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The second part of the Phase 3 of Children's Rights Project consists of an individual assignment in Peer Scholar web based tool which each student should accomplish by 27th May.
What is peer Scholar? Have a look at the short video below to learn about this innovative and effective pedagogical tool that supports students' collaboration, reflection and learning.
What is peer Scholar? Have a look at the short video below to learn about this innovative and effective pedagogical tool that supports students' collaboration, reflection and learning.
As you could see in the video, peer Scholar facilitates learning through 3 phases:
The topic you need to work around is "And how do you feel about children's rights in the world?"
The Assignment:
In collaboration with UNICEF the GTP team has launched a 'writing contest' that allows you as LC-participants to speak out and raise your voice.
You have to write a paper (about 500 words) to the jury of GTP in which you include:
- Create
- Assess
- Reflect/revise
The topic you need to work around is "And how do you feel about children's rights in the world?"
The Assignment:
In collaboration with UNICEF the GTP team has launched a 'writing contest' that allows you as LC-participants to speak out and raise your voice.
You have to write a paper (about 500 words) to the jury of GTP in which you include:
- A brief personal introduction, so the jury understands who you are and where you're from.
- Your lessons learned and eye-openers during the Learning Circle process.
- Design a plan to improve at least one children's right.
How can your plan improve the conditions in the lives of children?
Here you can find the outcomes of the students diligent work in the Challenge 2 of the project. They analyzed the Articles 28,31,32 of the Un Convention. It helped them grasp the children's right to Education, Leisure and Protection against child labor and further advocate children's rights everywhere they are: at school, in the street, at a meeting with friends and colleagues.
Furthermore, they completed another assignment and decided to write a hearty letter to Urmila, former victim of child labor and abuse, and presently, chairman of kamalari (house slave) Girls Forum.
This is her story:
At sunrise I first cleaned the yard, then I brushed the rooms, made a full breakfast and squeezed three kinds of juice for the master. That was just the beginning of a long day. The tasks were endless. I was so short the first year that I had to stand on a chair to cook! I was held captive like a bird in a cage."
Urmila worked 12 years as kamalari. Until she found out in 2008, during a visit back home, that the kamalari system is officially banned in Nepal. She never returned to her master.
A new life Urmila is now chairman of the Kamalari Girls Forum, an initiative supported by Plan. "We set up the forum to rescue girls from the kamalari system and help former kamalari's", Urmila says. "For example, school and vocational training so that they earn money. Girls who have no parents or other relatives can visit the Lawa June-house. Lawa June means 'New Life'. We also support the families of the girls to get out of debt, to avoid having to give away their daughters.
Take a look at her Facebook page to see what she experienced in Europe in the past years!
The students were deeply touched by her sad childhood and at the same time heralding her bravery and endurance, stamina and pereseverance to further support others in need.
Have a look at the letter written by the students from Moldova to Urmila:
Dear Urmila,
We were touched by your life story, absolutely impressed by your strength, will-power and firmness to reveal the truth about child labour (kamalari system) in your country and stand by all girls that are kamalari or former ones.
After we had watched the video, we were moved by your hard work as a president at Kamalari Girls' Freedom Forum, your pursuit to rescue, support and help Kamalari girls. The Lawa Juni Girls Hostel has a great job in rescuing and supporting former kamalaris, an amazing centre for rehabilitating young, damaged souls, that hadn't had the opportunity to enjoy their childhood. Being girls ourselves, we can understand your effort to display the problem, we can understand your emotions, feelings and the situation that damaged your childhood.If you feel the need to speak to somebody about your problems or feelings, we will be there for you.
As I said, we support your heartfelt plea to the governament, to abolish the kamalari sistem, to educate the girls and to implement the idea that girls weren't born to be kamalaris, to be used as slaves, abused and unrespected by others, they are equal to others in your society and must be treated properly, with respect.
We would like to ask you about your family, brothers and sisters, how they were treated during your work as a kamalari? How you managed to deal with being homesick? We would also like to know about your work at Kamalari Girls' Freedom Forum and details about this organization?
Please tell us about your goals after you began a new life as a former kamalari and a great personality that does a lot for a whole nation.
Hope to hear from you.
With respect, Veronica and Catalina.
Starting with 4th April we smoothly delved into the Phase 3: Challenge 2 of the Children's Rights Project.
