Save lives at sea
At the end of August, Loujin, a four-year old Syrian girl, boarded a wooden fishing vessel on Lebanon’s coast with her mother and one year old sister, Mira, and set out across the sea with [...]
Kickstarting a different conversation about migration in Malta
Project gathers voices, practices, experience of migration issues in communities (This opinion piece has been written by William Grech, Kopin's Executive Director, and was published on 23 November 2021 in the Times of Malta) The [...]
Joint CSO reaction to ODA-eligibility of Covid-19 vaccine related spending
Kopin has joined Eurodad and a group of 22 international organisations in demanding from governments greater accountability and a genuine approach in relation to Covid-19 vaccine donations to countries of the Majority World. The joint [...]
Free the #ElHiblu3! End the Trial!
Joint NGO Statement Visit the campaign website for more info about the #ElHiblu3: https://elhiblu3.info Two years ago, on 28 March 2019, the merchant vessel ElHiIblu1 arrived in Malta and three teenagers were arrested and accused [...]
1RUN 1RACE – THANK YOU!
Reflecting on an extraordinary summer, we congratulate Claudio Camilleri and Patrick Tabone for the successful completion of the first ever ultra-run along all of Malta’s and Gozo’s coastlines on the 26th July. A grueling and [...]
World Day against Trafficking in Persons – A Maltese reality
Aaron* and Abby* are from the Philippines. Burdened with cash debt and lacking income to pay for their families’ cost of living, they latch on to the offer by an Israeli work agency: come to [...]
Creating spaces for critical reflection: Kopin’s work in education and advocacy
Last week, Kopin was featured in a blog post of 'Talking Eds' (4th edition). For the original article and to listen to and read the interview with Kopin's directors, visit Talking Eds. Several weeks ago [...]
Class 2: “Migration, the Sustainable Development Goals and Global Education”– InterCap
61% of Europeans agree with the fact that immigrants enrich the country’s cultural life (Eurobarmeter, 2017-2018). Wednesday the 4th of March, the second class of the course “Migration, the Sustainable Development Goals and Global Education” [...]
BRIDGE – Youth Facilitators Training
Every child has the right to be treated fairly no matter who they are, where they are from, what language they speak, what they believe or where they live. On the 15th and 16th of [...]
Class 1: “Migration, the Sustainable Development Goals and Global Education”– InterCap
Wednesday the 19th of February, the course “Migration, the Sustainable Development Goals and Global Education” was kicked off at the University of Malta, as part of our InterCap: Develop Capacities Together project, in collaboration with [...]
Education for All: Celebrating the role of education as an agent of global peace and sustainable development
“I eventually had to accept the fact that I was not welcome in my homeland…I spent the last seven years searching for a way to continue my education, but I have not been successful…” (JN [...]
Enabling Migrant Inclusion through the Arts
The following article first appeared on the website of the Arts Council of Malta on 20th June 2019, after Kopin's Vice Executive Director, Dominik Kalweit, spoke at their ACMLab earlier this month. As an organisation that [...]
Snapshots from Marsa: a Community at the Border
Discussion about integration in Marsa must necessarily begin by understanding the social context and take into account the existing boundaries and divisions among the Marsa residents themselves. The Mediterranean Sea is both a border and [...]
European Youth Week – 29th April – 5th May
Calling all youths! European Youth Week starts next week and the theme for this year is “Democracy and me”. It explores how young people can actively participate in society and influence decision-making. European elections are [...]
Libya is not safe: Putting the Elhiblu 1 incident into perspective
On March, 27th, the commercial tanker Elhiblu 1 was allegedly taken over by five of the 108 migrants it had saved from potentially drowning in the Mediterranean, in their attempt to cross from Libya to [...]
International Women’s Day
The 8th of March marks International Women’s Day, when we celebrate women's achievements whilst recalling the challenges that women are still facing on the road to equality. The aim of this day is to acknowledge [...]
World Day of Social Justice
The fact that the world has enough resources to feed and house every human being on this planet makes the very existence of poverty an injustice. Yet poverty persists and continues to grow. When only [...]
Global Compact for Children?
The Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Questions and Answers 1. What is the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)? The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration provides the [...]
Let’s talk about living together!
“What do you think of us Europeans?” the question rang throughout the quiet room following the viewing of a documentary portraying Rania Mustafa Ali’s arduous and intense journey from Syria to Europe. Although the question [...]
Volunteering is the Sh#t!
Today is International Volunteering Day, so I'd like to share a few things I've learnt so far: Volunteering prevents you from feeling like you’re wasting time: you’re actually giving time to someone else, and this [...]
#EndChildDetention
Let’s Work to End Child Immigration Detention Nearly 50 civil society organisations and UN agencies, including Destination Unknown campaign members, have released a joint statement asking EU member states to work towards ending child immigration detention both in Europe [...]
Is the EU failing on aid?
The EU is failing to deliver on the promise to “leave no-one behind”. An increase of ODA is reported again by the EU and its Member States in 2016 (27% increase over 2 years) but [...]
World Mental Health Day
Mental Health Day 2017 The theme of the Mental Health Day 2017 is Mental health in the workplace . According to the World Health Organisation globally more than 300 million people suffer from depression, slightly less 260 [...]
Art Muse
ArtMuse has been the icing on cake of the Community Art project that Kopin held together with Charmaine Zammit, the educator of the project, during the summer of 2017. The exhibition included the works created [...]
#MoveTheDate
Earth Overshoot Day 2017 – #movethedate campaign The 2nd of August of this year marked the Earth overshoot Day. Yearly calculated by the Global Footprint Network (GFN), an international non-profit organisation engaged in the promotion of [...]
Ignacio’s Sports Challenge
Ignacio Packer, Secretary General of Destination Unknown campaign member Terre des Hommes (TDH) is cycling, running and kayaking 1,250 km from Berlin to Croatia to raise awareness on the issues affecting children on the move. [...]
Social Entrepreneurship-how to make it work
The “First Book” that turns into a reader What makes a social enterprise sustainable over time and successful in terms of impact on its beneficiaries? What are the skills needed in order to reach success [...]
The Future. Imagine that…
We’ve all been there. You’re sitting on the bus, aimlessly staring out the window, fantasising about the future. Maybe a small aspect of it, will we still eat pizza in [...]