some pics from work

Here are some pictures from my work. Together with a colleague and four refugees we did a workshop in an elementary school trying to teach the kids what it means to be a refugee but also just to play some games with them and to teach them about cultures of other countries.

After the kids all learned how to spell their name in Russian, here they are drawing a person while being blindfolded. The woman on the left is a refugee from Chechnya.

Two kids interested in a waterpipe from Syria.

The kids all had to draw the flags of the countries where the refugees are from. Here they are proudly holding up the Chechnyan flag.

The girl in the middle from Syria wanted me to take her picture - the other just sort of snuck in.

The kids were all allowed to help us prepare a Chechnyan dessert, which they could later try of course.

Here are my Mongolian friends teaching the kids how to write their name in Mongolian - the most fascinating language for most kids!

My friend from Palastine is showing these kids what the Palstinian flag looks like while telling them a bit about his country's long history.