Worldwide, only 27% of refugee girls receive secondary education, but it is through the education of women that all of society can improve. Learn about Still I Rise's strategy for women's inclusion and empowerment.

The School Director of the Still I Rise International School in Kenya talks about her connection with the students, and reminds us that we can face everyday obstacles with grace, courage, boldness and compassion.

Still I Rise's International School in Kenya has celebrated its first month of activities and students have already found a place to feel at home. Find out how they spend their days!

“Winter is a monster for people who live in IDP camps in North West Syria: the catastrophe is much bigger than what is reported”, says Abdulkafi Alhamdo, Syria Project Coordinator at Still I Rise.

The small, concrete results that don't make the headlines and don't appear in the newspapers are often the ones that give us the most strength to carry on our work in difficult contexts.

After five months of hard work in the field and not even three months since the launch of a major fundraising campaign, today the new Still I Rise International School for refugee and disadvantaged children in Nairobi, Kenya, is a reality.

Still I Rise launches the web-series "Through Our Eyes": a six-part documentary that restores the word of the witnesses of one of the most serious humanitarian crises of our time.

In the midst of the current challenges, this Christmas season Still I Rise launched the campaign "Future as a Gift” because we want to continue to offer local support to students in our schools in Greece, Turkey, Syria and Kenya. Discover the ways you can join us in helping to give voice to forgotten children.

The pictures taken by refugee minors in Samos hotspot have become a book, which will be presented online on November 5th together with Nicolò Govoni, Nicoletta Novara, and with the special participation of Pietro Bartolo

The team of Still I Rise and the students are fortunately unharmed, but the building of Mazì school is severely damaged

What is happening a month after the fire in Moria, Lesvos.

Still I Rise, Help Refugees, Lesvos Solidarity, Europe Must Act, Legal Centre Lesvos and Refugee Rights Europe have joined forces and launched a petition on Change.org. More than 300 organizations, MEPs and politicians from all Europe have signed as co-signatories.

Urgent Call to Action from Civil Society Organisations across Europe

"The Greek and European authorities have ignored our warnings", complains Giulia Cicoli, Programs & Advocacy Director for Still I Rise

On August 29th, Still I Rise is opening a new educational center in Ad Dana, in North-West Syria.

After months of work, Still I Rise inaugurates the new Ma'an educational center in north-west Syria. The two-story building has eight classrooms, four of which are intended for lessons, and a beautiful surrounding garden.

It was an intense and unrelenting search. Last month, our team in Kenya toured all over Nairobi to look for the right building to be our school for refugee children in Africa. Now we finally found it!

The writing class partnered with the photography course to create The Samos News, a school newspaper that tells the stories and experiences of Mazí students both inside our center and in the greater city of Vathy. 

Open letter signed by 44 organisations

All over the world, there are over 70 million people fleeing from wars, hunger, persecution and violence. This already appalling number is constantly increasing. Women, men and children are forced to leave their homes to seek safety, hoping for a better life.

"In consideration of his awareness-raising activities on refugees and migrants", Nicolò Govoni, President of Still I Rise, is among the seven recipients of the CIDU Award for Human Rights awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

The coronavirus outbreak is affecting the entire world with over 5 million people affected and 340,000 victims at the global level, according to recent WHO data. When the pandemic broke out in Europe, hitting Italy first and undermining its health and economic systems, we decided to find ways to give our contribution for the most vulnerable affected by this emergency. Here, all the initiatives we launched in Italy, our headquarter, as well as in the other countries where Still I Rise operates.

We can’t even believe it ourselves, but we are starting plans to hopefully open a youth center in Syria soon!

Open Letter to European Commission after the fires in Samos last April 26th and 27th

The Greek government is to immediately transfer 7 unaccompanied minors to safer accommodations: another outcome achieved by Still I Rise for children rights in Samos

Still I Rise presents two e-learning projects: Together, the e-learning platform designed not only for refugee minors but for all students from all around the world, and Liberi di Imparare (Free to Learn), the educational project created with Italian educators and students in mind.

The petition launched by Still I Rise NGO on Change.org has already reached over 50,000 signatures in a few days. The purpose of the petition is to ask the Nobel Prize Committee to exceptionally welcome the nomination of health personnel from all over the world for the Nobel Peace Prize 2020. 

'Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic'

Open letter signed by 121 Organizations

Still I Rise inaugurates the second educational center for adolescent refugees from the ages of 10 to 17 in Gaziantep, Turkey. In September of 2020 it will be transformed into the first international school for refugee children in the world.

Join us in our fundraising effort and support Italy's smaller hospitals.

The 256 undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border and the Aegean islands where people are stranded at the borders of Europe, instrumentalized for political purposes, and subject to violations of their rights.

Nicolò Govoni, president and co-founder of Still I Rise NGO, has been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize: the proposal comes from the Republic of San Marino by the voice of Sara Conti, member of the Great and General Council.

The European Court of Human Rights granted interim measures to safeguard the physical and psychological integrity of five unaccompanied minor refugees on the island of Samos, Greece, following the case presented by the legal section of Greek Council for Refugees (GRC), with the support of ASGI, Still I Rise and Médicins Sans Frontières. 

No death in the terrible fire raged yesterday evening, October 14 around 10 pm, at the reception center on the island of Samos, Greece, a fire which forced evacuation of about 6 thousand refugees.

The criminal complaint launched by Still I Rise against the management of the RIC (Reception and Identification Centre) in Samos, Greece, has reached the European Parliament with two Parliamentary Questions requiring a written answer.