Project information
| Status | Finalist |
| URL | Go to website |
| Category | Education Formal education |
| Country | Colombia |
| Operational areas | Rural |
| Target groups | Children, Youth, Women, Men, Seniors |
| Fixed connection | DSL |
| Wireless connection | Satellite |
| Access points | School, Telecenter |
| Interact | Landline Phone, Desktop Computer, Cellphone |
| Software License Types | Open Source, Proprietary |
Project location
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School and Peace “ICT as an instrument to promote peace, democracy and social cohesion”.
- Brief description
- School and peace is a dynamic and interactive network for children and youngsters affected by violence, in support of human rights, social justice and construction of the social cohesion
- Vision, Objectives and Goals
- Vision:
Being a leader, innovator, plural and participative project in the committed construction of the peace culture, through the consolidation of a social cohesion for cohabitation and tolerance, promoting peace, development and democracy, especially in our beaten Colombia. Objectives: · To create concern and sensitivity among the teachers in front of the need of educate about and for peace, the human rights, the peaceful cohabitation and for development. · To create opportunities for the children and youngsters of Colombia to be effective voices for the understanding, cooperation and the development of civilian processes for sound cohabitation and democratic participation.· To appreciate and respect diversity (ethnic, cultural and of genre), tolerance, understanding, respect and humanitarian action, as means of mutual growing and that favor the creation of a true PEACE culture.· To give opportunities to children and youngsters to connect with their peers, in order to share their experiences of violence as a means of cleansing hearts of hatred and resentments.· To contribute to the formation of teachers and students and to the multiplication of groups of education for peace. Goals: · For 2008 to have 1000 schools making part of the network of School and Peace· In 2008 to have 2500 teachers trained and sensitized and 15000 students as leaders of their communities making a difference.· 32.000 children and youngsters connected to their peers in Colombia and the world.· 32.000 Colombian children and youngsters defending and respecting human rights and the political constitution of Colombia. - How does ICT contribute to the organisational objectives
- “School and peace” is a triangle: peace, development and democracy, an interactive triangle where the vertexes reinforce themselves, allowing the transition from individual condition to the citizen condition making the difference in the society, looking forward the truth and contributing to rural communities. Colombia, specifically the Colombian countryside, is an excluded country and is because of that exclusion that the violence appears, that is way the country is living this conflict that concerns us all. To find solutions, it is indispensable for all of us to be in the process of looking for better scenarios. We do not wait for peace; we build it, and the ICTs constitute a great opportunity for boys, girls, and rural youth to become effective voices, to overcome their fear, the indifference, the immobility of rural and native communities, to comprehend, develop and cooperate with the political processes, looking forward a healthy coexistence and a democratic participation. There is a network development with the ICTs; this improves the fundamental relationships of mutual respect and human rights, creating motivations that encourage the whole community to react to the different ways of violence and to break their silence. “School and peace” has created a dynamic and interactive network managed by kids, men and women, on the support of the Human Rights struggle against exclusion. They favor the construction of a non sexist identity, identify sex exclusion in mass media and publicity as something that has to be revaluated; they develop the necessary communicational abilities to learn trough the dialogue and the discussion. Trough the website, these people connect to their classmates no matter the geographical location, religion, or genre, allowing them to work together, understand each other and keep themselves involved with peace and the pacific solution of conflicts.
- Transferability
- The project is completely transferable to other educative communities. It is documented and can be used with no restriction. Besides, the concept is easy to manage and does not demands complex technological requirements. Any institution can develop it at any time, it only needs to register in the website if “School and Peace” and participate in the actions. We are convinced that education is the best tool to initiate a real PEACE culture. Everyone is invited.
- Project summary
- School and Peace is a dynamic and interactive network for children and youngsters, women and men affected by violence, in support of human rights, social justice and the construction of the social cohesion. The network is connected with a website where they share culture, dreams and experiences of violence, learn from their peers, have access to information and materials, and work together in projects to support their communities. The activities with a social affective approach allow working on human rights, childhood rights, the political constitution of Colombia and the development of self-esteem workshops. It is a place of learning, discussion, expression and action. School and Peace, is a site base on the Internet with resources and links, workshops, activities, discussion forums, photo galleries, creative drawing and writings for peace, in order to create the Peace Culture. A culture that promotes the acceptance of the individual differences, the solidarity, participation, integration, freedom of speech, the disarmament of spirits and in general all of those human acts that endorse freedom, social justice and peace. The project gives permanent training and support to teachers and students and encourages the activities through dialogue, team work and sharing experiences.
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