When your Caritas group has staged its creative event, share it with us. Tell us how you engaged creatively with migrants, refugees and the wider community and show off your art.
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Caritas Portugal used the art of letter writing in its work supporting refugees and migrants to Portugal.
10 year-old Angosun wrote, “I cherish living in peace now.” She fled war in her native Democratic Republic of Congo.
Paula, a disabled single mother from Angola, described how writing had made her consider her journey – “it makes me wonder if what I followed was indeed the right path”.
The letters are being compiled into a book.
Artistic creativity promoted skills, integration and empowerment for refugees.
Refugee children wrote a play starring the shadow puppets they made.