In this Challenge we are going to tackle "the right to learn and play" of a child and choose one of the four Assignments suggested by the Learning Circles. Until 8th May you have time to complete the assignments.
As usual, before you start working on the assignments, we are going to discuss a number of Reflective Questions about the right to (good) education, time to play and protection against child labor. We are also going to mention several Articles of the Convention of Children's Rights to ensure that children can learn and should be able to play safely and have a childhood.
In this Challenge we are going to tackle "the right to learn and play" of a child and choose one of the four Assignments suggested by the Learning Circles. Until 8th May you have time to complete the assignments.
As usual, before you start working on the assignments, we are going to discuss a number of Reflective Questions about the right to (good) education, time to play and protection against child labor. We are also going to mention several Articles of the Convention of Children's Rights to ensure that children can learn and should be able to play safely and have a childhood.
- Article 28: Every child has the right to education. That means you can go to school to learn together.
- Article 31: Every child has the right to leisure and play. Time in which you can decide for yourself what you want to do.
- Article 32: Every child has the right to protection against child labor.
You can choose to carry out one of the following Assignments:
Assignment 1:
Assignment 2:
Assignment 3:
Write a letter to Urmila:
Assignment 4:
Assignment 1:
- Design your own school of learning environment.
Assignment 2:
- Research - Check your belongings.
Assignment 3:
- A letter to Urmila
Write a letter to Urmila:
- Discuss the story of Urmila Chaudary in your own group;
- Think of things you want to tell or ask her;
- Write a letter to Urmila and post it on your school page;
- She will do her best to send you an answer!
Assignment 4:
- You will read another sad story "the double bad luck" about 2 children who fled their country due to war and are living now in a refugee camp. When they arrived in Turkey, their new homeland, they realized that would not be able to rejoin school as they had hoped because they had to work hard in order to survive.
- You have to do your own research on lack of education and child labor in refugee camps and suggest a few solutions in order to help children integrate safely into their new community, having access to all the necessary facilities.
- Create a presentation, think of a wall newspaper, a poster, a Glogster, a comic strip, a filmed presentation ..
Here are the final products for the Challenge 1 of The Children's Rights Project carried out by Veronica Ureche, Catalina Agachi and Tatiana Birzoi.
Assignment 1: Report
The report outlines the current situations of the refugees in our country. Having interviewed 3 refugees from our country we have found out that they feel safe and happy here in Moldova, though there are some issues, like finding a good job, that require prompt and effective solutions. The refugees need continuous assisstance in order to integrate successfully into the host communities.
Assignment 1: Report
The report outlines the current situations of the refugees in our country. Having interviewed 3 refugees from our country we have found out that they feel safe and happy here in Moldova, though there are some issues, like finding a good job, that require prompt and effective solutions. The refugees need continuous assisstance in order to integrate successfully into the host communities.
Below you can see the original video of the Report on Child's right to a safe home and warm environment in Moldova.
The final message is actually an outreach to the local authorities in order to make the refugees' voice being heard and represents our advocacy initiative for the refugees' needs and rights.
The final message is actually an outreach to the local authorities in order to make the refugees' voice being heard and represents our advocacy initiative for the refugees' needs and rights.
Assignment 2: Drawing/Cartoon
This is our world and the way we see it:
- On one side: there are poor children and difficult life circumstances,the ones that lack the appropriate and necessary care, the ones whose family can't offer him/her to develop in an adequate way. A child is vulnerable and has the right to be safe, the right to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.
- On the other side: there are mean , greedy, selfish and tight-fisted people, who lack compassion, as well as the concern for helping to improve the welfare and happiness of children all over the world.
Here is the feedback on Challenge 1 that we were given by our Project members from Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls, South Africa.
We really liked your video about Children’s Rights to a Safe Home despite the bad quality. Your introductions were cool and very creative. It really gives us great pleasure to be able to look at such amazing work from open minded people from around the world. We think that your poems and videos are very inspirational and insightful and we think that if these were shown to other people, they would be touched and will be willing to make a difference. The videos that were created by your brilliant minds were absolutely phenomenal. It really shows the problems faced by children from around the world. The way you guys phrase and explain you points is really good and knowing that other individuals in the world are thinking the same way as yourself is very interesting. We love the fact that you guys really took it a step further by making videos and really entertaining us with your amazing work. We could really see the passion and the love that went into the work. This makes us aware of your hard work and dedication. Your visual arts created such an impression on us as we didn’t expect such precise detail in each drawing and we appreciate the way each drawing goes into depth with every problem we are facing. We really liked your work and we have definitely learned something new from this extraordinary experience. Thank you so much for that. The video about a mother sending her child to another place touched us the most. It was really an emotional video. It has many life lessons.
