Forty children from different ethnic groups from the village of Alekovo and the town of Silistra will jointly participate in an interactive training on children’s rights on March 22, 2014. The event is dedicated to the European Week Against Racism and Democracy, which is held annually between 15 and March 23.
Read MoreWORKING MEETING IN JANUARY
A working meeting of the project team and teachers involved in the project took place on 31st January. The aim was to discuss the preparation and implementation of the pilot model during the lessons. The workshop was also used to increase the capacity of participants through an assessment of the project progress, discuss issues related to conducting the pilot hours and prepare the financial and technical reporting documentation. Teachers had the opportunity to learn about the project’s website: http://paralel-silistra.net
Read MoreA MULTICULTURAL PERFORMANCE
Fifty children from different ethnic groups watched and participated together in the “Christmas Impossible” Show of the Silistra puppet theater on December 21st, 2013 . At the beginning of winter vacation the youngest pupils from the schools in the villages of Alekovo, Alfatar and Iskra together with their peers from Silistra enthusiastically cheered the heroes of the story and discussed the meaning of “friendship” and how to be good to each other.
TOLERANCE DAY
At the school of the village of Alekovo thirty children and their teachers celebrated the International Day for Tolerance – 16th November. Children drew colored hearts with the words “Let’s be better”. On a special board they drew their left hands as a message: “We are all different but we have equal rights.”
And let ‘s remember what tolerance means nowadays: “Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of cultures in our world, our forms of expression and ways of manifestation of human personality. ” Diversity in the world teaches us to be tolerant, shows us how colorful life is and how many different ways there are to express yourself.
THE PROJECT BEGINS
The first workshop of the project “Different children with equal rights” was held on October 5th at 10:00 am in the conference hall of the “Alexander – Link” School on 31 Dobrudza Str. Silistra. 11 teachers from target schools and representatives of NGOs attended it.
Coordinator Diana Bebenova-Nikolova presented the project objectives and the planned activities and results. Teachers discussed topics related to children’s rights and chose ten of them, which they would like to work on.
Read More