Producing a toolkit for story co-creation with refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh
Helping practitioners in Armenia who work with children, young people, and others affected by conflict to develop new approaches to dealing with trauma, and fostering resilience and hope.
The first phase of this project scoped the creation of a toolkit to allow Armenian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and cultural workers to implement a methodology using storytelling practices to engage refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, and better understand the needs of those working with them.
Learn more about the first phase of the project.
The creation of the scoping document laid the groundwork for this second phase of the project where project partners worked together to create, trial and disseminate the toolkit to help practitioners in Armenia who work with children, young people and others affected by recent conflict to develop new approaches to dealing with trauma.
The toolkit was launched in Yerevan attended by representatives of NGOs and higher education institutions in Armenia, opened by the British Embassy.
The toolkit has been taken up as a recommended resource by a UNICEF network sharing practical resources for mental health work and psychosocial support.
New relationship were developed with Masoor Art House, an organization in Yerevan, who work with young people from marginalized communities, including a project with children living on the conflict-affected border with Azerbaijan, many of them refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Masoor Art House produced a book of short stories with the children who participated in the toolkit launch, Tales from Armenia: Finding Our Way.
The project team continue to engage with Masoor Art House and other organisations involved in fieldwork, who are actively using the toolkit in their important work with children and young people.
Project partners are taking the lead in seeking follow-on funding from international and regional funders. The key aim would be to extend our pilot study to a wider range of educational settings, reaching more children and young people affected by conflict in Armenia and the wider region.
