tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42335952674849526492024-02-19T19:24:15.394+01:00Korczak International NewsActualités internationales autour de Janusz Korczak (1878-1942)Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-7961374431205116672012-03-07T20:05:00.001+01:002012-03-11T03:49:19.762+01:00Lancement de l'Année Korczak en FranceLa République de Pologne a proclamé 2012 « ANNÉE JANUSZ KORCZAK » pour commémorer le 100e anniversaire de sa Maison des Orphelins et le 70e anniversaire de la mort du grand éducateur.<br />
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Ce sera partout dans le monde l’occasion de souligner l'actualité de son héritage universel pour le respect de l'enfance, et de mettre en lumière son œuvre de précurseur au service de tous les enfants.<br />
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Rok signifie Année. En rouge, le slogan sous-titré signifie : « L’enfant ne devient pas un Homme, il est en déjà un » (une célèbre citation de Korczak de… 1899). Le logo officiel dans sa première version ci-dessus a été traduit dans toutes les langues. Une nouvelle version plus moderne est disponible depuis le mois de février.<br />
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En FRANCE, souhaitant annoncer le lancement de l’ANNÉE KORCZAK 2012 et encourager les initiatives, <a href="http://korczak.fr/" target="_top">l’Association Française Janusz Korczak</a>, la Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise de Paris et l’Institut Polonais de Paris ont donné ensemble le 8 février 2012 <a href="http://korczak.fr/m7afjk/annee2012/conference-de-presse-annee-korczak-2012.html"><b>une grande conférence de presse</b></a> dans les locaux de la Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, quai d’Orléans à Paris IVe arr. <a href="http://korczak.fr/images/afjk2012/conf-annee-korczak-2012-france_08-02-2012/index.html">Voir ici les photos de la conférence</a>.<br />
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La réunion a été très suivie, chaleureuse, et marquée par de nombreuses interventions et relations d’expériences témoignant de l’importance de Janusz Korczak dans les pratiques éducatives et socioculturelles au service des enfants d’aujourd’hui.<br />
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En POLOGNE, la proclamation de l'Année Korczak a provoqué un élan impressionnant de projets et d'annonces d'initiatives pour rendre hommage au grand éducateur. Nous vous en rendrons compte régulièrement sur ces pages.<br />
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On peut suivre les événements polonais de l'Année Korczak sur le site polonais officiel et deux pages Facebook :<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.przystanekkorczak.pl/" target="_blank">Le site officiel</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/korczak2012" target="_blank">La page Facebook de l'Année Korczak</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RokJanuszaKorczaka?sk=wall" target="_blank">La seconde page Facebook</a></li>
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Pour mémoire, les documents polonais de référence (en polonais) :
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<li><a href="http://www.przystanekkorczak.pl/2011/09/debata-sejmowa-na-temat-roku-janusza-korczaka/#.T1uHcCvj6wI" target="_blank">Le débat du 15 et 16 septembre 2011 à la Diète polonaise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://korczak.edu.pl/pdf/list_korczak.pdf" target="_blank">La lettre de Monsieur Marek Michalak, le Défenseur Polonais des droits de l'enfant</a>, qui est à l'initiative de la proclamation de l'Année Korczak par le gouvernement polonais.</li>
Articles de presse (sélection au hasard du Web) :<br />
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<li>N° 1 : <a href="http://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Kultura/Wiadomosci/2012-rokiem-Korczaka" target="_blank">2012 rokiem Korczaka ? (la photo vient du fonds iconographique de Korczakianum)</a></li>
<li>N° 2 : <a href="http://www.culture.pl/kalendarz-pelna-tresc/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/L6vx/content/rok-2012-rokiem-korczaka-kraszewskiego-i-ks-skargi" target="_blank">2012, Année de Janusz Korczak, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, ks. Piotr Skarga</a></li>
<li>N° 3 : <a href="http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/548425,rok_2012_rokiem_korczaka_kraszewskiego_i_ks_skargi.html" target="_blank">Rok 2012 Rokiem Korczaka, Kraszewskiego i ks. Skargi</a></li>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Paris, France48.856614 2.352221948.773036 2.1942934 48.940192 2.5101504tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-81678325970041676552012-03-07T18:55:00.000+01:002012-03-07T19:23:56.175+01:00Reouverture du blog international korczak.infoNous avons le plaisir de vous informer de la réouverture du blog et son rattachement à son site d’origine « korczak.fr ».<br />
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En cette année Janusz Korczak 2012 propice à toutes les initiatives pour rappeler l’actualité de l’héritage de Janusz Korczak pour le « peuple des enfants », l’Association française Janusz Korczak (AFJK) est heureuse de réactiver ce blog international trop longtemps délaissé.<br />
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L'AFJK a été créée en 1974. Membre fondateur de l’Association Korczak internationale (IKA) créée en 1979 à Varsovie, elle a toujours mené une action internationale active. Grâce à sa politique éditoriale particulièrement active et persévérante de soutien aux traductions et aux publications de l’œuvre de Janusz Korczak, aux voyages à titre personnel de ses fondateurs, et au premier colloque international organisé en 1979 à l’UNESCO à Paris pour l’Année internationale de l’Enfance, elle a pu aider à la création de nombreuses associations Korczak nationales.<br />
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Aujourd’hui, l’AFJK, toujours bien vivante, continue de développer son action au niveau international tant au sein de l’IKA que dans le cadre de ses projets d’action pédagogiques autour des écrits de Korczak (Le Roi Mathias Ier), ou de sa politique de soutien aux défenseurs des droits de l’enfant en Afrique.<br />
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Nous avions créé ce blog en collaboration avec l’Association Korczak des Pays-Bas essentiellement pour soutenir la diffusion de sa précieuse Lettre d’information internationale qui a irrigué le mouvement Korczak pendant des années.<br />
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Nous y relaierons désormais les nouvelles qui nous proviennent du monde entier, sans nous encombrer des problèmes de langues ou de traduction, considérant qu’avec les outils de traduction actuels sur Internet, ce n’est plus un problème pour chacun de s’exprimer dans sa propre langue.<br />
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Au plaisir de vous lire,<br />
Bernard Lathuillère<br />