Keep up the extraordinary work! It is truly impressive.
“Start today because tomorrow may be too late” - Aphiwe
No one chooses to be a refugee. Refugees seek safety in another country when they experience a threat of persecution and because their own country is unwilling or unable to protect their fundamental rights, most often because of the war that broke out. In the face of serious violations of their human rights, they have no choice but to leave their homes, their families and communities in order to survive.
Those who really suffer from the ordeal of becoming a refugee are Children. In order not to make them feel on the margins of society we need to help them build self-sufficiency in their host community and assist them through our tolerance in the healthy and safe social integration.
Watch the video below to learn from the refugee children's experiences that running away from your own country is a great challenge and it doesn't always mean that you can find a safe home, peaceful life and the same opportunities in a new country, and furthemore, enjoy the happiest period of your life - childhood.
Those who really suffer from the ordeal of becoming a refugee are Children. In order not to make them feel on the margins of society we need to help them build self-sufficiency in their host community and assist them through our tolerance in the healthy and safe social integration.
Watch the video below to learn from the refugee children's experiences that running away from your own country is a great challenge and it doesn't always mean that you can find a safe home, peaceful life and the same opportunities in a new country, and furthemore, enjoy the happiest period of your life - childhood.
This video will serve you as a guide to planning and organizing your own interviews with the refugees who fled to our countries and are striving to rebuild their lives in Moldova.
Take your time to answer the following questions based on the video:
Post a comment below.
Take your time to answer the following questions based on the video:
- Do children feel happy in their new homes?
- What are some of the challenges the children face in refugee camps? Do you think they get enough humaniatarian aid to help them sustain their health?
- What can we do to improve the refugees' lives in our country, whether they are children or adults with their children? Who can we rely on in order to safeguard and promote the rights of the refugees in Moldova as well as to grant them access to all kinds of facilities?
Post a comment below.
At our last meeting on Children's Rights Project, after having analyzed the reflective questions on Unicef Articles: 22, 24 and 27, we decided that we are going to accomplish Assignment 1 of the Challenge 1 and show the world that refugees have the same right to a safe and happy home as the other legal citizens of a country on the basis of the international standards.
According to our Challenge requirements we have to give feedback to two diferent schools on their contribution to Phase 2 of the Project and to get feedback from other two schools.
Here is the detailed instruction of the Assignment 1: Research and Report.
You are going to do a research on the current situation of the refugees in our country, interview a few people and write a report on three stories of:
I assume that the issue of incoming refugees in our country seem to be not as critical as in other European countries, since our country is a poor one and moreover there is a great number of abandoned children who are waiting to integrate into a family and to have that high standard of living they are longing for. Nevertheless, we should be aware of the hardships the refugees face when fleeing their countries for various dreadful reasons.
The national data reveals that within a year there were four times as many refugees seeking asylum in Moldova as in the previous years. The majority of them are originally from Syria, Ucraine, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The refugees can find temporary accommodation in Moldova with the support of the National and International social actors, such as:
Watch the video below and answer the following questions:
According to our Challenge requirements we have to give feedback to two diferent schools on their contribution to Phase 2 of the Project and to get feedback from other two schools.
Here is the detailed instruction of the Assignment 1: Research and Report.
You are going to do a research on the current situation of the refugees in our country, interview a few people and write a report on three stories of:
- children on the run,
- children who can't live with their families anymore,
- children who live and work on the street and don't know where their home is.
I assume that the issue of incoming refugees in our country seem to be not as critical as in other European countries, since our country is a poor one and moreover there is a great number of abandoned children who are waiting to integrate into a family and to have that high standard of living they are longing for. Nevertheless, we should be aware of the hardships the refugees face when fleeing their countries for various dreadful reasons.
The national data reveals that within a year there were four times as many refugees seeking asylum in Moldova as in the previous years. The majority of them are originally from Syria, Ucraine, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The refugees can find temporary accommodation in Moldova with the support of the National and International social actors, such as:
- Bureau for Migration and Asylum of the Republic of Moldova,
- UNHCR - Republic of Moldova,
- Migrants Accommodation Center - Iom,
- Charity Center For Refugees and other partners
Watch the video below and answer the following questions:
- Who can be called a refugee? What are the reasons to run away from your homeland?
