Events
Listed below are just a few of the OWW events taking part this year.
Like OWW? You may also be interested in these events...
Refugees at the olympics
Symbols of hope: Refugees at the Olympics
- Written by Chris Fitch
- Published in Refugees
18 July 2016
When the competitors of the 2016 Rio Olympics complete their opening ceremony laps of the Maracanã stadium, they will be joined by a small group walking without a national flag – refugee athletes set to make history on the global sporting stage
This story is published in the Geographical Magazine for August.
Below is an extract telling the story of one of these competitors. To read more about her and the other refugees go to the Geographical Magazine website: here
Their stories are inspiring:
Olympic swimmer, Yusra Mardini, says “In the water there is no difference if you are a refugee, a Syrian, or a German,” Just one year ago she was fleeing for her life, risking the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea to escape the escalating violence back in her native Syria.
Halfway between the Turkish coast and their destination of Lesbos, Greece, the engine of the flimsy boat she was packed onto with 20 other people suddenly spluttered and died. ‘There were people who didn’t know how to swim,’ recalls Mardini. With the boat completely stranded, and few other options available, she and her sister slid into the water and managed to push it the rest of the way to the island. ‘It would have been shameful if the people on our boat had drowned,’ she continues. ‘I wasn’t going to sit there and complain that I would drown.’
Mardini’s training schedule had faced unimaginable obstacles even before then.
‘Sometimes we couldn’t train because of the war,’ she reveals. ‘Or sometimes you had training, but there was a bomb in the swimming pool.’
Today, safe from her war-torn home and living in Germany, Mardini is joining nine other displaced athletes in what is being described as one of the most remarkable teams ever to compete in Olympic history. (Read more … )
News
Press Releases
Newsletters
(November 2016)
(October 2016)
(September 2016)
(August 2016)
Recently Added Resources
New Funding Opportunity - The Common Good Fund - Application Deadline 27 Feb. 2017 see more here
Organisers' Evaluation form for 2016 events Download from here
Wordsearches for Including You events - download them from here
Press release template for 'Including You' events download here
Quotations about building an inclusive peaceful society - Download from here a 5 page booklet as a word.doc or pdf
Pledges to build an inclusive society - find them here
"Who is a Migrant?" - anactivity/game to get people talking to each other at your events. Download the instructions here
School Assemblies from Christian Aid- link to and download a PowerPoint and notes
Looking for a speaker for your event? Download here a list (pdf) from the Discussion page (posted 12 Sept 2016)
Faith resources relating to "Including You".Download pdf here links to materials offered by OWW's partners and supporters: worship, discussion, films ...plus Prayers for OWW(updated 7 Sept '16)
Presentation "A OWW approach to Migration" Download this PDF version of a 12 slides (15 -20 minutes) powerpoint
Need funding for your event? Apply to Big Lottery Celebrate Fund! NOW or you'll be too late for OWW more here and other suggestions
Poster/ flyer design kit - download from here
2016 Leaflets "Including You" download PDF versions here
Introductory PowerPoint about organising local inclusive OWW events - updated for 2016. Down load ppt here
Migrant crisis or poverty crisis? - A briefing paper from Global Justice NOW Download as a PDF here
2016 - "Including You" - Booklet of ideas, links and resources for interpreting the theme. Dowload a PDF here (updated July 2016)
Learning resource/activity for young people about peace - from Fly Kites not Drones; suitable for activites in or out of school. find links here: schools ; activities (added Nov. 2015 but still relevant for this years events)
Organisers' Evaluation Form for event organisers to complete and send to OWW - down load the word.doc from here