Edlumino Education Aid is a nonprofit charity working to improve education for disadvantaged and displaced children around the world. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) registered with the UK Charity Commission as charity number 1166131.[1] Edlumino is based in Cambridge[2] and the date of registration was 18 March 2016.[3]

Work in France

Edlumino worked in the Calais Jungle during the Autumn of 2015, providing education to the Syrian and Kurdish children living there. Teachers worked out of community huts in the camp and taught in the open air when there were too many pupils.[4]

In addition, Edlumino set up a makeshift school in the Basroch refugee camp[5] where they taught 300 children. Many UK schools donated resources[6] and many UK teachers volunteered to work with Edlumino, in order to ensure that classes could be continued until the camp closed.[7] Whilst based in Basroch refugee camp Edlumino taught in the open air and worked out of a series of tents, re-engaging children who had been out of education for several years.[8][9]

After the closure of Basroch refugee camp Edlumino moved and commenced work in the new camp of La Liniere refugee camp. In this camp Edlumino continued to provide education to several hundred Kurdish children.[10] As part of their work with the children Edlumino has raised concerns about the numbers of children going missing.[11]

Edlumino finished working in France after a transition project to transfer the refugee children from La Liniere camp in to the French education system.[12]

Work in Greece

In Greece Edlumino carried out work teaching children in the Faneromeni refugee camp at Eleousa near Ioannina in the Epirus region of central Greece. The population in that camp were mainly Yazidi.[13]

As well as direct teaching of children in the camps, Edlumino also provided training and support to other educational programmes in the Thessaloniki region of Northern Greece.

Work in the UK

In the Autumn of 2016 Edlumino was one of the UK charities which worked to put in place measures to support unaccompanied minors during the closure of the Calais Jungle.[14]

Edlumino carries out work in the UK visiting schools and talking to pupils to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugee children around the world.[15] Edlumino also works with UK teachers to offer training, support and opportunities for teachers to refresh their educational purpose and mission.[16]

In addition, Edlumino works with teenage refugee children in the UK, providing advice and support to ensure that they get the education which they need.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Edlumino Education Aid". 1166131 Edlumino Education Aid. Charity Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Keedy, chloe (10 February 2016). "Cambridge 'superhead' sets up makeshift school in French refugee camp". ITV. Retrieved 30 April 2017."Cambridge man sets up makeshift school in Dunkirk camp in bid to help educate young refugees". Cambridge Evening News. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Edlumino Education Aid". 1166131 Edlumino Education Aid. Charity Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Scott, Natalie (27 April 2016). "Teaching in France's refugee camps". SecEd. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Weale, Sally (22 January 2016). "Isle of Wight 'superhead' running makeshift school for refugees". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "The College donates books to Edlumino Educational Aid". Bishop Stortford College. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Weale, Sally (27 January 2016). "Dunkirk refugee school inundated with offers of help". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Superhead and his refugee school in a Dunkirk tent". BBC Radio 5 Live. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Shute, Joe (25 March 2016). "Why England's toughest headmaster gave it up to teach refugees at Dunkirk". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Hargreaves, Gillian (3 June 2016). "Teaching on the frontline of the migration crisis". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Howden, Daniel (10 August 2016). "Teachers Have Moral Duty to Help Refugee Children". News Deeply. News Deeply. Retrieved 30 April 2017. See also Staufenberg, Jess (31 May 2016). "The disappearing pupils of France's Liniere camp". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Weale, Sally (5 August 2016). "Makeshift school in refugee camp shuts as pupils get places in French schools". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  13. ↑ Fallon, Katy (9 January 2017). "How our refugee school in Greece is preparing children for a life in Europe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. ↑ Hargreaves, Gillian (20 October 2016). "Charities warn of Child Migrant Chaos". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "An Audience with Dr Rory Fox". Stretford Grammar School. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2017. See also"Trip to Dunkirk Refugee School". Eminent Youth Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  16. ↑ Turrill, Katrina (25 March 2016). "Teacher rediscovered passion for education in Dunkirk". Watford Observer. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  17. ↑ The original BBC News piece seems to have been removed from BBC online records. See instead "Family News". Facebook. Retrieved 2 May 2017. and "Facebook: BBC News Story". Facebook Edlumino Education Aid. Facebook. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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