Across the globe, countries have responded to COVID-19 as best as they can to limit the spread of infection by closing all non-essential services, including schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. While this was done to limit in-person meeting, the sudden shift to online learning has drastically cranked up the gears of the...
Welcome to the 4th installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. NEW THIS WEEK is Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) for students with special learning needs; complete textbooks in downloadable form (PDF files) for all core subjects are available. These textbooks are written to help students...
Welcome to the 5th installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. In addition to Sports and Cooking tips, NEW THIS WEEK is the FREE Full Online Homeschool Curriculum Options List from How to Homeschool for Free. Enjoy!
Welcome to the 6th (and last!) installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. NEW THIS WEEK we look at life skills for our pandemic world that focus on well being. Looking to REALLY get away? Try out the Bonus Field Trips: Special terrestrial and extraterrestrial experiences!
For Children
I have been a refugee since 2014. Our community in Iraq used to be so beautiful. It had different cultures and ideologies. I was a social person and I made a mark everywhere I went! I am not trying to be prideful, but I was charismatic and I always socialized with the community.
But after...
World Refugee Day (June 20) is dedicated to raising awareness about people who have been forcibly displaced. Syrian refugees remain the largest known displacement crisis in the world, with 5.6 million registered refugees. Including over 2.5 million children, they are living in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. From...
I am originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US and have spent the past 39 years explaining to people in the Netherlands where that is. Everyone knows where New York, Florida, Texas and California are, but Minnesota is someplace most people had never even heard of. While the fact that not everyone knows...
Laughter is a wonderful thing, whether you do it on your own or with others. What could be more positive than a good belly laugh? If you like to laugh, want to feel more positive, and enjoy a little kookiness, then you should try Laughter Yoga.
Laughter Yoga is a...
Here is her story, taken from the meeting notes:
Asma, who is a Bahraini citizen who has been granted refugee status and is residing in...
In April 2020, members of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women Vienna, including FAWCO UN Liaison and NGO CSW Vienna Chair Laurie Richardson, decided to draft a statement on the COID-19 response. We collaborated with members of other NGO Committees in Vienna on the statement, which was circulated to the Vienna UN NGO community and forwarded to...