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Frse Janusz KorczakJanusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0Paris, France48.856614 2.352221948.773036 2.1942934 48.940192 2.5101504tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-16792807590335358792008-12-25T20:01:00.002+01:002008-12-26T06:00:07.719+01:00Starting a Korczak Circle in Ghana<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Starting a Korczak Circle in Ghana</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;">By Theo Cappon, Janusz Korczak Association in The Nederlands<br />[<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/ghana/report-ghana_cpywd-jksn_oct2008">Print: PDF 316 Ko, 9 p.</a>]<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><table style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 194px;"><tbody><tr align="center"><td style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ikanews/ReciprocalKorczakianInitiationInGhana#slideshow"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_rNt44J2_PIg/SVO_gcfombE/AAAAAAAACiY/zM_mDPA_sZY/s160-c/ReciprocalKorczakianInitiationInGhana.jpg" style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" width="160" height="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Diaporama</td></tr></tbody></table>J.K. Youth Conference 2007 in the Netherlands, the Dutch Korczak Association started a Ghana working group. Mr. Yakubu Iddrisu from the town of Tamale (Northern region of Ghana) was one of the participants in the Youth Conference and he explained the situation of youngsters and women in that part of the country. During the "Open Stage" in the conference he told us about the activities of the Community Partnership for Youth and Woman Development (CPYWD) in Tamale, and some communities around the town of Tamale.<br /><br />Yakubu made it clear to us that the pedagogical ideas of Janusz Korczak could be a great inspiration for their work. He "met" Korczak during the workshops, lectures and the informal talks and meetings. Indeed, because the mission and objectives of CPYWD are:<br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Respect the child as it is</li><li>Give a child responsibility</li><li>Invite children and youngsters to active participation</li><li>Raise their self-esteem and self-confidence</li><li>Give young people empowerment</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1vXtm19WPbBULTg3_8Wj4gEBq3bB0WbfLl9L6eybiWjDRnJERsZVAvF-dY2MY4OThN8niZLCL3GBBQM-9jC-Mow68jhaKb-qQiAa938j3SY3bR5z8uC6kfcSWFcvSIjaM0IA8-KNheQ/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_02.jpg" alt="Map of Ghana: see Tamale on the North" title="Map of Ghana: see Tamale on the North" border="0" />For that reason he invited the Dutch Janusz Korczak association to continue the contacts and cooperation. We accepted this invitation with great pleasure and we started a Ghana working group with young people to give them feed-back, support and to develop together with CPYWD ideas and materials. The "leading lady" of the Ghana working group is Maartje Bos. She worked already for 6 months in the Tamale-project and brought us in contact with Mr. Yakubu. Maartje Bos herself is also representing the Ghana Haarlem Association. So, at the moment we have a strong triangle and the pedagogy of Janusz Korczak is the red thread.<br /><br />In the meantime the next step was already made. New volunteers went to Tamale and returned with a lot of experiences. They reported and wrote about the continuation and new steps in the project Specially the activities for the after-school program for children and youngsters were successful.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">From 6 to 20 October 2008</span>, I had the possibility to visit the project in Tamale myself. I would like to give a short impression.<br /><br />A good airco bus brings you in 14 hours to Tamale, the regional capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, 220.000 inh., flat and hot but with a lively atmosphere. Here we find the center of the CPYWD-project.</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">B. Context</span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">How can we describe the present situation of youth and women in this part of the country? The CPYWD manual writes:<br /><br />As a project interested and specialized in youth development, we observed Ghanaian youth lacking skills that are appropriate for personal development as well as for the development of the environment. Although the education in Ghana is improving, changes take place slowly. To undertake direct action in the field where it is needed, we decided to meet the youth in their own environment and give them the chance to actualize their capacities with an after school program combining learning and having fun.<br /><br />Development means that something new is added to what already exist to reach a higher level. To invent something new, creativity is demanded. When the new idea is created, it has to be executed. This means that someone has to take the initiative to bring the idea into practice or at least express the idea. When executed, the person has to reflect upon his own actions to be able to improve performance in the future. Although more skills are contributable to development, this program focus on being creative, taking initiative and reflecting upon own actions in order to form a basis on which further development can take place.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >The mission of the CPYWD</span><br />"To be committed to our vision by being catalyst and innovators working towards the creation of safe, just and sustainable communities on the full and healthy participation of youth and women and adults and to co-create a "practice field" where adults, youth and women can learn together on a lifelong basis, focusing on building partnership to empower themselves, advance community development and strengthen multicultural understanding in Ghana and the communities".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Goals</span><br />In attempt to support and complement the efforts of Ghana government, CPYWD works to empower children and young people to be able to take informed decisions and feel responsible for the decisions they take. They are major component of work. We offer young people:</div><ol><li>Innovative after school enrichment programs for primary school children and young people of the high schools in and around Tamale</li><li>The opportunity to increase access to and participation in education, quality of teaching and learning, and effective management of educational resources</li><li>The knowledge, skills and confidence to become self-reliant citizens whose sense of social responsibility propels them ahead.</li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activities for young people:</span><ol><li>Academic complementary lessons (learning through play approach)</li><li>Interactive social programs for young people (5-18 years)</li><li>Guided recreational and sporting activities for kids and youth</li><li>Life planning education and training for youth and kids (13-19 years)</li><li>Youth leadership training.</li></ol><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >C. The Visits</span></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-1. Meeting with members of board</span><br />One of the first days I had a meeting with some members of CPYWD-board. Some are teachers, some are social workers, others work in business and one is minister of an evangelic church. So, people from different fields in society. They explained me that CPYWD is still young but full of ambitions. Thanks to the all-coordinator and head of the project Mr. Yakubu Iddrisu. On my question: <span style="font-style: italic;">"What is the next step to be done in the project?"</span> They answered unanimous: <span style="font-style: italic;">"We need to focus on awareness of the youth for their place in society and in their personal life and at the same time we have to give them tools to arrange and plan their life. Many of them have a low self-esteem and low self-confidence. We can help them to make next steps and decisions and not to wait in a passive way. With the help of the Dutch volunteers we arrange learning by playing (see below)"</span>.<br /><br />We discussed the need to have a support from the teachers and the families. If children and youngsters remain passive students with no chance for initiative or active participation in the school-community the project can hardly change their attitud. Children receive conflicting messages. For that reason the CPYWD tries to involve also the teachers from primary schools and Junior High Schools. They are invited to attend meetings and workshops. Family support is much more difficult, but it is in the planning.<br /><br />During this meeting I explained the possibility in Holland to support them. The Janusz Korczak Association together with the Ghana Haarlem Association can arrange together with the partners in Ghana a strong triangle of cooperation.