Project:”Knowledge of Human Rights”
Implemented in: 10 schools in Bulgaria
Program: Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria
Implementation period: 01.09.2021 – 28.02.2023
Project Promoter: Knowledge Association, Lovetch
Partners: National Аssociation of Resource Teachers
Summary:
It is alarming that intolerance in young people towards the ones who are different is manifested more and more often not only verbally but also through violence. With this project we expect to achieve a positive change of the trends of violation of human rights, display of intolerance, discrimination and use of hate speech among young people and school students.
The project envisages activities to raise the awareness of young people/school students, teachers and the media about human rights followed by youth campaigns, debates and social media campaigns carried out based on the knowledge acquired. The development and testing of a pilot programme for tolerance, anti-discrimination and human rights will help boost the sensitivity of young people to the above topics and the programme will be piloted by teachers who have been trained to work with it. In the short term, the project will contribute to placing the subject of human rights in the centre of public attention and will thus encourage the carrying out of preventive actions in this respect.
In the long term the project will enable the creation of an informal network of young people who can work together to carry out activities, which is particularly valuable for settlements without youth NGOs and clubs. The development and the piloting of the programme titled Tolerance, Anti-discrimination and Human Rights will help teachers use and integrate it in their teaching.
The project will be implemented in partnership with the National Association of Resource Teachers (NART), which will help inform and actively involve teachers from across the country. Experts with experience in human rights and organization of national campaigns will support the project activities. Pedagogical expertise will be also provided for the development of the programme.
See here: Guidelines on a program on tolerance, anti-discrimination and human rights (in Bulgarian)
Grant amount: 78 196 EUR
Contact: Donka Mihaylova
email: znanielovech@znanielovech.org
phone: +359 899 199 996
address: Bulgaria, 5500 Lovetch, Targovska str. 44
Website: www.znanielovech.org
