The Schoolbox Project is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides mobile, trauma informed education, art and play to children in refugee camps throughout Greece. Our volunteers come from around the world to go through our specialized training on how to work with children who have been through trauma and are living in a camp environment. Children in our programs are never excluded or punished for difficult behavior or for disabilities. They are instead given 1:1 support at school and at home (tent, sidewalk squat, wherever is "home") to promote full inclusion and healing, while also avoiding re-traumatization. As a committed member of on the ground protection team efforts, we train our volunteers to be watchdogs for vulnerable children and unaccompanied minors that may otherwise slip through the cracks. The Schoolbox Project operates out of converted shipping containers that can be solar powered and can be set up or relocated in just one day.
Here’s what we know about the children.
Children can not learn if they don't feel safe.
Children who have endured years of war, violence loss and are now living in camps do not feel safe.
Trauma does not stop when they get to camp.
The traumatized brain literally functions differently than the untraumatized brain.
These children have been out of school for years, if they have been at all.
According to Europol, over 10,000 children have gone missing after arriving in Europe since 2015. Tens of thousands more are traveling alone, living in camps and at significant risk of being trafficked into sex slavery and/or otherwise exploited.
To visit their website, click: https://www.schoolboxproject.org/projects/
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