1. Lesson 3: Mustapha – Story of a Syrian Child Refugee (For Primary Students)

2. Learning Objectives Knowledge: Attitude: Skill:
Analyze the difficulties, feelings and needs of child refugees from first-person
Understand how 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:
(5) Able to put into others’ shoes
(6) Communication and collaboration

3. Lesson Plan

4. Introduction activity: Screening ‘Mustafa goes for a walk’
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Introduction activity: Screening ‘Mustafa goes for a walk’ (5 mins)
Objective:
Through watching video, students learn about the behind stories of child refugees.
Resources: PowerPoint(slide 4-5), Video: Mustafa goes for a walk (youtu.be/wjDfVI2tQRE)
Rundown:
1. Guiding question:
Before watching the video, teachers can invite students to share their views for knowledge consolidation:
What are the difficulties that child refugees might face?
How do they feel and what do they need?
2. First, teacher instructs students to note Mustafa’s difficulties, feelings and needs, and then starts the video
3. Introduce Mustafa and his background.
Today, we will make a new friend and learn his story. He is Mustapha.

5. Mustapha: The story of a Syrian child refugee
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Mustapha (13 yrs old)
From：Aleppo, Syria
Destination：Germany, he wants to reunite with his brother there.
Now：In Greece
Notes for Teacher
Mustapha, 13, is from the Syrian city of Aleppo and is separated from his family due to armed conflicts. He and his mother are on their way to Germany. The prospect of reuniting with his brother is one of the only things that allows Mustapha to stay hopeful during this long journey.
After the outbreak of armed conflicts, Mustapha’s mother had to make a tough choice between whether to take the risk and stay in Syria, or to give up on everything and leave their home. At last Mustapha and his mother decided to leave – they had a rough voyage departing from Turkey to Lesbos, Greece. When asked about his journey by sea, Mustapha promptly confirms this is his first boat trip. “The boat was full of people and the smugglers were cramming people in. I was afraid the boat would split into two. We will fall into the water. We will drown, suffocate and die. But luckily we didn’t.”
Following their arrival on the Greek Island, they slept in the informal camp of Kara Tepe, the registration centre for Syrian refugees on the island. Here, people sleep in tents set up by UNHCR, which is crowded and has no privacy.
Mustapha is excited about his new life in Germany, but in the bottom of his heart, he hopes to return home and go back to Syria one day.
Every year, millions of children are separated from their families due to natural and manmade disasters. Their lives go through tremendous changes, or even be completely destroyed. For children, who are the vulnerable ones, conflicts and humanitarian crises are threatening their lives.

6. If you were Mustapha… Facing any difficulties?
How would you feel when faced with a series of difficulties?
What do you need?

7. Activity 1: Child refugees’ thoughts
Difficulties
If you were Mustapha…
Facing any difficulties？
Your feeling？
What things you need？
Discuss with groupmates and record on the worksheet.
Feeling
Needs
Activity 1: Child refugees’ thoughts (10 mins)
Objective:
Students analyze the difficulties, feelings and needs of child refugees from a first-person perspective and thereby cultivating empathy.
Resources: PowerPoint(slide 6-8), worksheet: Child refugee’s thoughts (attachment 1)
Rundown:
1. Students work in pairs, teacher distributes Worksheet: Child refugee’s thoughts (Attachment 1) to each pair, asks students to put themselves in Mustafa’s position and think about his difficulties, feelings and needs.
2. Group discussion: Brainstorm and discuss the difficulties, feelings and needs of Mustafa. Write them on the worksheet. Instructions:
Write down the difficulties that Mustafa face around the character
Write down Mustafa’s needs on the character
Draw Mustafa’s emotions on the character’s face to show his feelings
(Suggested Answer) See Lesson 3: Mustafa – Story of a Syrian Child Refugee (Primary) P.2
3. Group sharing: teacher invites 2-3 groups to share on the following topics:
Is the Mustafa you drew happy or sad?
What happened to him? What difficulties did he encounter?
What does he need?
Who can help Mustafa?

8. If you can change Mustapha’s future, how do you visualize his ideal future?
Activity 1: Child refugees’ thoughts
Rundown:
4. Debrief: Teacher tells students that there are about 2.4 million Syrian child refugees who have similar difficulties and needs, and asks ‘if you can change Mustafa’s future, what will I like?’, hence link to Activity 2: Child refugees’ future.

