Edlumino
{{Short description|UK nonprofit organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
Edlumino Education Aid is a nonprofit charity working to improve education for disadvantaged and displaced children around the world. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) registered with the UK Charity Commission as charity number 1166131.{{cite web|title=Edlumino Education Aid|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1166131&SubsidiaryNumber=0|website=1166131 Edlumino Education Aid|publisher=Charity Commission|accessdate=30 April 2017}} Edlumino is based in Cambridge{{cite web|last1=Keedy|first1=chloe|title=Cambridge 'superhead' sets up makeshift school in French refugee camp|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2016-02-10/cambridge-superhead-sets-up-makeshift-school-in-french-refugee-camp/|website=ITV |date=10 February 2016 |accessdate=30 April 2017}}{{cite news|title=Cambridge man sets up makeshift school in Dunkirk camp in bid to help educate young refugees|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-man-sets-makeshift-schools-Dunkirk-bid/story-28656363-detail/story.html|accessdate=26 February 2016|publisher=Cambridge Evening News|date=3 Feb 2016}} and the date of registration was 18 March 2016.{{cite web|title=Edlumino Education Aid|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1166131&SubsidiaryNumber=0|website=1166131 Edlumino Education Aid|publisher=Charity Commission|accessdate=30 April 2017}}
Work in France
Edlumino worked in the Calais Jungle during the Autumn of 2015, providing education to the Syrian and Kurdish children living there. Teachers worked out of community huts in the camp and taught in the open air when there were too many pupils.{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Natalie|title=Teaching in France's refugee camps|url=http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/news/teaching-in-frances-refugee-camps/|accessdate=27 April 2017|publisher=SecEd|date=27 April 2016}}
In addition, Edlumino set up a makeshift school in the Basroch refugee camp{{cite news|last1=Weale|first1=Sally|title=Isle of Wight 'superhead' running makeshift school for refugees|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/isle-of-wight-superhead-running-makeshift-school-for-refugees|accessdate=26 February 2016|work=The Guardian|date=22 Jan 2016}} where they taught 300 children. Many UK schools donated resources{{cite web|title=The College donates books to Edlumino Educational Aid|url=http://www.bishopsstortfordcollege.org/206/latest-news/post/66/the-college-donates-books-to-edlumino-educational-aid|website=Bishop Stortford College|accessdate=26 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094123/http://www.bishopsstortfordcollege.org/206/latest-news/post/66/the-college-donates-books-to-edlumino-educational-aid|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} and many UK teachers volunteered to work with Edlumino, in order to ensure that classes could be continued until the camp closed.{{cite news|last1=Weale|first1=Sally|title=Dunkirk refugee school inundated with offers of help|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/27/dunkirk-refugee-school-grande-synthe|accessdate=26 February 2016|work=The Guardian|date=27 Jan 2016}} Whilst based in Basroch refugee camp Edlumino taught in the open air and worked out of a series of tents, re-engaging children who had been out of education for several years.{{cite news|title=The Superhead and his refugee school in a Dunkirk tent|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gty36|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=BBC Radio 5 Live|date=28 Jan 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Shute|first1=Joe|title=Why England's toughest headmaster gave it up to teach refugees at Dunkirk|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/why-englands-toughest-headmaster-gave-it-up-to-teach-refugees-in/|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 Mar 2016}}
After the closure of Basroch refugee camp Edlumino moved and commenced work in the new camp of La Liniere refugee camp. In this camp Edlumino continued to provide education to several hundred Kurdish children.{{cite news|last1=Hargreaves|first1=Gillian|title=Teaching on the frontline of the migration crisis|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36437948|accessdate=30 April 2017|publisher=BBC|date=3 Jun 2016}} As part of their work with the children Edlumino has raised concerns about the numbers of children going missing.{{cite news|last1=Howden|first1=Daniel|title=Teachers Have Moral Duty to Help Refugee Children|url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/10/teachers-have-moral-duty-to-help-refugee-children|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=News Deeply|publisher=News Deeply|date=10 Aug 2016}} See also {{cite news|last1=Staufenberg|first1=Jess|title=The disappearing pupils of France's Liniere camp|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/disappearing-pupils-france-liniere-camp-160530074314121.html|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=Al Jazeera|date=31 May 2016}}
Edlumino finished working in France after a transition project to transfer the refugee children from La Liniere camp in to the French education system.{{cite news|last1=Weale|first1=Sally|title=Makeshift school in refugee camp shuts as pupils get places in French schools|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/05/makeshift-school-in-refugee-camps-shuts-as-pupils-get-places-in-french-schools|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=The Guardian|date=5 Aug 2016}}
Work in Greece
In Greece Edlumino carried out work teaching children in the Faneromeni refugee camp at Eleousa near Ioannina in the Epirus region of central Greece. The population in that camp were mainly Yazidi.{{cite news|last1=Fallon|first1=Katy|title=How our refugee school in Greece is preparing children for a life in Europe|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/09/refugee-school-greece-preparing-children-life-europe/|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 Jan 2017}}
As well as direct teaching of children in the camps, Edlumino also provided training and support to other educational programmes in the Thessaloniki region of Northern Greece.
Work in the UK
In the Autumn of 2016 Edlumino was one of the UK charities which worked to put in place measures to support unaccompanied minors during the closure of the Calais Jungle.{{cite news|last1=Hargreaves|first1=Gillian|title=Charities warn of Child Migrant Chaos|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37721110|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=BBC|date=20 Oct 2016}}
Edlumino carries out work in the UK visiting schools and talking to pupils to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugee children around the world.{{cite web|title=An Audience with Dr Rory Fox|url=http://www.stretfordgrammar.com/an-audience-with-dr-rory-fox/|website=Stretford Grammar School|accessdate=30 April 2017|archive-date=19 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103936/http://www.stretfordgrammar.com/an-audience-with-dr-rory-fox/|url-status=dead}} See also{{cite web|title=Trip to Dunkirk Refugee School|url=https://eminentyouthjournal.com/2016/07/04/trip-to-dunkirk-refugee-school/|website=Eminent Youth Journal|accessdate=30 April 2017}} Edlumino also works with UK teachers to offer training, support and opportunities for teachers to refresh their educational purpose and mission.{{cite news|last1=Turrill|first1=Katrina|title=Teacher rediscovered passion for education in Dunkirk|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/14383110.Teacher_rediscovered_passion_for_education_in_Dunkirk/|accessdate=30 April 2017|agency=Watford Observer|date=25 Mar 2016}}
In addition, Edlumino works with teenage refugee children in the UK, providing advice and support to ensure that they get the education which they need.The original BBC News piece seems to have been removed from BBC online records. See instead {{cite web|title=Family News|url=https://www.facebook.com/BBCFamilyNews/videos/1283957408333990/|website=Facebook|accessdate=2 May 2017}} and {{cite web|title=Facebook: BBC News Story|url=https://www.facebook.com/edlumino/photos/a.1516251445343661.1073741828.1483748138593992/1633033816998756/?type=3&theater|website=Facebook Edlumino Education Aid|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=30 April 2017}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.bildungsserver.de/Refugee-Education-in-an-International-Perspective-7037_eng.html Refugee Education in an International Perspective], dossier by Education Worldwide, a portal of the German Education Server
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Category:Children's charities based in the United Kingdom
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