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“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).
“The Empathy Deficit”
Barack Obama, described how a country must overcome a deficit in empathy to address the needs of those at risk in society.
“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.
Running for Team Empathy
On the 26th February, 11 runners started and completed the Brighton Half Marathon raising over £5k for our work to increase empathy and compassionate action across our planet, one community group at a time.
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.
Wedding Wares
Attention all soon-to-be brides and grooms! Empathy Action are displaying their range of fairly traded wedding favours at the Wedding Experience in Detling on Sunday 25th October.
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.
Empathy Action Christmas Coffee Morning in Tonbridge
Christmas decorations made by rescued street kids in Harare. Bells for the Christmas Tree made from bullets in Cambodia.
Luxury Brands Help Fight Poverty
This week the prestigious Lingfield Park Racecourse hosted an evening of networking arranged by a number of luxury brands.
Festival bracelets made by Syrian Mothers
West Kent local music event Livestock 2016 will be using funky festival bracelets that are lovingly made by five mothers who fled Syria.
Climbing the Mountain to Fight Poverty
“I leave with new eyes” was what one person shared with us when leaving the Poverty Trap simulation last year. It’s these personal moments and their potential to empower people to work together to improve the lives of others in need that we strive for.
New Refugee Simulation
Empathy Action is currently designing a new refugee simulation for use with schools, businesses, charities, Churches and other community groups.
Our Pledge at the World Humanitarian Summit
The World Humanitarian Summit took place earlier this week, bringing together around 5,200 participants including heads of state and government, crisis affected communities, NGOs, businesses and UN agencies.