Verhalen & nieuws

Mobile School has been awarded the European Citizen’s Prize 2016 by the European Parliament. The European Parliament honoured 50 people and organisations for their contribution to European cooperation and the promotion of common values. Mobile School, nominated by Ivo Belet (member of the European Parliament), is the only Belgian laureate this year. Thursday (September 8th) Ivo Belet (EVP – CD&V) presents the Prize to the Mobile School team in the buildings of their partner and sponsor DHL Global Forwarding, in attendance of Luc Jacobs (CEO DHL Global Forwarding) and Arnoud Raskin. DHL Global Forwarding hosts the event to celebrate their 40th shipment of mobile schools.

In 2005 the Kenyan capital Nairobi acted as the first African destination for the mobile school. Eleven years and a handful of African mobile schools later, the Mobile School network is expanding with a second school on Kenyan soil. In the port city of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean our brand new partner Glad’s House will start working with the mobile school in July.

In a few days, our Mobile School facilitators are heading to Mexico to give a training to our two partner organisations there.

Despite the fact that there are mobile schools rolling around in 24 countries, there is no mobile school activity in India yet. But this might change rather quickly.

In 2012 two Mobile Schools were shipped to Ethiopia to strengthen the outreach activities of two local partner organisations. In the capital Addis Ababa Retrak started pulling the mobile school towards the many street-connected children in the city. Further up north in Gondar Yenege Tesfa started to use the mobile school with strong motivation during their interventions with the children on and of the streets.

Earlier this month, two of our Mobile School trainers went to Poland. They visited our three partner organisations there to give several refresher trainings and to organise an exchange.

Millions of people are on the move worldwide, because of war, terrorist attacks or changing climates. The refugee crisis is all over the news every day and people are looking for answers.

The Mobile School facilitators have just set foot in Greece. For one month, we will visit several (possible) partner organisations there to give training to the local teams of street workers and to accompany them on the streets.