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJC3RA3TjetoO2ifQuZSs0Jv5U3D5ZAYkoy6Yxbl_7cnPujiYOEWi-_yHa0tuCannX_L7IWYhN9YPAvI4HuENvO81VaMNfiggeLt4jhU1XcSYH0sy_NtoPB-yTybfvJa3jfJFDpc-Xa8/s288/cpywd-jksn2008_03.jpg" alt="Miss. Sanne Peters, Volunteer" title="Miss. Sanne Peters, Volunteer" border="0" />Talks with Miss. Sanne Peters, the volunteer working for several months already in the project, made clear that the process of change is going step by step. We shouldn’t be impatient and not expect too much. But she noticed that the learning-through-play approach is doing well and it was proved when a new group from another community started from the beginning. The progress of the already existing groups was obvious compared with this starting group. So, that is hopeful and motivates to go on.<br /><br />In general groups of youngsters in the community are rather stable, but when children are needed to work in the fields they can or will not attend the meetings. But it is understandable.<br /><br />Miss. Sanne Peters, the Dutch volunteer, said that she and her colleagues try to involve the teachers to work in another way, adopting alternative approaches to teaching. But because of the lack of good teachers who studied in a teacher training colleges it often happens that young people coming from a senior high school, after a short course, are put as teachers, in the school in front of more than 50 pupils. They try to survive and have no good materials, know-how about the development of children or didactic skills to realize interactive learning. After visiting several schools (Primary and Junior high schools) I have to say that her conclusion is true.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-2. Meeting with adults working in the CPYWD-project</span><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXlu5oLyye9UHBTCudPHLGmDdgcnfNbscKxTQNrmaXaZAuO827OjtExPU7gcr7QfUxLHMHw71LYIK5G3OJ5x5_uQJwKJwbRRKaDON_wPON-f_tWps-rrV18M0tC1u7IJ-FcbMq6QDQ8E/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_04.jpg" alt="Theo Cappon introducing a workshop/lecture on Janusz Korczak" title="Theo Cappon introducing a workshop/lecture on Janusz Korczak" border="0" />I had the opportunity to offer a workshop/lecture for 32 adults, people working as facilitators for the after-school activities and also some teachers from Public Primary schools with whom CPYWD works.<br /><br />We started with an introduction to the life and work of Janusz Korczak. We discovered that Korczak’s idea’s about the autonomy and active participation of children come close to the objectives of their work with youngsters. Dr Joop Berdings’s article <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">“Participation in the classroom, the inspiration of Janusz Korczak”</span> was the guideline for this lecture and workshop. <img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd_zMto6sukOiLgmURNXe6tmJqevnep2JqUmrcXBpp9Lwn65TVTEZdnQgb4Ug3Kj4H78aj_a7WE-Nh503RSMs749lPMgOY7xwiW7LOddrknLP5X-_p0yCjx4uupkLLQVcUfKcIWNqY78/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_05.jpg" alt="People working as facilitators for the after-school activities with CPYWD" title="People working as facilitators for the after-school activities with CPYWD" border="0" />But for them, working with youngsters in the after-school program, we also focused on the issue participation and citizenship. Children need to learn that the rights of citizens also require responsibility. In order to learn these responsibilities children and youngsters need to engage in collaborative activities with other persons, including those who are older and more experienced than themselves. For this reason CPYWD activities in the communities are very important. When adults recognize children’s capacities and when they give them step by step more responsibility and tasks, they will grow to active members of society.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-3. Meeting with young people</span><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0N44EMDTlaWSDw2rpsnAEf_lpYZtP2NviPQuAUMvc3N9lT_AtYwWtD2Px2KIBPPmA5r1OTY-NZZsQzO9eWiOz-a7w2vI1u2m_nePC430Dpt6Rr5rRe_KfksecbvjznPQ4zOltNyGiA4/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_06.jpg" alt="Kids participants to the after-school program offered by CPYWD" title="Kids participants to the after-school program offered by CPYWD" border="0" />CPYWD also organized a workshop for youngsters (14-20 years old) from Tamale and some communities in the neighbourhood. These youngsters are already for a longer time participants of the after-school program offered by CPYWD.<br /><br />About 47 people attended this meeting and we did some activities focused on group work and active participation.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP12L2jlTb4ubgH6sQTHGxHphV2Tf3IcMgPsOmS617CXIY6nwZFIZ6CkBSQWpDD4Xf5Y_tA2fxhUlvwAQjq7zNVnFRNtZtIv7sZ2uuNw_6ozKZUi-c_FnFH2gRsK3M8KBwWNt4edbUq0/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_07.jpg" alt="The second workshop with the pupils" title="The second workshop with the pupils" border="0" />The second workshop with the pupils" title="The second workshop with the pupils" border="0">They got individual and group task and we discussed the impact of these workshops on their personal feelings and involvement. Many of these youngsters have a low self-esteem and feel not free to express themselves. Cooperation and finding a creative solution in problem solving is a weak point too. Learning-through-playing is for them the best approach.<br /><br />The workshops, taking many hours with a break for meal and drinks, were a big success. Also some quests (teachers and facilitators) gave positive reactions and comments.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-4. A visit to after-school activities in a small community (Katariga)</span><br />Together with Elisha, one of the volunteers and staff-members of CPYWD, we went to a small village, north of Tamale called Katariga. Elisha (facilitator) planned to work that day with children, 8 and 9 years old, of the village school. We arrived a little bit early and school didn’t finish yet. I had the opportunity to visit some lessons. First impression was the overcrowded room with 56 children. Little wooden school seats, three children in one seat. No space to write or to move, a lack of good materials and books, Teachers who demand silence and don’t give opportunities for children to ask questions. Children are passive and there is no space or willingness for group work. For these children CPYWD organizes after-school activities using Learning-through-play concept.<br /><br />In these activities children are invited to work in little groups and they can show their own creativity. Elisha took the children to the play-ground of the school and introduced an interesting exercise. Children were standing in two circles, an inner circle and an outer circle. Each child of the inner circle had behind her/him a child of the outer circle. On a sign of Elisha the children of the inner circle had to "‘fall" backwards trusting the child behind her/him to catch them.<br /><br />Why such a game? It gives the children feelings of trust, experience of cooperation, a more relaxed physical feeling and last but not least the experience of a common class activity.<br /><br />Elisha continued the games in the classroom. Again the children had to work in little groups on simple tasks. Unfortunately there were not enough materials, (like memory and jig-saw puzzles) for so many children. There were too many children in one group and many children had to wait for their turn. Due to the strict discipline and the dutifulness of the children there was no chaos. But this kind of organization or setting is not so effective though the enthusiasm of the children was striking. They like these kind of learning-through-play.<br /><br />Conclusion: More materials and facilitators for learning-through-play are needed as well as training in working with big groups.