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Bridging Occupational Gaps with Refugees and Asylum Seekers Occupational Therapy with Refugees and Asylum Seekers, clinical practice project

13/07/2025

Are you a Recognized Refugee, Subsidiary Protection Holder, or Temporary Protection Holder (Ukrainian citizen) interested in studying in Cyprus but unable to afford tuition fees?

Cyprus Refugee Council is gathering expressions of interest from individuals in these categories who wish to pursue studies in Cyprus.

Learn more and fill out the form to express your interest: https://www.helprefugeeswork.org/en/content/university-scholarships-2025-declaration-interest

Exciting news! Our abstracts have been accepted for the WFOT 2026 Congress in Thailand. Our work shows how meaningful ch...
13/07/2025

Exciting news! Our abstracts have been accepted for the WFOT 2026 Congress in Thailand. Our work shows how meaningful change can start small and ripple outward. We are grateful for this opportunity to share our work on a global stage, along with our valued collaborators from around the world and motivated OT students, who share our vision and strengthen our work. We hope to see you in Bangkok, connect and exchange ideas on these urgent and relevant themes! 🩷 🇹🇭

⭐️Occupation-centered interventions to enhance participation in everyday activities for refugee children: a systematic review. (oral presentation)
Psychouli, P., Louta, I., Christodoulou, C., Andreou, E., Louka, M., Panayiotou, E.

⭐️Emancipatory Social Occupational Therapy in a forced displacement context: collaboration between Brazil and Cyprus. (poster presentation)
Godoy-Vieira, A., Louta, I., Christodoulou, C., Psychouli, P., Malfitano, APS.

⭐️Play participation of displaced youth: exploring influencing factors in a refugee reception center in Cyprus. (poster presentation)
Salisbury, K., Louta, I., Christodoulou. C., Psychouli, P.

Therapy often happens around a shared meal, in the quiet dignity of a gesture, in laughter between languages, in the cou...
07/07/2025

Therapy often happens around a shared meal, in the quiet dignity of a gesture, in laughter between languages, in the courage to trust, to welcome, to be welcomed. 🩷🌈

Our work is not just about education or health, it’s about living our values. 🫰🙌

The Bridging Occupational Gaps program has been more than a project, it has been a space where people like Aya from Syri...
20/06/2025

The Bridging Occupational Gaps program has been more than a project, it has been a space where people like Aya from Syria, Ioulia and Aris from Greece, Constantina, Ivoni, and Efrosini from Cyprus, Celien and Jarne from Belgium, and Ana from Spain come together united by the common belief that social change begins in relationships, in dignity, and in co-creating possibilities for a more just and inclusive world. 🫶✌️

🌿✨ Reflecting on a powerful gathering ✨🌿As part of the First Scientific Two-day Occupational Therapy event by the Europe...
17/06/2025

🌿✨ Reflecting on a powerful gathering ✨🌿

As part of the First Scientific Two-day Occupational Therapy event by the European University Cyprus and the UNHCR Cyprus World Refugee Day 2025 events, we had the honor of hosting the scientific workshop “Co-creation and Interprofessional Collaboration in Occupational Therapy with Refugees and Asylum Seekers”.

Over the course of two hours, something deeply meaningful unfolded, stories were shared, connections were made, and new ways of working together were explored.

Occupational therapists and members of the displaced community explored how collaborative, participatory approaches can help create more inclusive, empowering, and just systems of support.

We are especially grateful to:

🌸 Workshop facilitators, Ioulia Louta, coordinator of the Bridging Occupational Gaps with Refugees and Asylum Seekers project and Constantina Christodoulou, clinical supervisor.
🗣 Zenaida Onoufriou from UNHCR Cyprus, for grounding our conversation in the realities of international protection and human rights advocacy.
🧡 Irene Che, who brought powerful insight from within the refugee community, reminding us what lived experience teaches.
🌱 The participants of the Bridging Occupational Gaps with refugees and Asylum Seekers project, whose reflections on their journeys with occupational therapy left us both inspired and challenged to do better.

This workshop reminded us that meaningful change happens when we listen deeply, act collaboratively, and approach each other with openness and humility. As occupational therapists, we are called not only to support daily living but to co-create futures grounded in dignity and belonging.

Thank you to everyone who participated, shared, and held space for one another.
Let this be the beginning of more dialogue, solidarity, and co-created action. 💫

A heartfelt thank you also to the occupational therapy students and volunteers who supported the workshop with care, creativity, and compassion. 💛

Check out the program and abstracts for our upcoming two-day conference!For registration and more details, visit: https:...
02/06/2025

Check out the program and abstracts for our upcoming two-day conference!

For registration and more details, visit: https://fb.me/e/6AHcKXXwJ

We can’t wait to see you there! 🩷🌟

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Occupational Therapy with Refugees and Asylum Seekers

The Occupational Therapy Programme of the European University Cyprus has created occupational therapy intervention groups with Refugees and Asylum Seekers as part of Clinical Practice in emmerging fields with the help of our valuable partners, UNHCR Cyprus, Cyprus Refugee Council, Kofinou Reception and Accommodation Center for Applications for International Protection, Social Welfare Services of Cyprus and the Nicosia Municipality Multifunctional Foundation. Our team invites you to explore our work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers and join our effort against occupational injustice.