Towards the Implementation of an Anti-Racism Strategy in Malta (END-RACISM-MT)   Kopin is a partner in the project ‘Towards the implementation of an Anti-Racism Strategy for Malta’ (END-RACISM-MT). The Human Rights Directorate, within the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality is leading the project. This project is partially funded by the Citizens, Equality, [...]

Malta’s experience as an EU Member State and an emerging donor is still relatively new. Kopin, therefore, operates within a context that is still at the first stages of a change in culture towards sustainable development and human rights. Actively participating in European or regional networks such as Eurodad is a challenge for any Maltese [...]

Since 2010, Kopin has been providing services to asylum seekers and refugees in Malta, in all Open Centres as well as in communities. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early March of 2020 has exacerbated the challenges faced by migrants: many have lost their jobs and therefore do not earn a living, unable to [...]

Evidenced by reports such as ‘Trafficking in Persons’ (TIP) and accounts by victims and survivors, such as the one which we had published last year, modern forms of slavery and human trafficking flourish world-wide, including in Malta. “BAMS: Businesses Against Modern Slavery” is a continuation of Kopin in its fight against modern slavery and [...]

Every child has a right to an education. And every young person has a right to a fair chance – a chance to learn, to equip her or himself with the skills and training needed for the modern world. But it’s not always easy for everyone to enjoy these rights, or to access them. For [...]

ChaChaChakra is the collaborative effort by four diverse Maltese institutions to provide juvenile inmates held at the Centre of Residential Restorative Services (CoRRS) in Mtaħleb with an opportunity to engage in movement workshops.

"Ibda L-Bidla": Teachers' training and classroom activities on migration, sustainable development and inclusion Through the Ibda l-Bidla (ILB) programme, Kopin has been providing classroom activities to well over 1,000 students and trained nearly 400 teachers during the past years. The training modules and activities are available free of charge for self-paced learning and use in [...]

HOLISTIC UWEZO GIRLS EMPOWERMENT IN KIBERA, KENYA Recently, Kenya experienced very high rates of school drop-outs amongs girls due to teenage pregnancies and early marriages. All this has been associated with high poverty levels and lack of proper life skills that would especially enable girls to make informed choices when engaging in harmful activities.   To address [...]

  ECCE GELAN: PROVIDING EARLY CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION TO CHILDREN IN AKAKI KALITY, ADDIS ABABA   Kopin, together with our long-term Ethiopian partner organisation Emmanuel Development Association (EDA), has just launched the project “ECCE Gelan”.   The overall aim of the project is to improve access to and the quality of early childhood education and [...]

BRIDGE –Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender Based Violence Awareness in Europe  See our infosheets for care professionals for more information on GBV against children and youth on the move and links to resources: Infosheet - Informyourself   Infosheet - sexual violence Also as part of the thematic package, created for BRIDGE project, see our [...]