Lesson 3: Mustapha – Story of a Syrian
Child Refugee (For Secondary Students)
Learning Objectives
Knowledge:
(1) Identify the rights of the child refugees that have
been deprived
(2) Analyze the needs and difficulties of child refugees
through the first-person perspective
(3) Understand how do the NGOs, United Nations and
individual can help the child refugees
Attitude:
(4) Cultivate empathy, respect and understand
others’ needs
(5) Believe that every action can make changes
Skill:
(6) Communication and collaboration
(7) Multi-perspective thinking
(8) Sort out feasible individual actions
Lesson Plan
Child Refugees…
• Facing any difficulties?
• What are their physical and emotional
condition?
• Any rights that have been deprived of?
Watching Video and Discussion:
The right that child refugees have been deprived (20 minutes)
The video shows the real story of a child refugee Mustapha
Watching Video and Discussion:
The right that child refugees have been deprived (20 minutes)
Group Discussion: Student discuss the following
questions and finish the worksheet:
• What happens to the child refugee, Mustapha?
• Why do you think he is faced with this situation?
• What difficulties does Mustapha face en route when he
is forced to flee?
• What are the rights that Mustapha has been deprived?
Please take reference to Articles of CRC (Student
Version) when answering this question.
Do you think Mustapha
can overcome the
difficulties?
1 mark
Cannot overcome
the difficulties
3 marks
5 marks
Partly overcome
the difficulties
Can overcome
the difficulties
From the eyes of a child refugee
A drawing by a Syrian refugee boy, titled
“Syrian Refugees – From Prison To Prison”
© UNICEF Regional Humanitarian Situation Report #10
Activity 1: Who can help the child refugees?
(10 minutes)
Group Discussion：
What actions can the following stakeholders take
to help the Syrian child refugees?
United
Nations
Syrian
government
European
Union
International
Humanitarian
NGO
Citizen in
Europe
Me/ Individual
Who can help the child refugees?
© UNICEF/UNI197517/Gilbertson VII Photo
How humanitarian organizations help child refugees
International humanitarian NGO, such as UNICEF and
UNHCR, will support the refugees through different services:
© UNICEF/UN012785/Georgiev
Provide nutrition care:
set up maternal and child
care centres
© UNICEF/UN011179/Georgiev
Protect for children:
Set up special support centers
for children and family
How humanitarian organizations help child refugees
© UNICEF/UN013173/Saker
Provide learning
opportunities:
Provide support to schools that
have admitted child refugees
© UNICEF/UNI197793/Gilbertson VII Photo
Provide opportunities to
play:
Set up child-friendly spaces
How humanitarian organizations help child refugees
10 February 2016 - 160 humanitarian agencies, including UNICEF, are
appealing for immediate ceasefire and unimpeded. More than 2.2 million
people have expressed their support for it.
International
collaboration
and call for
action
27 February 2016, with the support of United Nations, United States and
Russia, Syrian government signed a ceasefire agreement with antigovernment force. Although armed conflicts continue in Syria, it marks
an remarkable steps towards the end of war.
Individual Action：Voluntary works for child refugee
Volunteer Kadouni is a refugee from the Syria, laugh amid other newly arrived
refugees, and the volunteers helping, following their arrival on the shores in
Lesbos, Greece.
© UNICEF/UNI197517/Gilbertson VII Photo
“I did this because I am myself a refugee and I know this feeling very
well I always try to welcome them with smiling face because I think
that will make them comfortable”.
Actions for child refugees
1st Step: Learn the issue, LIKE and SHARE
the information of UNCIEF HK
Listen the voices of child refugees and share the
real stories with friends
Malak and the Boat:
A Journey from Syria
The Adventures of Ivine & Pillow:
A Journey from Syria
youtu.be/8EIXuLgFC4k
youtu.be/tf2Myup-gq0
Actions for child refugees
1st Step: Learn the issue, LIKE and SHARE
the information of UNCIEF HK
Get the latest information on refugee and child
rights, and share with your friends
Actions for child refugees
1st Step: Understanding the refugees in Hong Kong
Make use of online resources, do the online research
to understand refugees and child refugees who live in
Hong Kong
Do the online research on
refugees in Hong Kong, and
complete Lesson 3 extended
learning worksheet
Actions for child refugees
2nd Step: Treat the new schoolmates as Buddies
No matter they come from which countries, with what kind
of cultural backgrounds, be friendly and support them to
integrate into your school and society
© UNICEF/UN018890/Al-Issa
Actions for child refugees
3rd Step：Fundraising for child refugee
• Hold the game stall or charity sale in World
Refugee Day (20 June), to raise the public
awareness and support the child refugee.
• Join UNICEF Club
© UNICEF HK/2015
Unite for
Children
Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF
7/F, SUP Tower, 75-83 King’s Road, Hong Kong
Tel: 2338-5151
Email: [email protected]
www.unicef.org.hk
© Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF
June 2017
Cover Photo © UNICEF/UN012725/Georgiev