About
What to expect
Through the story of a tree, children and families explore what it is like to leave your home, friends and familiar surroundings behind and look for a safe place.
Everyone can make a personal message for a child who lives in an asylum centre today, and those messages are really delivered to children in a reception centre afterwards.
- Play the storytelling game Wortelen in nieuwe aarde
- Reflect on loss, uncertainty, hope and connection
- Make a personal message for a child
- Messages are delivered to a reception centre
Questions
When does What if you had to flee? start and end?
What if you had to flee? runs Sunday, 15 November 2026, 10:00 until 17:00.
Where is What if you had to flee??
What if you had to flee? takes place at Wetenschapsfestival Brussel, Muntplein 2, Brussel.
What happens with the messages?
Each participant can make a personal message for a child who lives in an asylum centre today.
The messages are delivered afterwards to children in a reception centre.
Kids
Getting there
Wetenschapsfestival Brussel, Muntplein 2, 1000 Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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