Student-run account reflecting on daily lessons and experiences during #international #course #module in Athens, Greece. Students of @UofT_HMB HMB323 course
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ICM Day 3 in Athens, Greece. We're officially half way through our trip! Starting the day by sending out thank you e-mails to the organizations we met with yesterday. Will also be heading out to meet more throughout the day.
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Today students visited organizations working with migrant and refugee integration. Their interviews were full of meaningful insights and thoughtful ideas including those about integration, the importance of inclusion and community, and the meaning of health & well-being.
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Every day a member of our team takes over our Insta! Check out our highlights today :)
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The 2023 HMB ICM in Athens, Greece has begun! We’ll be having our first day of interviews with organizations today and we’re so excited!
Are you an organization who wants to be a part of our study which focuses on Migrant and Refugee health? DM us! #hmbicm2023 #greece #athens
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Wearing Boroume’s orange vests and gathering surplus food from the market to be donated to the Social Grocery of Kallithea! 🍅🥬🥕 @ Athens, Greece instagram.com/p/B814zk1hsXA/…
Here are a few highlights from our team’s visit to the Acropolis today! 🏛✨🇬🇷 @ Acropolis of Athens instagram.com/p/B814t1ahifd/…
Team Jasdeep and Lesley visited Aitima in the morning to learn more about the legal services they provide to the refugee population regarding family reunification and the asylum process.
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Team Lilin and Zein went to Doctors of the World (MdM) in the morning, where they visited with Anastasios, the director of operations. MdM provides a wide range of primary health care services to vulnerable populations.
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Team Betelhem and Lydia met with Emma, the chair of Khora in the morning. They learnt more about the nutrition aspect of Khora's work, through the social kitchen and cafe, which is a continuation of a project that was implemented in the Greek islands where refugees arrived.
Team Sophia and Vibhuti visited Diotima in the morning, where they met Georgia, the head of the psychosocial support team. Diotima is focused on gender based violence and manages cases of refugee women, men, and minors.
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Team Sylvie and Navi met with Antonia at Caritas in the morning. Antonia discussed the importance of "living" alongside "survival" when it comes to refugees. Caritas created a photography and theatre program for refugees as a reflection of this sentiment.
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Day 4 is done✅ It was filled with another round of informative and exciting interviews! Keep an eye out to see what everyone learnt and got up to today!
Day 3 was a very busy day, but the team managed to go through all the schedule while learning a lot and being productive
The last stop of The day was at the STEPS solidarity initiative. This solidarity initiative provides food, counseling, entertainment and first aid among other services to homeless people, who they prefer to call: Street connected people
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The team later went to the Ministry of health where we met with Mrs Panagiota Mandi, a Sociologist of Health and Mrs. Katerina Karageorgou, a Biopathologist
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Next stop for Day 3 was a visit to the Canadian Embassy in Greece, where we met with the Canadian Ambassador to have a better picture of the existing or potential role of Canada in Greece, especially with regards to the economic and refugee crisis. #HMBICM2020
Team Lesley, Jasdeep and Lilin interviewed Dina, a social worker and sociologist working at the organization PRAKSIS
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The second Team, Lilin and Zein had an interview with the organization CHEERING. They visited Elna Maternity Centre with CHEERING. Cheering works with mothers to promote breastfeeding and infant nutrition. At Elna, women are empowered to breastfeed through peer support.
Day 3 of our trip included both individual interviews and group visits to different organizations.
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