Maria Brul is the manager of Lighthouse Relief's Child Friendly Space at Ritsona refugee camp in Greece. In this role, she supervises all CFS programming and safeguarding procedures, including on-site logistics and support for all child protection-related activities as part of Lighthouse Relief's Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) programming. She previously served as a case worker and psychotherapist including at Refuge and NHS IAPT in London and the Red Cross in Sydney, Australia. She holds a FDSc in Pschodynamic Counselling and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from the University of London.
On Universal Children’s Day and the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Lighthouse Relief calls on Europe to uphold its responsibility to protect the rights of refugee children.