9. Activity 2: child refugees’ future (10 mins)
Mustapha’s past and present
Activity 2: Child refugees’ future (10 mins)
Objective:
Through creative painting, students understand the past, present and future are interrelated. Students are also encouraged to bring a different future for the refugee children through practical action.
Resources:
PowerPoint(slide 9-10), Worksheet: Child refugee’s future (attachment 2)
Rundown:
Teacher distributes worksheet: Child refugee’s future (attachment 2) to students.
Students review Mustafa’s difficulties, feelings and needs written on worksheet: Child refugee’s thoughts, then read Attachment 2: Mustafa’s present and past (p.5).

10. Activity 2: child refugees’ future
Mustapha’s future
Use your creativity to draw Mustapha’s future!
This is vision of an ideal future of Mustapha…
Activity 2: Child refugees’ future
Rundown: 3. Asks students to draw their ideal future of Mustapha (5 mins).
4. Group sharing: teacher invites 2-3 groups to share on the following topics:
How do you want Mustapha’s future to look like?
In order to make it come true, whose or which organization’s support do you need?
United Nations
International Humanitarian NGOs
European citizens
 What can you do you make it come true?
(Suggested Answer) See Lesson 3: Mustafa – Story of a Syrian Child Refugee (Primary) P.3
5. Debrief: Teacher introduces how different organizations and people help refugees to overcome their difficulties and support their needs. Teacher can also encourage students to be aware on the latest updates of child refugee and give active response in positive ways. 

11. Who can help the child refugees?
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12. How humanitarian organizations help child refugees
International humanitarian NGO, such as UNICEF and UNHCR support the refugees through different services:
Notes for Teacher
Provide nutrition care
To support the needs of pregnant, nursing mothers and their babies who are retained in Greece or the Balkans, UNICEF set up maternal and child care centres in Serbia and Macedonia which provide health check and nutrition care.
Protect for children
The number of refugee women and children arriving Europe keeps increasing. While some of them have been separated from their families, and facing higher risk in sickness, violence or exploitation. In order to support mothers and the child, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Red Cross work together to set up Blue Dots – special support centers for children and family in Europe with providing diversified support:
Support in family reunification
Provide child-friendly spaces for children to play, and safe spaces for refugees to sleep
A group of child refugees are drawing in a child-friendly space set up by UNICEF.
Provide psychosocial support and counselling Provide legal counselling
© UNICEF/UN012785/Georgiev
© UNICEF/UN011179/Georgiev
Provide nutrition care
Protect for children

13. How humanitarian organizations help child refugees
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© UNICEF/UNI197793/Gilbertson VII Photo
Notes for Teacher
Provide learning opportunities
Many child refugees lose the learning opportunity as they have to leave their homes. Some of them have dropped out from school for years. In order to support the education needs of children, UNICEF designs suitable teaching materials and provide support to schools that have admitted child refugees. In addition, UNICEF also actively cooperates with local education departments to help child refugees integrate into local education environments.
Provide learning opportunities
Provide opportunities to play

14. 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.
Notes for Teacher
Appeal video:
To learn more:
International collaboration and call for action

15. Individual Action：Voluntary works for child refugee
Volunteer Kadouni, a refugee from the Syria, smiles amid newly arrived refugees on the shores in Lesbos, Greece. 
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16. 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 their real stories with your friends
Notes for Teacher
UNICEF HK will update the latest refugee issues in Facebook:
Malak and the Boat: A Journey from Syria
The Adventures of Ivine & Pillow: A Journey from Syria
youtu.be/8EIXuLgFC4k
youtu.be/tf2Myup-gq0

17. Actions for child refugees
1st Step: Learn the issue, LIKE and SHARE the information of UNCIEF HK
Get the latest information on child refugees, and share with your friends
Notes for Teacher
UNICEF HK will update the latest refugee issues in Facebook:

18. Actions for child refugees
2nd Step: Treat the new schoolmates as Buddies
No matter where they come from and what kind of cultural background they belong to, be friendly, supportive and integrate them in your school and society.
© UNICEF/UN018890/Al-Issa

19. Actions for child refugees
3rd Step：Fundraising for child refugee
Organize the game stall or charity sale in World Refugee Day (20 June), to raise the public awareness and support the child refugee.
© UNICEF HK/2015

20. Unite for Children Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF
7/F, SUP Tower, King’s Road, Hong Kong
Tel:
© Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF
June 2017
Cover Photo © UNICEF/UN012725/Georgiev