Have you ever wondered how many children remain deprived from education? Do you have any idea about how many people do not enjoy their freedom of expression? Have you ever tried to list at least ten of your human rights? It does not come up easily to your mind, does it? Most of the time, we take for granted the fact that we have rights, that very often we ignore what they are and how they apply to our day-to-day life.
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When was the last time you thought about your behavior towards others? When did you last stop to think if you follow the opinion of others just to avoid feeling different?
When you live in a reality of ongoing conflict it becomes easy to go with the flow of hatred. I was born in Israel as a part of the minority group. In Israel, there are a lot of differences between people who belong to the minorities and those who belong to the majority group: political views, the education they receive, and their economic and social situation, including employment opportunities, etc.
There seems to be disagreement in the ways development is defined and measured. Governments and development agencies might have different conceptualizations than NGOs, academic institutions and individuals. Some might prioritize economic development while others might emphasize the importance of human development and human rights. However, we could say that there is a general agreement on the assumption that development should aim at improving the life of people and societies.
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Arigatou International organized a workshop to introduce its Learning to Live Together manual at the annual conference of the International Association for Intercultural Education, held from 17 to 21 September in Zagreb at the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, under the theme “ Unity and disunity connections and separations”: Intercultural Education
From 18-20 October, Arigatou International in collaboration with the Catholic Charities of Idaho in the United States will hold a Training Workshop on the Learning to Live Together programme. If you live in the US, are working with children and youth and are interested to apply, please readmore.
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GNRC Porto Alegre initiated a project with communities assisted byPastoral da Criançain Brazil to use the Learning to Live Together manual with mothers. The purpose is to nurture positive parenting skills and strengthen mothers' self-esteem and bonds with their children.
An article by Rev. Keishi Miyamoto, President of Arigatou International, was published today at the prestigious and widely read World Economic Forum Blog.
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An initiative to introduce the Learning to Live Together manual in schools in Athens is being developed in collaboration with the Inter-Orthodox Center of the Church of Greece, under the leadership of Dr Angelos Vallianatos, National Advisor on Religion Lessons for the Greek Ministry of Education. The initiative aims to train teachers of primary, secondary
GNRC Latin America and the Caribbean organized its first Ethics Education workshop in Cuba. With an impressive view to the Bahía de Matanzas and the participation of a diverse group of adults and youth of different religious communities, the Ethics Education Workshop on the “Learning to Live Together” took place at the Evangelical Seminary of
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On the 6th of August, the Coimbatore Peace Festival was held in Coimbatore City gathering 1300 children and youth from 79 institutions. The Festival, which focused on issues such as ending poverty, building peace and transforming the world, was organized and run by the Youth Section of Shanti Ashram with Arigatou International (GNRC) participating as
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From 5 to 8 August an ethics education workshop was held at the Myochikai premises in Tokyo to introduce and train members of the youth and women's division in the the Learning to Live Together Programme. The workshop brought together 28 participants whom for four days engaged in interactive dialogue and activities to learn about
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