Mufocom Project

The United Nations General Assembly has chosen to celebrate World Refugee Day on 20 June each year. This was decided on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
is an opportunity to remember how we can all lend a hand to those forced to flee war and persecution to create a world where all refugees are included. It takes very little to make a difference in the lives of asylum seekers, migrants and refugees; we can.
With Mufocom project, we aim to help adult refugees and migrants in their social inclusion by promoting tools and approaches for developing language skills through the mentoring process.

To learn more, visit the website: www.mufocom.eu

The end of the Mufocom project is approaching. On 25 and 26 May, the partners met in Amadora, Portugal, for the last transnational project meeting to define the next project phases and activities and discuss the content of the outputs.

The project on which partners from Italy (Associazione di volontariato onlus "San Giuseppe"), Luxembourg (Office House Capellen and Social Impact Development Centre-ASBL), Portugal (Aproximar and Amadora Inova), France (European Center for Human Rights and Greece (Athens Lifelong Learning Institute) are working has among its objectives.-Diversify and innovate through the construction of innovative training modules adapted to the needs of migrants, contributing to the improvement of their linguistic, scientific and digital, intercultural and environmental, social and civic, and socio-professional skills, to improve their personal development, their active participation in society and their employability in the European labour market;
-Preserving generational competencies through non-formal education, which is essential for adult learners because their learning outside the classroom must be complementary to what they have learned in the formal context;
-Encourage learners through the promotion of existing e-learning tools and storytelling to encourage and motivate migrants to discover their own potential and capabilities.
-Improving the skills of educators and practitioners working with migrants by providing them with the necessary tools for adult migrant education across Europe.
Visit the website for more information on the project: https://www.mufocom.eu/

“Curing the Limbo” is a program implemented by the City of Athens, the Development and Destination Management Agency (ADDMA), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) that aims at implementing a dynamic and innovative model for the integration of refugees in Greece. The program achieves the aforementioned goal by providing refugees with language courses and ICT, access to affordable housing, and professional counselling services tailored to their needs. As a result, refugees are being integrated into the city's life by interacting with active citizen groups and participating in public events held in the neighbourhoods of Athens. In coming together, the refugees and the city exit their “limbo” state, boosting activity, cooperation, and co-existence.

Explore more on their official website:
https://curingthelimbo.gr/en/home

Integration of migrants into the political system of Luxembourg
Lusophone communities from third countries, such as Cape Verde, Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique, will have info in their languages (Portuguese and Creole). In addition to these communities, Arabic sessions will be held about the elections in 2023. With the aim of greater integration of these communities within the heart of economic and political life in Luxembourg, the sessions aim at their greater effective participation.
The linguistic system in Luxembourg is complex: Luxembourgish is the national language; French, German and Luxembourgish are administrative languages; English is accepted as a communication language, and French is used in drafting laws, employment contracts, leases, provision of services, for official information. Luxembourgish is also used in most parliamentary debates.
Luxembourg is one of the European countries that concentrate several foreign residents in proportion to national residents. At the moment, the capital registers 186 different nationalities. In the city of Luxembourg, 120,090 inhabitants, 39,302 from Luxembourg and 80,788 foreigners, and the government calls for the participation of resident foreigners in the next municipal elections, for social cohesion, and to favour the integration and participation of all in the political and social life of the country. For this reason, access to information is provided in several languages to facilitate integration.
OHC – Office House Capellen is one important player in disseminating the elections rights for migrants in Luxembourg www.officehousecapellen.com

To FARANA and MARIANA goes all our love and memories of formative moments, trips, dinners and laughter. We walk together, and we grow together. 🤍