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-5. Talks with officials from the G.E.S. (Ghana Educational Service)</span><br />As said before, the professional level of the teachers is sometimes dramatically low; young and not well trained in an institute. The need for special courses for them, focused on the psychological development of children and good didactic is very high. It was just this point of discussion we had with two representatives of the Ghana Educational Service in Tamale. These representatives were the Circuit supervisors of education. The GES is the local branch of the Ministry of Education in Ghana. They endorse this huge problem. They explained the complexity of the educational problems in the country. Overcrowded classes, lack of materials, low salaries, neglected buildings, and last but not least, the low professional level of the teachers.<br /><br />During this open talks and discussion a new initiative unfolded. Perhaps a pilot project (6 schools) to be managed by CPYWD, the Dutch Janusz Korczak Association and supported and monitored by the Ghana Education Service in Tamale is an option. We can start from the already existing contacts CPYWD have with the six schools (after-school program). We will work it out.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-6. Blessed by the chief</span><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_hiYBPjij2yIKKM_8d5OMCbXaD7HN_dsucK8PZl0E70RDoygENJp3QoYdX1L9HX3Qv_onhPh-a8CHaTIed-c9ROcXb0_0Wpihln9qUFK5edDBz1TbQPSRHEMhBYYQOYEL695JLa9IRo/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_11.jpg" alt="Salutations" title=" Salutations" border="0" />My visit to Tamale ended in a very special and unforgettable way.Mr Yakubu Iddrisu had organised for Miss Sanne Peters (one of the Dutch volunteers) and me a meeting in one of the communities north of Tamale. It was planned as meeting for children and youngsters, coming from 4 little villages. When we arrived after a beautiful ride through the savannah landscape more than 250 children were sitting in a big circle and little by little the adults from the villages joined them. At least more than 300 people attended the function. Women dressed in beautiful coloured robes. Many of them with a little child carried in a cloth on the back. After a while, drums and bells approached and when they came closer and finally entered the circle we saw the 4 chiefs of the communities, dressed in traditional costumes, between them.<br /><br />Chairs stood ready and they took their place with dignity. Everybody kept silent. Mr. Yakubu after introducing Sanne Peters and me opened the meeting and explained why everybody was invited. He stressed in his speech the meaning of youth in a community. He did an appeal on active participation and he told the parents to stimulate activities and initiatives of their children. He also said how important play is for the development of the child.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZDQh2Kb3Ocw7qT-RzqqYQHWoluS8O_KDkWtwxClvMkDoIR2ru6z50KQMqvw0x7Tg1jEHUP3seDWSlqgKTylpF0LsVokNeh5rmW8miyF_RP4iVuqQ8U0gOxqOWnrvgrydwJ_Aup0idKY/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_12.jpg" alt="Call and dance" title="Call and dance" border="0" />Then, the drums and bells again and we could enjoy a real African dance by an older man, one of the important elderly people of the village. Followed by a group of dancing boys dressed in ladies-skirts and little bells around their waist (unfortunately the original skirts don’t exist anymore). Although the dressing up was a little bit strange, the dance itself was amazing and original. This dance is traditionally known as "baamaaya".<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqc2Nd0m1zlawYx5IQaJJbUYFGobD-mqkndb-Y24oBVaiV2Q_B4I9kmBDF_sUm5n2kBYuuCD9KZmM5mlhE3RV1-p786sEYx7dgHBxaAfeYCqbN-GM1fBn4eBBStGqMLehiYp0EtsFQSEs/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_13.jpg" alt="Musicians" title="Musicians" border="0" />Then suddenly, after this dance, the man with the biggest drum approached to me and invited me to dance in the circle on their rhythm. One second I hesitated, but refusing would have been a shame and perhaps offending. So, I jumped in the circle and did my utmost best to look alike the dancing old man. You cannot imagine the cheers, shouting and laughter that resounded among all the children and adults. It should have looked like a dancing, idiot, white old, bold alien.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvUzTUuV1WCwwewjxsZA_L4ZOYx9NA7029JxVstmydU2MR9GWJQR5qTOVUG6oWcrtgcl_e4FZTJrbONtTeB5TUcrsl4qz27wIaHrXhkamKVR_qeFqnKxmEis7EaNP6tjfZYgAtj-B4k4/s144/cpywd-jksn2008_14.jpg" alt="Suddenly, a musician invited me to dance…" title=" Suddenly, a musician invited me to dance…" border="0" />Looking back at the pictures my friends made, I must say it was like that. But everybody congratulated me and I saved my face.<br /><br />The meeting ended with a big surprise for me. The chief of the village said: "I should like to say some words" and he addressed to us. In his own language (Yakubu translated) he stressed how the 4 villages were honoured to have Sanne and me as guests from Holland, supporting the projects CPYWD is doing in the communities. He offered me the title of honoured citizen (Zisung-naa) of his village. I received in a short ceremony 5 cola nuts handed in a coloured cloth. I was so touched that I couldn’t find words to say at that very moment.<br /><br />For me it was the most emotional moment of my stay in Ghana. Later I went to the four chiefs to talk with them and to express my gratitude and feelings. The meeting ended with a prayer of a referent minister of a community Baptist Church.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">D. Evaluation</span></span></div><br /><ol><li>What to say about CPYWD-project? A cautious, for the present impression:</li><li>CPYWD is a young but very diligent and ambitious project with a strong mission.</li><li>The aims of the project are very relevant for the situation of youth in Northern Ghana.</li><li>The project has a clear organization and a very good director (Mr. Yakubu Iddrisu).</li><li>Co-workers of the project are enthusiastic and motivated.</li><li>There is a willingness to work with the Dutch partners (volunteers, exchange of know-how, mutual visits and inter-relations)</li><li>Important next steps?</li></ol><ul><blockquote><li>New, more and better materials for the learning-through-play activities.</li><li>Training of the facilitators in the project (organization and presentation of the activities, development of children)</li><li>Cooperation with the teachers (the approach of the teachers and the volunteers are not always the same).</li><li>Perhaps in a next step, pedagogical training of teachers and volunteers in a combined setting (see C-5).</li><li>Regular meetings of the Dutch Ghana-group and feedback with CPYWD.</li><li>Continuation of learning-through-play development (activities, materials)</li><li>Good preparation of volunteers.</li><li>Fund-raising.</li></blockquote></ul><div style="text-align: right;">Theo Cappon, JKSN President<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Amsterdam Nov. 17, 2008</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More</span><ul><li>"<a href="http://africa.afjk.org/ghana-cpywd">Korczak's legacy for African children</a>", by Yakubu Iddrisu (CPYWD)</li><li>About Ghana : <a href="http://www.ghana-pedia.org/org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=45">an English Travellers FAQ</a></li><li>Two others Korczak Associations are currently working relationship with African Social workers to help them to propagated Children’s right in Africa:<ul><li>The French Korczak Association AFJK provides special support to three local NGO in Nord-Kivu, DRCongo, in the heart of the Great Lakes humanitarian crisis: <a href="http://children-voice.org/">Children’s voice in Goma</a>, and <a href="http://africa.afjk.org/page-ead">EAD in Beni</a>, and one in Burundi: <a href="http://africa.afjk.org/page-aves">AVES in Buhumbura</a> – See their new collective Korczak African blog (in French): <a href="http://africa.afjk.org/">http://africa.afjk.org</a></li><li>The Swiss Korczak Association support a diplomatic initiative for the promotion of a <a href="http://ika-news.blogspot.com/2008/05/creating-korczak-prize-in-burundi.html">Korczak Prize in Burundi</a>.