{"id":26111529,"date":"2025-06-16T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/voices-through-art-refugee-children-students-of-metadrasi-cyprus-painting\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T20:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:46:15","slug":"voices-through-art-refugee-children-students-of-metadrasi-cyprus-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/voices-through-art-refugee-children-students-of-metadrasi-cyprus-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices Through Art: Refugee Children, Students of METAdrasi Cyprus, Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The drawings in the online exhibition “Voices Through Art” were created by refugee children residing in the Pournara and Kofinou reception centers, students of METAdrasi Cyprus, in honor of World Refugee Day on June 20th.<\/p>\n

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We chose to give the children the freedom to express what they wanted \u2014 to send their own messages through their artwork. And there were many messages. Through their creations, the children seem to be telling us:<\/p>\n

“We have gone through, and are still going through, situations no human being \u2014 let alone a child \u2014 should ever experience.”<\/em>
“We need to \u2018put down our roots,\u2019 to find a place where we feel safe, a place we can call \u2018our home”<\/em>
\u201cAbove all, we are children who dream of rainbows, butterflies, school, and home\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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What Homeland?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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