{ "id": 21017, "date": "2020-03-12T16:28:31", "date_gmt": "2020-03-12T15:28:31", "guid": { "rendered": "https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/?p=21017" }, "modified": "2020-03-12T16:28:31", "modified_gmt": "2020-03-12T15:28:31", "slug": "what-do-you-want-to-be-exploring-futures-in-science-technology-and-chemistry-with-refugee-youth", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/en\/what-do-you-want-to-be-exploring-futures-in-science-technology-and-chemistry-with-refugee-youth\/", "title": { "rendered": "What do you want to be? Exploring futures in science, technology and chemistry with refugee youth" }, "content": { "rendered": "

Written by SB Espoir Activity Assistant Micaela Lafratta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An astronaut, a lawyer or a cowboy. Those were my three career options when I was 7. Since then, I changed my mind several times about what I wanted to do when I grew up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I am passionate about? What I am capable of? What\nis my dream? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These questions came to my mind the most: feeling free\nto dream with whatever career I wanted. And, suddenly, I discovered the truth dawning on me like a cold shower:\nmy reality was the exception rather than the norm\u2014but it only takes some effort\nto make it a reality for more young people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0With this idea in mind, we organized an activity in our SB Espoir project<\/a> which supports young refugees living in reception centres in Brussels about plastic recycling and employment opportunities for the youth. With the collaboration of Plastimobile,<\/a> a mobile workshop that aims to teach young people science, technology and chemistry, we together with the youth discovered how is possible to new create plastic objects with recycled plastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did\nyou know that it is possible to create plastic at home with just some vinegar\nand milk? Or that separating correctly the types of plastic is fundamental to\nreuse them? Through the expertise of Plastimobile, the youth had the\nopportunity do some chemistry and even learn how to manipulate recycling machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A loud cheer filling the room every time a young boy\nor girl manipulated chemical materials and create plastic out of nowhere, a\nqueue to try all the different machines that converted different types of\nplastic into fancy masks or key chains, and a question in the air: \u201chow did you\ndo that?\u201d. At the end, a curiosity and aim of learning that motivated us to double\nthe planned workshops so all of them could participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Fedasil first-line reception centres like the\none in Neder-Over-Heembeek, the young asylum-seekers have their first contact\nwith the Belgian reality. Indeed, in this context, being aware of the\npossibilities that the job market can offer it can be a tool itself. Even more,\nwhen the youth get interested in the scientific and technical fields because\nthey had the opportunity to try how fun can be to do some chemistry themselves.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowledge is power, they say, and so is education. What do you want to be?<\/p>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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