- When was The UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees created? What was its aim?
- What categories of people doesn't the term "refugee" apply to?
- What are some of the rights the refugees are ensured to have in the new "home" country? What facilities are available to both citizens and refugees of a country?
- Do you think the humanitarian assitance, facilities and protection provided to the refugees work well in Moldova? Are there any restricitve refugee policies that may have an impact on the refugees' integration into the society? Comment in a few sentences.
Tip: you may write answers to the questions in the Assignment 1 Report and Assignment 1 extended in a more creative way, for example by using one of the digital tools described on Teacher's Guide Page: Voki, Blabberize - talking character tools (you may use the face of a child to talk); Utellstory- a short photo presentation or create a short Powtoon animation by mentioning the key points of your answers.
Until Sunday April 3 you have time to finish the Challenge 1 of the Children's Rights Project.
You can fulfil this Challenge by taking two relevant steps:
Step 1.
You can fulfil this Challenge by taking two relevant steps:
Step 1.
- Discuss children's rights on 'the right to a safe home' in our group by referring to the following Articles by Unicef:
- Article 27: The right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.
- Article 24: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health.
- Article 22: The right to protection and humanitarian assistance. Because a child is vulnerable and has the right to be safe.
Step 2.
Choose one or more of the following Assignments:
To learn how to accomplish the Assignments go to our International Project Homepage. Here you can see the examples from the previous Learning Circles and find creative inspiration for your own contribution to this Project Challenge.
Choose one or more of the following Assignments:
- Do research and write a report:
- Write a poem or a rap:
- Make a cartoon:
- Compose a part of the Learning Circle song:
To learn how to accomplish the Assignments go to our International Project Homepage. Here you can see the examples from the previous Learning Circles and find creative inspiration for your own contribution to this Project Challenge.
It is time to start working on the Phase 2: Challenge 1 of the Project.
In this Phase you are going to analyze "the right to a safe home" which is clearly stated in the UN Children's Rights Convention.
I invite you to watch the following animated film which tackles the right metioned above and to answer the following:
In this Phase you are going to analyze "the right to a safe home" which is clearly stated in the UN Children's Rights Convention.
I invite you to watch the following animated film which tackles the right metioned above and to answer the following:
- What shall a person do if he/she cannot offer the adequate care to children due to some difficult life circumstances?
- If a child cannot live with his immediate family, who is going to take the responsibility over his life and upbringing?
- How does living in child care home affect child's physical and mental growth?
- What is the main idea of this film? Look at the UN Children's Rights Convention from this page and find the Articles that have a link with this movie and with the right of a child to a safe home and a caring family.
During this Project our main concern is to find out the current state of Rights of the Child in our country and to try to find effective solutions to the existing worrying issues concerning the breaches of children's rights in every country.
The fundamental children's rights are clearly outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which is a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities. The UNCRC consists of 54 articles that set out children’s rights and how governments should work together to make them available to all children.
Watch the video below to remember the children's needs and to realise what rights should each child have in any existing country.
The fundamental children's rights are clearly outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which is a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities. The UNCRC consists of 54 articles that set out children’s rights and how governments should work together to make them available to all children.
Watch the video below to remember the children's needs and to realise what rights should each child have in any existing country.
Below you can find the Convention of the Right of the Child in youth-friendly language. Look over it and learn more about Children's Rights.
Respect them as you grow older and teach others to promote them across the world!
This Global Learning Circles consists of 4 Phases and activating Challenges. We have just finished the first Phase within the framework of the following timeline : February 08 – February 28 - 2016.
- Introduction which includes two parts:
- School and community information presented in a creative way using digital tools;
- Students elaborate in their own way what children's rights mean to them and link the opinions and statements to their living environment.
- We have to give feeback to two participating schools and receive it back from other two schools involved in the Project.
And here it is, the final joint and collaborative project product we have made.
Teacher Introduction:
Teacher Introduction:
Students' Introduction:
And finally, here is the colorful multimedia presentation created in Voicethread by two hard-working and dedicated students Catalina Agachi and Veronica Ureche.
Leave a comment below on your impressions of this presentation.
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