He is a refugee. It took him 4 years to get to Birmingham, across land and sea. He described Birmingham as a wonderful safe place, "A place of safe multi-cultural people. I like it here"

It was a truly humbling presentation, a truly humbling experience...

Stories of Hope and Home is a project focused around building a community and creating safe space in which Asylum Seekers and Refugees can explore and share their stories - based in the West Midlands. It encourages and empowers them to discover their voice, allowing them to share their narrative in their own words, and helping to realise that their stories, individually and collectively have worth and value.

By taking these stories: expressed through storytelling, poetry, theatre and other media; to others, particularly in educational settings, the stories become powerful points of encounter with other sectors of the community, helping to educate, to change perceptions and to build positive relationships.

IT WAS AN ASSEMBLY we will not forget.

Ask your child about REFUGEE WEEK and our REFUGEE focus...

ST. BERNARD'S - TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE