Mini Workshop

The Foundation for Global Human Dignity’s  six-month project took place in Budapest from January 1 to June 30, 2024, achieving outstanding results in supporting the educational and recreational activities of Roma refugee children from Ukraine. The Romaversitas Foundation supported the project’s implementation through a grant from the NGO Menedék – Migrants’ Association for Assistance to Ukrainian Refugees in Hungary, and a MADRE Foundation Crisis Impact Grant. The program’s objectives included further developing children’s literacy skills, teaching basic math, and providing personality and skills development activities.

FGHD mentors engaged with the children in regular afternoon sessions to help them overcome their disadvantages, view learning positively, and promote the integration of underprivileged  Roma children into the school system. Leisure activities enabled the children to visit places that had previously seemed inaccessible to them.

All project staff are of Roma origin, including teachers and a graduate student teacher, all with experience in teaching and child development. The mentors always knew what required more attention and covered topics such as “Environment,” “What Does Ukraine Mean to Me?” “What Does Hungary Mean to Me?” and “What Does It Mean to Me to Be a Romas?”

From the summer of 2022, we will provide programmes for refugee and multiply disadvantaged children living in foster care in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages. From autumn 2022, we will launch a coding and robot building programme for refugee children in Malta, providing training for those who do not speak English or Maltese.
We believe that all children are talented and that unlocking their potential is entirely up to the adults around them. We also believe that, even among children who are in such difficult family and financial situations, there may be one who can find a tool, a cure or a way to make life better, safer or more sustainable for all of us, for the difficulties and challenges of the near future.
The Terre Des Homme Foundation has joined forces to support the Mini Tutorial programme. We now have a common goal to provide refugee children with educational sessions that support their education:
🔸Preparation, practice and quizzing of homework assignments given in their school
🔸Carrying out tasks to compensate for disadvantage
🔸Teaching digital literacy

In our experience, the gemification system works very well with children, whereby they collect points and then use these points to bid for so-called “treasures”.

We believe it is essential to introduce refugee children to the sights of the host country and to help them integrate by organising activities that an average middle-class family would organise for their children.

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