MAP Impact Week 2023: A moment of reflection and celebration

By Vina Puspita (MAP Project Research Officer) From 17-20 July 2023, MAP hosted an Impact Week online event, bringing together MAP young people and stakeholders (youth facilitators, educators, cultural artists, social workers and policymakers) to share how MAP has impacted them and their communities. The MAP Impact Week was funded by the University of Lincoln…

Drawings: The World through The Eyes of Children

The MAP School Club organised a drawing competition entitled “The World through the Eyes of Children”, which focused on the issue of violence against children. This theme included bullying, early marriage, migration of parents, and other issues that children could see in their community. The competition was held in all pilot schools. Selected drawings were…

A performance of Komuz and singing by Symbat Z.

This is a song that reflects on the effects of parental migration on children left behind. It explores the challenges faced by these children when parents leave in search of better job opportunities abroad, often resulting in a lack of parental care. Drawing inspiration from Chingiz Aitmatov’s White Steamship, which portrays a child’s experience of…