Last week one of our trustees, Charles Phillips, visited our Firefly for Syrians centre close to the Turkish-Syrian border. Check out his post below describing his experience. Please get in touch with us if you'd like to know more about our work with Syrian refugees and how you can get involved! I was lucky enough to
We know that child marriage keeps girls from pursuing their potential. Married girls are deprived of their fundamental rights to health, education and safety. They face huge challenges and often feel disempowered. “I dropped out after grade six, and I suffered a lot because I did not continue my education. They used to tell us
Update from North Syria Camps - Maria chambers Project Coordinator Firefly International The general situation There is no space in Khirbet Al Jouz camp, where Firefly for Syrians supports two schools. During the past month there have been families on the move trying to find safety as the bombings continue in North Syria. The
Over the last four months, local refugee staff at our centre in Antakya have been looking for ways to outreach other teachers inside Syria. We are now thrilled to announce the success of their wonderful initiative. Our local refugee staff have designed a teacher online training programme and a fifty-two page curriculum manual, which include
Our projects coordinator - Maria Chambers - visited our centre in Antakya this October, bringing back great news! "It was just so wonderful to see the way the Applied science programme has developed. Top quality resources have been made at the centre that support the curriculum developed by our staff. They are highly portable and
We identified a need to focus on offering opportunities for teenage girls to get back into a learning environment. To attract teenage girls to our educational centre, we designed a programme that would give them an opportunity to engage with an entrepreneurial activity and further education at the same time. The programme focused on
Please click here to read the Firefly for Syria 2017 Annual Report detailing the impact of our work with Syrian refugees in Antakya, Turkey. Arabic speakers can follow the latest project news from Antakya via our centre's Facebook page.
Maria (our project coordinator) organised a second visit to the centre in September-October 2016. From an online meeting during her visit, she could not wait to share with us her positive feedback: “It is wonderful to be back here and see the progress that the children have made here during the last three months… I
Firefly is happy to announce that with a pair of generous donations we have been able to invest in establishing a Syrian refugee youth education centre in Antakya, Turkey, uniquely designed by the refugees themselves. Their focus is on reintegrating children forced to work back into school through fun after-work activities. “Prior to the
