Abstract

The present article outlines the fundamental pedagogical and methodological principles that guided the concept, design, and realization of a training for refugees as cultural mediators. This project was conceived and led by a team of experts at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as part of the “Curing the Limbo” project. This article describes the various implementation stages as well as the changes introduced during the training of cultural mediators. The goal was to create a feeling of belonging despite the participants’ linguistic, cultural, social, and political differences. Through the collaborative and experiential procedures and based on Paulo Freire’s theory, we have created communities of learning and practice to ensure that learning takes place collaboratively to empower both trainees and trainers.