient Greek chorus when they told the story of unaccompanied refugee youth arriving to their shores via the Aegean Sea. The commitment of these storytellers to share with their audience the struggles of refugee children in our contemporary world was unmistakable. I was deeply moved by their storytelling.”

Kathleen Gallagher, Professor, Toronto University, Canada
Athens, 19/3/2017

“Greek teens took us all through a powerful ritual of empathy and solidarity as they embodied the words of unaccompanied refugee youth. I was struck by the clarity and care of their communication — and was particularly affected by their sense of purpose…their collective desire to take action in these challenging times.”

Andrew Kushnir, theatre playwright Toronto Canada
Athens, 19/3/2017