Simple Acts - Refugee Week 2009

We are Refugee Week 2009 & we want everyone to do at least 1 of our 20 Simple Acts, to make a big change to how refugees & British born people see one other.

The Simple Acts campaign is about using small, everyday actions to change the way we see and interact with refugees.

It is made up of 20 actions that can be done by anyone and that encourage us to learn and do more with refugees. If you and I and everyone we know did just one of these simple acts, we'd be on our way to creating the kind of world we all want to live in.

Every journey begins with a single step and it is with simple acts of kindness, generosity and empathy that we can begin the change.

www.simpleacts.org.uk

1. Cook a dish from another country
2. Tell a child a story from another country
3. Watch a movie about refugees
4. Do a quiz on refugees
5. Say a little prayer for me
6. Read a book about exile
7. Sign off your email with a note about refugees
8. Find five facts about refugees
9. Find out who you REALLY are
10. Visit a Refugee Week event
11. Smile
12. Learn to say a few things in a new language
13. Have tea with a refugee
14. Share a song
15. Join a big action campaign in support of refugees
16. Share your sweets
17. Give a book about refugees as a present to someone
18. Define the word “Refuge”
19. Take a picture of you and your pro-refugee banner
20. Play football with a refugee