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">***<br /></span></div></li></ul></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-21245588223705147662008-12-03T23:13:00.004+01:002008-12-22T23:08:37.687+01:00The first korczak brasilian summercamp<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Korczak brasilian summercamp<br /></span></div><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 80%;"><em>Our Korczak friends in Brasil organised for the first time an integration camp for children with different backgrounds. The camp was held in Pirenópolis, near Brasilia, in the Central region of Brasil. 24 children, 12 from the north and 12 from the south took part with 8 educators and 5 people from Vaga Lume staff. The Dutch-Russian “Nash Dom” camps served as a model [<a href="http://korczak.fr/m3monde/nederlands/nash-dom-summercamp-theo-cappon.html">Report</a>]. Sylvia Guimaraes sent us a short full colour report.</em></p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vaga Lumes Network Program</span> (Translator’s note: Vaga Lume is the Portuguese word for “firefly”), carried out by the Vaga Lume Association since 2005, has as its objective to promote cultural exchange among children from the different regions of Brazil, encouraging the development of reading and writing, as well as integration among children.<br /><br />In 2008, two groups were communicating between the states of São Paulo and Pará. The Anchieta Project, an NGO located in the Grajaú section of the low-income outskirts of São Paulo, with four public schools from the small town of Castanhal, Pará; and the privately owned Oswald School, located in the Vila Madalena section of São Paulo, which corresponded with two public schools in the rural area of the town of Soure, Pará.<br /><br />Altogether, <span style="font-weight: bold;">1,600 children and over 60 educators</span> from the two states participated. During the school year, the students communicated from a distance by means of two exchanges of materials: during the first semester, they talked about the topic “our environment,” and in the second semester they sent their reactions to the materials, commenting on their cultural and environmental similarities and differences. The materials are highly varied, each teacher working in the classroom with his/her students in keeping with their grade level, encouraging creativity and producing individual and group letters, scale models, crafts, games, etc.<br /><br />The initial projects on the topic “our environment” were exchanged in person during the Integration Camp of the Vaga Lumes Network held during the last week of July in Pirenópolis, Goiás, at the IPEC EcoCenter, which has a reference facility for education and sustainability.<br /><br />Each of the four participating groups (the Anchieta Project, the Oswald School, Soure and Castanhal) had an elected delegation made up of six children (10-12 years old) and two educators. The program and the activities were based on the ideas of Janusz Korczak.<br /><br />The pedagogical concept, the principles of justice, brotherhood, and equal rights and obligations were put into practice: distribution of tasks, incentives to autonomy, development of responsibility, and conversations reflecting everything the children wanted to debate (inspired by Korczak’s parliament and court); in this way, the children develop the progressive ability to deal with feelings and with conflicts.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="width: 450px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYiy6bJErGZ6OG0S6olSKfP3RXN0z9D0ddtqKFBdommV1-yWlJD45rjMa_sRf78d5DAJZrywzyZg9R0xY6hyphenhyphenFr270NfUr55K34fG9rGW-67b7vqqD2M3utGLeI_D5Ae44pzZL28gVeTs/s400/brasil_summercamp2008_450.jpg" alt="Photo-souvenir in Brasilia" title=" Photo-souvenir in Brasilia" border="0" /></div><br /><br />On returning home, the children prepared feedback in order to share the results of the Camp experience with their communities and present the materials received. The feedback takes place using exhibitions and cultural events for students, teachers, parents, and others involved in each community. After the feedback, the children prepare the replies to the materials exchanged to finalize communication for the year.<br /><br />Since its creation, the Vaga Lumes Network Program has achieved the following results: 16,783 students participating from seven institutions in São Paulo and 49 schools from six towns in Amazonia; holding of the first Integration Camp in 2008 with 30 participants; publication of the book “Cartas, Pontes, Novos Horizontes” (Letters, Bridges, New Horizons), which will be launched at the beginning of 2009. The book addresses the exchange of experiences between public schools in the rural zone of the town of Portel, Pará and students from the Vera Cruz School in São Paulo, and comes with a DVD containing a film about the project.<br /><br />For the Vaga Lumes Network Program, the opportunity for developing expression, especially through writing and speaking, constitutes an important part of human growth.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Sylvia Guimaraes<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-12931379102321521092008-11-12T23:49:00.004+01:002008-12-22T16:41:41.207+01:00St-Petersburg Festival of Tolerance 2008<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Festival of Tolerance dedicated to Korczak<br /></span></div><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 80%;"><em>In St-Petersburg, Russia, the yearly Festival of Tolerance was dedicated this year 2008 to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Korczak. The report by Irina Gurvich (Korczak Association in STP).</em></p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye5OopvNbTyLXhvSP2_X71x4m3r0vDB-8qVyYwK3puq-qN3KTDeBTiz_oNK_XuTRNZenUn36dLPqWCbY6BvSAxp7M6AUiIAorIfWGmqN0FLavYutzsi8lI6hmO3RDiPrBQLnxSPhURq8/s144/irina-gurvich_th100.jpg" alt="Irina Gurvich" title="Irina Gurvich" border="1" />The Festival of Tolerance dedicated to the 130 year anniversary of Janusz Korczak took place on November 12th – 14th in St. Petersburg, organizer by the Jewish charitable organization of St. Petersburg "Eva".<br /><br />The festival was held with the support and direct participation of such organizations as:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>The Korczak Information and Cultural Center of Tolerance</li><li>St. Petersburg Korczak Society</li><li>Central Library named after K. Paustovsky</li><li>Interregional Scientific and Educational Center and the Foundation "Holocaust", and many others.</li></ul><br />The festival took place in ESOD House of Jewish Culture, which is the center of Jewish cultural life of St. Petersburg. The festival included the following compositions:<br />The festival included an exhibition titled "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Janusz Korczak - A heart given to children</span>", children's drawing contest dedicated to the life and work of Janusz Korczak. The exhibition was organized by our center with Eva.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="width: 450px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZz25j05wmOSkpWuioQKpF-5Z4cJgqiUyLioZbeOA9sfBUk80SvqeU4SRpJXGvUrVqZPZFoTs_W4Dp7V9dfd2MQ3cDJTLGTlrg-GNksOdJBv3MAZEJzrdewnSd3rrzyE3IMAtrckAL2g/s400/stp_2008-12-11_korczak_02.jpg" alt="Exhibition Janusz Korczak a heart given to children" title="Exhibition Janusz Korczak a heart given to children" border="0" /></div><br />We had a lot of excursions for schoolchildren and teachers. About 500 people attended the exhibition.