Racism, discrimination, segregation or xenophobia are obstacles for social inclusion of refugees. Some reports also identify the absence of opportunities for meaningful participation of this group in decision-making processes.
The University of Barcelona, through its Faculty of Education, has a broad and long experience of 25 years in socio-educational intervention through physical activities and sports, the so-called socio-sports meetings.
Service-learning is defined as “an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service in order to provide a pragmatic, progressive learning experience while meeting societal needs”.
COMMUNITY project seeks to improve knowledge and mutual understanding between refugees and host communities (university students, mainly), working topics as empowerment, coexistence, positive conflict management, direct engagement, critical thinking, interculturalism, intergenerational relation…; as well as facilitating physical well-being.
The backbone of the project is the Socio-Sports Meetings, where refugees and volunteers share physical activities to improve their social, cognitive, emotional and motor skills.
We conduct cooperative motor-skill games that become a means of interaction and cooperation that facilitates communication, interrelation and socialisation between the participants. The objective is to help to include refugees in the host community.
The meetings are free and held every Wednesday, from 4 pm to 6.30 pm in Barcelona. You can register by filling out this short form.
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