Let their voice be heard!

 

The action called "The Quarantine Monologues" aims at voicing the emotions and views of teenage refugee residents of a series of accomodation facilities across Greece, during the temporary, general lockdown that was induced by the COVID19 pandemic in the period between March and May 2020.

 


The people

The “It could be me – It could be you” project Coordinator
Nikos Govas

“The Quarantine Monologues” action Coordinators
Nikos Govas, Katerina Alexiadi, Nikoletta Dimopoulou

Online creative writing workshop facilitators & content editors
Dimitra Didangelou, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Eleni Svoronou
assisted by Alexandra Vassilopoulou

Workshops' interpreters 
Reza Gkolami (farsi), Mohammed-Raad Hammami (arabic), Fatima Ali (somali), Irini Kachrimani (french), Feras Darahmed (arabic), Paris Tsekouras (english)

Technical support 
Paris Tsekouras

Texts translators
Fatima Ali (somali),  Mohammed-Raad Hammami (arabic), Zoe Charaktinou (english), Fotis Gousios (english), Irini Kachrimani (french), Nikos Kalaitzidis (english), Olga Kyrimlidou (english), Nellie Mavroudi (english), Christos Stylianou (english),   Alexandra Vassilopoulou (french)

We would like to thank Christina Drakopoulou, Fotis Gousios, Zoe Charaktinou,Olga Kyrimlidou, Nellie Mavroudi and Christos Stylianou for their contribution to the copy editing and translation of texts

Workshops participants (names have changed for protection): Amir, Anis, Borahan, Daniel, Dariush, Farida, Fateme, Faten, Fereshta, Ghazal, Ikram, Inas, Jovani, Khalid, Marjan, Maryam, Masome, Maya, Mehran, Mohammad, Pardis, Rostam, Sawsan, Zahra

 

 

 

Contacts
Penny Alexopoulou, ESTIA Accommodation Programme, “Parnona” Development Agency Tripoli, Greece |
Maria Andronikou, “Iliaktida AMKE”– Sourada Hostel, Lesvos Greece 
Maria Argyrou, 1st Gymnasio Avlona, Greece
Ioanna Damdouni, ARSIS Drama, Greece 
Danai Galanou, ARSIS Drama, Greece 
Alexandra Georgiadou, “Iliaktida AMKE”– Sourada Hostel, Lesvos Greece 
Georgia-Konstantia Karagianni, Secondary Education Directorate, Karditsa, Greece 
Vaggelis Karagiannis, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Patras, Greece 
Vasilis Klisiaris, Kinoniko EKAV, Penteli Attica, Greece 
Victoria Koemtzopoulou, Refugee Education Coordinator, Diavata Thessaloniki, Greece 
Tasos Kontokostas, PRAKSIS Athens, Greece 
Dionysis Pavlou, Refugee Education Coordinator, Kara Τepe Lesvos, Greece 
Popi Sarri, PRAKSIS Athens, Greece 
Loukia Stefou, 1st Gymnasio  Avlona, Greece 
Dimitra Tasika, ESTIA Accommodation Programme, Development Agency ANKA Karditsa, Greece 
Nandia Tsene,  1st Gymnasio Avlona, Greece 
Myrto Tsombo, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Patras, Greece 
Sonia Vlachou, Refugee Education Coordinator, Filippiada Preveza, Greece

 

 

Organization: Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) in cooperation with the UNHCR Greece, (the UN Refugee Agency) as part of the  “it could be me – it could be you” project. “it could be me – it could be you” is an awareness raising project, targeting the educational community at large, on refugees and human rights using experiential learning, theatre and educational drama techniques.

Collaborating partners: ARSIS – Association for the Social Support of Youth, PRAKSIS, Iliaktikda Civil Non-Profit Company, Kinoniko EKAV – Social First Aid Greek Team, Regional Development Company of Parnonas S.A., Development Agency of Karditsa S.A., Secondary Education Directorate of Karditsa, International Organization for Migration in Greece.