THROUGH MY LENS – a visit to Penzance

Our sixth workshop with international NHS workers at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, took us to Penzance. We were unlucky with the weather! But escaped the rain at Penlee House Gallery where we saw familiar paintings. Some depicted scenes we later photographed when the sun (just) started to shine! Our new project – Through My […]

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Learning about life as a refugee – and Arabic

A wonderful day today (9 March 2023) at St Mary’s Primary School, Penzance, with Rawda Alater originally from Syria, who came to the UK as a refugee about six years ago. Rawda told students (of all ages) how it was to experience war, and have to leave your own country. She answered questions – however […]

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Mirabela speaks about her new life in Cornwall

A short film about Mirabela, originally from Romania, who now lives in Helston, Cornwall, with her family. Mirabela tells her story  – and explains why she and her husband came to the UK, how her children coped with a new language and new education system. And how they built a new life. Click here to […]

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