Raising Awareness
An important part of the work is JRS is reaching out to the local population with the aim of assisting them in becoming more aware about the reality of forced migration. JRS seeks to build bridges between migrant communities and local communities, creating spaces for encounter through various programmes:
- School outreach/youth group programme: CHANGE seeks to make meaningful connections between refugees and young people. Through a 6-stage educational course facilitated by teachers, students learn how to think critically and to make their own value judgements about topics of migration and society. By giving students meaningful knowledge, experiences, encounters, and new perspectives, CHANGE seeks to form young people who are ready to face and embody their role in building a society in which everyone is welcome and has the opportunity to participate.
- Parish/faith-based group programme: the programme aims to counter misinformation, foster social inclusion through encounter, and promote active citizenship by engaging members of local communities to think critically about forced migration, creating spaces for dialogue and encounter with refugees, and supporting members of local communities to become agents of change within their localities. The programme is implemented in collaboration with the Migrants’ Commission and Justice and Peace Commission of the Diocese of Malta.
For more information, please send an email to info@jrsmalta.org. Alternatively you can call on +35621442751 or +35699214445 (WhatsApp number).