<br /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OOfJCdbGSNo__f0f-S3ShdOG2rHrkkh2EGnQVz_vd6sz4UzqXq8Zxb-gX4C3hozsRHOQOnIsyJzj7TpLw7SAYvLJRUcdybIM_-zsbuyd07TzSVYPn8ojL4dmUeykfoNPJuf0f9Uulzc/s288/stp_2008-12-11_korczak_05.jpg" alt="About 500 visitors" title="About 500 visitors" border="1" />Аlla Gurvich, director of the Korczak Information and Cultural Center of Tolerance, told schoolchildren about Janusz Korczak, his personality, his books known in Russia, about his unique experience of raising orphans, the pedagogical ideas contained in books "<span style="font-weight: bold;">How to love a child</span>" and "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The child's right to respect</span>". The children learned about the major principles of Korczak's educational ideas and his life's main work - House of orphans.<br /><br />There also was a literary/musical composition "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Korczak</span>" - presented by a Jewish cultural center "Aleph" (the city of Rostov-on-Don). The composition is based on a poem "Kaddish" by Alexander Galich (the poem's dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust and Janusz Korczak, who shared the fate of his children). The composition "Korczak" became diplomant of the First International Festival of Jewish drama theaters in Moscow.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw40-_7UzcfuykQ3I0-540wUlkPxIg6aYQtT1OJcYj0ySvQzAghJxKU-103cgiWpy-CbzLlTDDVSqdwg05m90Cy3pEmaNhCKAaab8BxexsTOOKEy07PLUOl8PI0APxCfIppB5rqxTqB4/s288/stp_2008-12-11_korczak_09.jpg" alt="A composition based on a poem" title="A composition based on a poem" border="0" />There also was a screening of the film "Korczak" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andrzej Wajda</span>, provided by The Korczak Information and Cultural Center of Tolerance.<br /><br />The second day of the festival was a day of workshops for teachers of St. Petersburg schools - "The lessons of the Holocaust - the road to Tolerance", which was focused on such topics as:<br /><ul><li>Criteria for tolerance</li><li>Intolerance and its manifestations</li><li> Janusz Korczak and the Humanistic Education</li></ul><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5lIpkxVJzWxuSyXDYMIfjclauF5xrVxl6NtP7Qg9RgY666LeNU7gctIqNSmQ9VjqeWw9U6FCgqTH80Urb47INjq9psDyQKTK9dpBSHfBoV8c9iCGDWdGIF0xGJRl-uGHQWnKVfInmEg/s288/stp_2008-12-11_korczak_10.jpg" alt=" Michael Epstein" title=" Michael Epstein" border="0" />The host of the round table "Parenting in a spirit of tolerance" was Michael Epstein. He, along with Valery Puzyrevskim, held a seminar for teachers "Janusz Korczak and humanistic education".<br /><br />The exhibition "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The lessons of the Holocaust</span>" has also been held by The Korczak Information and Cultural Center of Tolerance. The Center presented a lot of books, articles, photos and other materials.<br /><br />Closing the festival ended with a solemn giving of certificates to the participants and organizers of the festival. We would like to note that such a festival markedly contributes to the raising the cultural level and the development of the Petersburg schools, universities, professors, students and schoolchildren.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Irina Gurvich/Ирина Гурвич<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-5583493133893065042008-05-25T23:50:00.018+02:002008-12-26T02:54:17.293+01:00Creating a Korczak Prize in Burundi<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 180%;">JKB Korczak Prize in Burundi<br />Encouraging peace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://africa.afjk.org/prix-korczak-burundi">French</a>]</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Joël Hakazimana, a Burundian student and political refugee in Switzerland, asks our attention for the present situation in his country as he did in 1999 when he got the Janusz Korczak Prize in Children’s rights for his work on the human rights through his comic-strip “<span style="font-weight: bold;">Où allons-nous – Mbega Tugenda Tuja He</span>” (see below). He started an interesting initiative with the State University of Burundi.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/images/bd_jh_burundi-1996_08th.jpg" alt="Image de la guerre civile" title="Extrait de la BD de Joël Hakizimina" border="0" />Joël say the situation has changed in Burundi. In 1999, the war divided the official army made and a rebellion. The military was Tutsi and the Rebellion was Hutu. There were a lot of massacres. It was just after the Genocide in Rwanda. Today, the Army is mixed of Hutu and Tutsi and there is still a Hutu rebellion that takes roots 30 years ago and that is responsible of the militia attacks the last April. Those acts of violence seem to come to end with the return to the long awaited negotiation process in Bujumbura, but there are still now political prisoners, the opposition parties are intimidated, everyone is armed, there is a huge poverty that increase the tensions, everyday newsletter profile a worst situation in term of human rights, civil rights, social and economic rights. Burundi is still at war, argue Joël Hakizimana who is preparing a Master of Arts in African Studies at the University of Basel. He calls on us through a project he has for Burundi that involves the Janusz Korczak community workers.<br /><br />The new Janusz Korczak for Burundi (JKB) that Joël presents us the genesis through its touching personal testimony is also for him a call to sustain that hope for its country to access to peace, to democracy and to the respect due to its children, in the continuation of the Janusz Korczak opera.<br /><br />We are happy to relay that call here and welcome the creation of this award which will certainly encourage the development of research on the promotion of human rights and respect for the child in Burundi.<br /><br />We are surprised, however, by the conditions of admission (see below) to a small group already privileged (students of the 2nd degree of the State university).<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/images/bd_jh_burundi-1996_12th.jpg" alt="Image de la paix" title="Extrait de la BD de Joël Hakizimina" border="0" />In Africa as elsewhere, the lessons of History teach us that changing attitudes of respect for life and human rights is - unfortunately - not necessarily linked to the intellectual elite or even to the development of culture or to GDP and living standards.<br /><br />That is why we hope that these restrictive conditions may rapidly evolve to open this new price Korczak to young motivated Burundians already involved as volunteers or social workers in different practical help and assistance to many vulnerable children of this country.<br /><br />Being able to apply for a solid training the Rights of the Child, which is more inspired by the exemplary action of Dr. Korczak was not a theorist as a great practitioner of education, should not be restricted to an elite.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">IJKnews Team</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Read the call by Joël Hakizimina</span>:<br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">JKB Korczak Prize in Burundi, encouraging peace</span>" [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/jkb/call_joel-hakizimana_prize-jkb_en_3p.pdf">PDF 113 Ko, 3 p.</a>]<br />[French] « Le prix Korczak du Burundi, un encouragement à la paix » [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/jkb/appel_joel-hakizimana_prix-jkb_fr_3p.pdf">PDF 131 Ko, 3 p.</a>]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">See also by the same author</span>:<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A comic-strip to promote peace through Inter-ethnic dialogue: "<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/bd_hakizimana_1996_1/index.html">Où allons-nous ? – Mbega Tugenda Tuja He?</a>" <span style="font-style: italic;">(Were are we going ?)