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Read the “Appeal to the children”. |
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Make children aware of the problem of violence in their class, in their school, in their street, in their family. |
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With them try to find solutions. |
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Help children to express their feelings – verbally or in writing – allowing to handle their emotions and their relations (a way to non-violent communication). |
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Allow the children to experience a non-violent situation to fight emerging conflicts in class. |
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Children write and illustrate a poem inspired by the reflection above.
Following the Belgian example we invite you to hold a poetry contest at local level (school, city or village, province) or at national level.
For your initiative to be brought to the attention of UNICEF, UNESCO, the United Nations and the International Coordination for the Decade, we ask you to let us know how you intend to organize your contest by returning the enclosed form before March 15, 2008. |
