After a successful 2-day pilot workshop in Portugal, the process of the adaptation of the Learning to Live Together to middle childhood years continues, this time with a pilot in Kenya!

In preparation for the pilot, a stakeholder meeting took place on Monday in order to fully understand the needs of local children. The stakeholders attending the meeting included religious leaders, representatives from parent association organizations, UNESCO, UNESCO National Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Kenya Institute of curriculum development (KICD) and GNRC members.

The meeting produced fruitful discussions for both local and international considerations for the adaptation of the LTLT to middle childhood years, and stakeholders expressed interest in the scaling up of the LTLT in Kenya.

The pilot itself will take place on 21-23 February, involving children from diverse religious and socio-economic backgrounds.

We thank all those who were involved in this meeting and are excited to continue sharing this process with you!

Stay tuned for more updates and pictures!

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With a room fully packed with religious leaders, representatives of civil society organizations, Faith-based and international organizations, as well as government agencies from several provinces in Sri Lanka, we gathered at Sarvodaya to discuss why and how to support communities to nurture values and spirituality in early childhood and how to challenge social and cultural norms that condone violence against children.

This is the first of a series of National Roundtables that will take place in India, Pakistan, Kenya and Brazil, as part of the work of the International Consortium on Nurturing Values and Spirituality in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence, convened by Arigatou International In 2018.

World Vision International Shanti Ashram UNICEF Marta Santos Pais End Violence Against Children Pastoraldacriança World Bank INEB - International Network of Engaged Buddhists End Child Poverty Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) Catholic Relief Services Islamic Relief Worldwide

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Big thanks to our partners Shanti Ashram for organizing this training workshop on Holistic Childhood Development, which will contribute thinking to fostering ethics education for children in early and middle childhood!

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During the second day of the pilot workshop to adapt the Learning to Live Together Programme to middle childhood, children explored feelings and emotions, and how to manage them in positive and assertive ways. Opportunities were created for them to play, and talk to others about what they have learned.

The afternoon was dedicated to understanding who they are, where they come from, who and what contributes to who they are and want to be.

The day ended with children experiencing how it feels to put themselves in the shoes of others.

Here are some images from the second day of the pilot workshop:

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The series of pilot workshops for the adaptation of Learning to Live Together to younger years, kicked off yesterday with a workshop for 30 children aged six to 11 from three different neighborhoods of Lisbon.

The 3-day pilot is the first of 9 workshops which are expected to be held in Brazil, Ecuador, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Romania, and Tanzania.

The first day of the pilot was dedicated to getting to know each other, and to reflect on things they have in common and things that make them unique.

During this day, children played, listened to music, and were introduced to a self-reflection tool, the learning log, which was decorated and made their own. Using their learning log, children shared how this day went, what they appreciated the most and what they learned. Some children shared that they appreciated getting to know new friends, the learning log, the music, and the songs.

The pilot in Lisbon is being carried out in cooperation with Movimento de Apostolado de Adolescentes e Crianças - MAAC (movement of the apostolate of children and adolescents) and the Association Teresa de Jesus.

We are very excited about this milestone, which will allow us to reach a wider range of children and to plant seeds at earlier years to learn to live together with people of different cultures and beliefs.

Stay tuned to learn more about it!

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