I am a refugee and a child actor, and I came to Greece as an unaccompanied child of around 11 years old. My mother language is Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi, which I speak. I also picked up English and Greek on the way, which I speak fluent, very fluent. I do know a little bit of Arabic and Farsi as well, and I even began to learn Chinese but gave up because it was too difficult.<\/p>\n
My first learning experience in Greece was a summer school programme organised by METAdrasi. I then attended the 6th grade of the school of Palaio Faliro, which was endorsed by the Greek Ministry of Education. I then completed three years of junior high school and three years of high school, and I am now pursuing my studies in Cybersecurity at a Greek college.<\/p>\n
I myself have resided in unaccompanied children refugee accommodation and have assisted and accompanied many other children in the same situation. I know the refugee experience firsthand \u2014 not only because of my own experience, but also because of the experiences of those I was surrounded by during my youth.<\/p>\n
I picked up Greek largely from friendships and everyday life. Speaking is still sometimes hard, yet I can easily converse and follow most of the dialogue. I find that language is not merely acquired \u2014 it’s lived.<\/p>\n
To me, \u201crooting\u201d (\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1) means to grow where you’ve fallen, and to help others grow as well. I would love to be of use to the next generation of refugee youth. Every positive contribution, no matter how insignificant, counts. I believe by living my life and staying connected to the community, I can be a bridge for others \u2014 someone who is between two worlds and connects them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":278,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-304","omada","type-omada","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/omada\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/omada"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/omada"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhizoeduscapes.gdia.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}