Blossom Hill Fellow Ragheb Al-Fakhouri believes everyone should have equal access to team sports. This month, he launched football as part of his Sports for All program. Every Saturday, refugee children and youth gather with Jordanian counterparts to play together. Besides being a great form of exercise, team sports, like football, build teamwork skills, promote […]
Meet Sara Vispi. When Sara witnessed the “migrant crisis” in Europe and the brunt of its impact in Greece, she left her native Luxembourg and moved to Athens. The collapse of the financial institutions in 2009 left Greece with extreme economic and social challenges including a high level of unemployment. This creates considerable obstacles for […]
Meet Leonie Zikos & Ruth Lockwood. Helping hands in the small town of Capadoccia, Turkey, Leonie and Ruth found themselves confronted with the urgent and ongoing needs of Syrian refugees within their local community. As a professional certified art therapist, Leonie witnessed first hand the need for mental health, inclusion and well-being of disadvantaged and […]
Blossom Hill is thrilled to announce our 2019 Class of Fellows! This year, seven new Fellows are joining our Fellowship program with innovative initiatives to make breakthroughs for refugee children living in communities deeply affected by conflict and war. They are an impressive group and together will bring important and impactful work to help children […]
Blossom Hill turns 10! Over the last decade, our Fellows have worked tirelessly to reach tens of thousands of refugee children and youth from the Middle East who have been affected by conflict and war. Their bold programs have allowed our beneficiaries to thrive, turning their hopes to reality. But even as we celebrate a […]
On June 29, in Athens, the Blossom Hill-El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra performed their last concert of the season! Comprised of refugee and Greek children living in Athens, these young musicians joined forces with professionals from the Yale Alumni Chorus and Academica Athens Orchestra on the stage of the Greek National Opera during the 2019 […]
Blossom Hill turns 10! Over the last decade, our Fellows have worked tirelessly to reach tens of thousands of refugee children and youth from the Middle East who have been affected by conflict and war. Their bold programs have allowed our beneficiaries to thrive, turning their hopes to reality. But even as we celebrate a […]
For Syrian refugee children attending Blossom Hill Fellow Leyla Atik’ s art therapy center, the summer is turning out to be very busy. Following the successful homework support groups this past year, the program launched a summer school for Syrian refugees who will attend first grade in September. Designed as an accelerated preschool program, children […]
Students participating in Blossom Hill Fellows Ahmad Rostami and Furogh Mirdad’s program in entrepreneurship training are thriving! Most recently, Zainab Amirzai, the Gold Medalist alumna of our 2016 Blossom Hill Fellowship, participated in the Elite Intervarsity Debate Tournament organized by Afghans for Progressive Thinking APT, where her team won the championship. She was given the […]
For children in refugee camps in Greece, learning mostly comes in the form of informal education. To expose children to a science curriculum, Blossom Hill Fellow Erika Gillette has developed science kits that transcend language barriers. Science is a great way to support math and language instruction for children who have experienced interruptions in their […]
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