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Update on online design activities for refugee women and unaccompanied minors in Athens

A refugee participant in a Horizon Center design class sharing her work with online design instructor Heewon Lee from MIT D-Lab. Photo: Faros

Blog | Dec 16, 2020 | Sally Beiruti, Hanna Kherzai, Heewon Lee, Martha Thompson

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Update on online design activities for refugee women and unaccompanied minors in Athens

MIT D-Lab team - including MIT, Harvard, Wellesely students, and affiliates - works with refugee youth in Greece

MIT D-Lab team and Faros instructors  (left to right: Franklin, Sabira, Harry, Martha, Caroline, Alex, Heewon, Ivraj, Tal, Ebrahim).

Blog | Feb 15, 2019 | Alexandra Shade '19

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MIT D-Lab team - including MIT, Harvard, Wellesely students, and affiliates - works with refugee youth in Greece

From woodwoorking to 3D printing, and silkscreening to Arduino: working with refugee youth in Athens, Greece

Franklin and Caroline at the Faros Horizon Center teaching refugee youth how to use the table saw during the Woodworking Olympics on the first day of the workshop.

Blog | Feb 14, 2019 | Caroline Morris

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From woodwoorking to 3D printing, and silkscreening to Arduino: working with refugee youth in Athens, Greece

MIT workshop teaches refugee children joys of digital design

An unaccompanied minor uses a 3D printer during the Digital Design Fabrication Workshop.  © UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

News | Nov 16, 2018 | Leo Dobbs

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MIT workshop teaches refugee children joys of digital design

Digital Design Fabrication Workshop: a collaboration of Faros, AB3D, MIT D-Lab, and UNHCR

The Digital Design Fabrication Workshop (DDFW) was conducted for refugee youths in Athens, Greece from 26th of September to 8th of October 2018 in Athens, Greece.

Video | Oct 31, 2018 | MIT D-Lab

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Digital Design Fabrication Workshop: a collaboration of Faros, AB3D, MIT D-Lab, and UNHCR

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