As our Muslim friends celebrate Ramadan and are about to end it on 24 June, we would like to share the reflections from Imam Rashied Omar, from the Claremont Main Road Mosque in Cape Town, and member of the Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children about child nurturing and child upbringing in Islam and creating a child friendly Ramadan.

"It is no revelation that parents and caregivers tend to focus more on the ta’lim elements of upbringing, which are indeed necessary, but building good value systems and exemplary characteristics such as honesty, love, compassion and gratitude is equally, if not more important. Children learn these values through our interaction with them and the best way to nurture it is by spending quality time with them. We can do so by taking time for hugs and affection, by reading or playing games with them, by making them feel important, for example, asking to help set out musallahs at salah time, making the adhan or iqamah, or reciting special du’as at bedtime. This is of course an awesome responsibility for parents and caregivers and we need to make sure that we are equipped with the necessary tools for this important and significant role."

http://www.vocfm.co.za/fostering-child-friendly-ramadan-id-al-fitr/

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Más de 30 facilitadores del programa Progresando con Solidaridad (Prosoli) del Gobierno de República Dominicana y personal del departamento Sociocultural de esa iniciativa, fueron capacitados en el programa #AprenderaVivirJuntos.

#Prosoli protege a las familias más pobres de la #RepúblicaDominicana, con la finalidad de cubrir sus necesidades y garantizar su acceso a los servicios básicos de Salud y #Educación. Las familias reciben además acompañamiento socio educativo que promueve el empoderamiento individual y colectivo, y favorece desarrollo.

Podrás encontrar más detalles sobre este taller en el siguiente enlace: http://progresandoconsolidaridad.gob.do/noticias/capacitan-facilitadores-prosoli-temas-familia-juventud-prevencion-violencia/

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Our event "Enhancing #Children Participation to Prevent Exclusion, Hatred and Violence" is taking place now at #UN #Geneva

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Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus and the first Sikh martyr. He laid the foundations of the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India and gave it four doors to symbolise acceptance of all people. He compiled the previous Gurus' writings into one book which formed the basis of the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh Holy Book). In 1606 he was tortured and sentenced to death.

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Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai - Maharashtra - called to focus on the family unit to help ending violence against children during the Fifth Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) held in Panama from 9 to 11 May.

"Family relationships include brothers and sisters, cousins, and friends. “The family is the first school to learn human values [. . .] where children learn to socialize [. . .] to listen, to share, to support, to respect, to help and to live together. [. . .] It is in the family that we are taught to break away from our naturally egoistic tendencies”.The family can also be a protagonist of an integral ecology, because it is the first basic and social cell of society. It can be a school where people learn to promote peace-building, and the context for the integral development of every person.

“May children find in the family nurturing spirituality, real protection, strong comfort to grow in their humanity. May children lead us beyond all divisions.”

http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/bishop-machado-may-god-wipe-away-the-tears-of-suffering-children/36785/2

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