</span>, still relevant, to discover online for the first time, and (separately) its "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notice to readers</span>" translated in English, French and Kirundi [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/bd_jh-burundi_avis_trilingue_2p.pdf">PDF 70 Ko, 2 p.</a>], also avalaible in PDF to be download:<br /></div>- BD, bilingual in Kirundi and French [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/bd_hakizimana_1996_kir-fr_14p.pdf">PDF <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1,26 Mo</span>, 14 p.</a>]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >More about the Korczak Prize in Burundi</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eligibilty to JKB and date line</span><br />[EN] [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/jkb/conditions_prix-jkb-2008_en.pdf">PDF 76 Ko, 2 p.</a>]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JKB regulation (in French)</span><br />[FR] Réglement du JKB [<a href="http://korczak.info/africa/burundi/jkb/reglement_prix-korczak-univ-burundi_fr_3p.pdf">PDF 148 Ko, 3 p.</a>]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JKB international Organizer and Partners</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Swiss Korczak Association covers the travelling costs Burundi-Switzerland and deserve the Prize, The State University of Burundi seat in Bujumbura, the <a href="http://www.childsrights.org/html/index.html">Institut International des Droits de l’enfant</a> (IDE seat in Sion, Swizerland) covers the cost of the courses and the staying, due to the attention of its Director Mr Jean Zermatten, Vice Chairman of the Children's Committee at the United Nations. The Prize is supported by the Republic of Burundi, the Ministry of Education, The Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNESCO Burundi, UNICEF Burundi, The NGO <a href="http://cirid.ch/">CIRID</a> (Independent Centre of Research and Initiative for the Dialogue) founded in 1996 in Geneva.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">BURUNDI links</span></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[EN-FR] Burundi Info : <a href="http://www.burundi-info.com/?lang=en">http://www.burundi-info.com/?lang=en </a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[EN] <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/central_african_news.cfm">Voice of America (Central Africa)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[EN, video 2007, October]: <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/guests/alexis-sinduhije">Alexis Sinduhije, the famous journalist</a>, about the recent Burundi’s History<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] iJambo l’est africain <a href="http://www.ijambo.com/special-burund">http://www.ijambo.com/special-burundi</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] Burundi CNDD (Gov): <a href="http://www.burundi-info.com/?lang=fr">http://www.burundi-info.com/?lang=fr</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] Burundi Réalités: <a href="http://www.burundirealite.org/">http://www.burundirealite.org</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] RFI, “<a href="http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/101/article_66632.asp">Génocide burundais : un travail de mémoire</a>” (audio FR, 24 mai 2008)<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] Burundi News Free: <a href="http://www.burundi.news.free.fr/">http://www.burundi.news.free.fr</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[FR] <a href="http://www.burundibwacu.org/">Burundi Bwacu (+ radio)</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">[EN] Weak State Index 2008 [<a href="http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/%7E/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/02_weak_states_index/02_weak_states_index.pdf">PDF, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3,8 Mo</span>, 47 p.</a>]</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.charlierose.com/guests/alexis-sinduhije"></a></span>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-58516485425646481832008-04-02T22:50:00.003+02:002008-12-22T23:13:21.427+01:00News about Projeto Anchieto, SP Brasil<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">A visit to the Korczak’s Friends<br />in São Paulo</span></div><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 80%;"><em>During the International Korczak Youth Meeting, September 2007, Sylvia Guimarães from the project “Projeto Anchieto” in São Paulo (<a href="http://ika-news.blogspot.com/2005/03/projeto-anchieto-in-brasil.html">described here</a>), invited Theo Cappon, President of the JK Society in The Nederlands, to visit the place and to organise a Korczak seminar for all workers and volunteers. Report.</em></p><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">4 years ago I visited the “Projeto Anchieto” for the last time and I was very curious and eager to see how things had been changed. Indeed, it was a big surprise to see the new houses for workshops, circles and games for children. The old, rather primitive ones were removed and the new ones looked very inviting.<br /><br />I spent two days in the project, one day just observing all kinds of activities. Each morning 150 kids in the age of 3-12 years old, from the poor districts around (the favela) come to Projeto Anchieto to have a good breakfast (beans and rice) and to join different kinds of activities, offered by the group leaders and volunteers. In the afternoon, the same situation with another 150 kids.<br /><br />The second day we organised a seminar for all adults in the project, even for colleagues from the neighbourhood-projects. But also for the cooks and the guards. Thema: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">“What can we learn from Janusz Korczak for our daily work with children?”</span>. Thanks to Sylvia and Fabio (coordination, translation, hosting) we had a dynamic and fruitful meeting. People had many positive comments and went home with new inspiration.<br /><br />I was touched by their approach of children. They offer not only a safe place, but (more over) trust, self respect, and love. The letters on the wall, a quotation of Korczak, is not just a slogan, but for this Projeto Anchieto a reality:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">“Children become not human beings in the future, they are already to day”.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Theo Cappon, Dutch Janusz Korczak Association</div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-5231909425601631082008-02-15T16:46:00.011+01:002008-12-23T18:59:38.332+01:00NL: Korczak Int. Youth Meeting report, Sept. 07<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 180%;">Report of the Janusz Korczak<br />International Youth Meeting</div><div style="text-align: center;">September 18th–22nd 2007, The Netherlands</div><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 80%; text-align: justify;"><em>In 2007, the Dutch Janusz Korczak Association (IJKSN) offered herself a jubilee-present to celebrated its 25th birthday. These korczakian people decided the best way should be an International Conference for young people, working in the field of education, childcare, upbringing, children’s rights, public health service etc. They did it and it was a big success for all the participants. See below their wonderful report, a summery. You will find all posts on this blog on the right menu, under its own label, and the full report is available on demand by email.</em></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><table style="width: 194px;"><tbody><tr align="center"><td style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ikanews/NLIntYouthConf2007?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rNt44J2_PIg/Rw-obOwetTE/AAAAAAAACSE/gAQbzYyIB7A/s160-c/NLIntYouthConf2007.jpg" style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" width="160" height="160" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-style: italic;"><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ikanews/NLIntYouthConf2007?feat=embedwebsite#slideshow" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Slideshow: click here!</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The context of the conference</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAeE0WKaCoSkbFvzx-rWjKL18ySkGOOuhGcHZTnG62qNhnjRHb5ZUQm5tpEVxZVbgwxgyygA3G2yeo9eovdn_ln_HTAXZX6dmojeBaCv24DVt9c5Zc_c4-P3aFRdJKSSVjEA2i6tm9Io/s288/art1_1stday_0588_200.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 01" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 01" border="0" />After the Janusz Korczak International Meeting in 1995 in The Netherlands, it became evident that the approach of youth-care in the Eastern and Western European countries, as well as in the countries in South-America, Asia and Africa, differs a lot. During this conference there was a strong demand for exchange of practical experiences and ideas in the field of youth-care, education and children’s rights (special youth at risk). The Janusz Korczak Associations in the different countries have their own, specific manner of dealing with the problems of offering support to children and youngsters in threatend situations (in the family, at school, in the peer-group, etc.).<br /><br />During that conference in 2005 the reciprocal inspiration was highly appreciated and of course also the inspiration by Korczak’s work and ideas. Specially the young educators and group leaders need know-how and encouragement for their daily work in the institutions, schools and children’s houses. Important was (and is) the coherent continuation in their work. That involved in the obligation for more exchange, study and support at the long term.<br /><br />For this purpose, the conference in 2007 will give an impulse. It will bring together young professionals, volunteers and experts.<br /><br />We had 8 important pedagogical themes with high relevance for people from so many different countries, like:</div><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Growing up in two cultures; Problems vs positive experiences in a multicultural an multi-ethnic society</li><li>The need of education for citizenship; active participation of children in society.</li><li>Children and multimedia (TV, internet, video-games, mobile telephones); risks and opportunities; influence of consumer society.</li><li>The right of children on sexuality.</li><li>Learning for life. How can children be active in their own learning process?</li><li>Integration of disabled and chronic ill children in society</li><li>The right of children to mental and physical protection</li><li>How can we help children and young people to deal with aggression?</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWkxigsYqbWrv0t6ITU_CTlN3-EC6fWHJdNXUHArokCGvlY9pf6HPfRuIl7iIn4UDPByBaSyxZBLUtnNRZhkw3z7A4Jl7ZFRJX3i6e1eGdAE02Wpt-d590DDzHTYePhcNJMzs3cfAIuo/s288/seminar07_6062_200.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 02" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 02" border="0" />People came from Bangladesh, Brasil, Burundi, Czech, France, Germany, Ghana, Holland, India, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, and Poland. We stayed 6 days in a nice house near the beach of the North Sea and the water temperature was perfect for swimming.<br /><br />If you are thinking of conferences, often boring, long-winded speeches come in memory and passive listeners.<br /><br />In our case we followed a different approach. For each topic a specialist worked together with the participants in an inter-active way. It were real workshops and the participants put their own experiences and know-how into the workshops. Each workshop took two morning-sessions. So, after two days another topic could be chosen.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbBplH6gy5o2KU3gGRyX4LJmTu-_it0kudnbY3X_hBmr5TDl9cZzXd0QiVXECnoFqXr7AL2llx8H6OYlDsXhaW9zj4FBlRGJ6rlOzsS4tviHCwZ7BJq_znKjV2a6slO4SNVtlGdOLno8/s288/seminar07_2585_200.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 03" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 03" border="0" />Each time people came to us to tell how much such a workshop meant for them. There was a great commitment among the participants. If you live 6 days together, day and night, a strong tie and trust between people is growing.<br /><br />And than, the afternoon-session. We had the so-called creativity workshops in which we appealed on other aspects of one’s competences, perhaps unknown abilities like music, sculpt, producing animation films, playing in theatre, etc. These discoveries in yourself supported in turn the workshops in the morning sessions.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfPszmRcQgM9gVgGmAXB_3OWDjFLgU_Kwrft9cSLMLmdr5YyyA8FNSHEjabII_bIpQ5qv4esDkLEi00VbnlCa0M7D_wmG0RK5jzfAKEbpBik7g7JwWckH94rvr3Bk41_tXpnn32AE7WU/s288/seminar07_2587_200.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 04" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 04" border="0" />Very special were the "Open Stages" during the evening. Everybody could present their own specialities or projects. We listened to the story of Colette Charlet from France who worked in the project "Children’s city" in Rosario (Argentina); to Julia Fishman and Vladimir Vyzotski from Kiev who told us about the Jewish Welfare Work "Beitenu"; to Nilufar Karim from Bangladesh who showed us her work in Dacca; to Sylvia Guimaraes from São Paulo who told us about "Projeto Anchieto" in one a the biggest slums (favela) of that city; to Irina Gurvich and Natalia Levkova who explained us the importance of the Center of Tolerance in St-Peterburg, etc. etc. People were very much interested in these stories and the "Open Stages" always went longer than expected and were followed by questions and discussions.<br /><br />During that week we had some special highlights. First of all the breathtaking concert by Shura Lipovsky, famous singer of Yiddish Songs and storyteller. We had beautiful excursions to the North of Holland (The Dutch struggle against the water) and the old centre of Amsterdam, including a visit to the Anne Frank house. Some of the participants rent a bike and made nice trips to the forest and little villages.</div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What was the result of the Conference?</span><br /><ul><li>First of all we noticed that the 8 themes were recognizable for the participants with so different backgrounds. Topics like "The impact of media on children", "Growing up in a multicultural society" or "The right of children on a harmonious sexuality" proved to be relevant and of current interest everywhere.</li><li>Participants received new "baggage" for their work, but in the mean time they contributed to the colleagues their own know-how and experiences. The workshop leaders offered opportunities for this exchange and participants were very pleased with the level of the workshops.</li><li><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xpYB-m67GMQqCfEMZoIyxT2pq_YeACTrG5C2VzrgfQdXOSxlD0zQ7_Qy1xjZD_RDPmCNwKmBComkpIoh03xSycq3Km8W33D8wUDE89w_NJCCMZ430skIuiXoLVN1kxWVJxnnvhUVPMg/s288/art3_creativity_022_200.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 05" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 05" border="0" />One important thing was the renewed and widened knowledge about Korczak's life and work. Not all participants were familiar with Korczak's ideas and during the workshops, the "open stages", discussions and the morning texts, we tried to connect Korczak with our daily work or study. Besides that we had a reading-centre with books of Korczak, or about Korczak in several languages. Some were surprised that they could read about Korczak in their own language, like "The King of Children" in Russian or texts of Korczak in Portuguese. Students told us that these texts were real eye-openers for them and they discovered how Korczak was ahead of his time.</li><li>It is difficult to put into words the personal emotions and experiences of the participants during those days. Mutual recognition of problems but also support, solidarity and connection. