Storytelling Workshops
Storytelling is one of the oldest and most powerful tools for healing and connection.
Our workshops bring together refugees and professionals to:
explore personal stories
build emotional resilience
strengthen identity and belonging
foster understanding between communities
The sessions are led by trained facilitators using trauma-aware practices.
Animated Stories
As part of the workshops, we also developed four digital animated videos that bring refugees’ stories to life. These videos:
- Present personal narratives shared during the sessions
- Make the workshops’ learning accessible to a wider audience
- Highlight resilience, hope, and cultural understanding
They serve as both educational and inspirational resources, complementing the live workshops.
Watch animated stories:
Scattered
This animated story shares the voice of a woman over sixty-five whose life was transformed by war, violence, and forced displacement. Once surrounded by family, home, and stability, she was forced to flee after terror and conflict destroyed her community and scattered her loved ones across different countries.
Glimmer
This animated story shares the journey of a woman who fled Gaza with her children in search of safety and dignity. Carrying only documents, memories, and hope, she travelled through Türkiye and Cyprus before eventually reaching Belgium.
The Race
This animated story follows Amal Hammad, a Palestinian mother whose family spent ten years navigating uncertainty, rejection, and displacement while seeking safety and stability in Europe. Through the eyes of a mother protecting her children, the story reflects the emotional toll of prolonged asylum processes, family insecurity, and the search for belonging.
Tastes like Home
This animated story reflects on memory, food, and the quiet ways people carry home with them after displacement. Living in Zagreb far from Damascus, the storyteller recreates familiar meals and traditions as a way of holding onto identity, family, and belonging.
Requalifying
This animated story follows Omar, a former doctor from Baghdad who arrived in Finland carrying his qualifications, experience, and determination to practice medicine again. Faced with language barriers, licensing exams, and years of requalification, he worked night jobs while continuing to study and rebuild his professional life.
My First Team
This animated story follows Ahmed, a young refugee who arrived in Finland alone at the age of seventeen carrying only a backpack, a phone number, and hope for safety. Struggling with loneliness, language barriers, and uncertainty, he slowly found connection through football — a place where he could belong even without words.
Light in the Long Night
This animated story follows the journey of Zanoubia Hasan, a woman who survived violence, displacement, isolation, and years of uncertainty before rebuilding her life in Belgium. After being targeted because of her humanitarian positions and suffering serious injuries, she spent years trapped in difficult conditions in northern Syria, separated from her family and unable to continue her studies.
From Aleppo to Amsterdam
This animated story follows Najem’s journey from Aleppo, Syria, to building a new life in the Netherlands. After losing his father at a young age and witnessing the destruction caused by war, Najem was forced to leave Syria in search of safety and a future free from violence.
A Dream to Tell Stories
This animated story follows the journey of a young Syrian man who left home not only to survive, but to follow his dream of telling stories through film. From creating films with cardboard and imagination as a child, to facing hardship, homelessness, and discrimination in Türkiye, he continued to hold onto hope and creativity.