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Schools Choose Empathy
Following the recent spell of Desperate Journeys at The Royal Victoria Place, we reflect on the rise of schools choosing empathy for their students.
Craft and Conversation
A joint initiative run by Empathy Action and Tonbridge Welcomes Refugees, it brings together women from Syria and the UK.
Desperate Journeys coming to Tunbridge Wells
Desperate Journeys is coming to Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells, from mid-February to the end of March 2019.
Stitching together messages of peace from around the world
To mark World Peace Day 2018, Empathy Action partnered with humanitarian relief supplier NRS International to run a #PeaceDoves campaign to give wings to a message of hope, peace and reconciliation that went across the world.
My Desperate Journey by Jenny Maslin
I was excited (and a little nervous) to see what it was all about. I experienced Desperate Journeys as a participant during their launch week and co-founders Ben and Matt asked me to write about my experience.
“Desperate Journeys”, understanding the global refugee crisis through empathy
Empathy Action’s new Refugee immersive experience launches this week to help build understanding and action for the biggest humanitarian crisis since the second world war.
Climate Change: “the dividing line between poverty and wellbeing”
An Empathy Action team went to Bonn, Germany to join a Christian lobby at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23).
“feeling, even if only through a simulation, eclipses all the telling in the world”
A question that we are frequently asked. The reality is there is no uniform response to each event. The feelings people who take part feel are unique. So to is their response.
“Desperate Journeys”- A New Refugee Simulation
“Desperate Journeys”: a new Empathy Action live interactive experience.
One Festival Bracelet, Two Refugee Stories
A school has become more engaged in the global refugee crisis following an exercise in empathy with students.
Parents get behind a ‘Syrian’ School Summer Festival
Following the success of Syrian refugee women made festival entrance bracelets last year, parents of St Michaels Prep School, Otford have sought a similar venture for their sell-out summer festival for over 500 people.
Teaching Empathy in Schools
Suraya was fighting for girls education in a country where women and girls’ rights were, and indeed still are, severely restricted.
Global Citizenship, Empathy & Birthdays
Teaching Global Citizenship means allowing the students to deeply feel their responsibilities to those less fortunate than themselves. St Michael’s Prep school teacher, Mrs Chugg, arranged a ‘Go Global Week’ for students.
Empathy with refugees – a volunteer’s reflections
Earlier this year one of Empathy Action’s team, Chris Hix, volunteered in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Leros. He is now helping to research and design EA’s new refugee simulation. Here, Chris shares a few of his reflections on the current situation in Greece.
Geography Departments want their pupils to ‘step into’ the slums
School Geography departments in the UK are using our experiential activities as key components in their curriculums to help deepen their pupils’ understanding of poverty.
Students Support Sierra Leone
Last week Empathy Action returned to Headington School in Oxford to run ‘The Poverty Trap’ simulation for a group of 13-14 year-old students.
A Mile in my Shoes
As part of the recent Totally Thames festival, Empathy Action Director Ben Solanky reflects on his experience of the ‘A Mile in My Shoes’ exhibition.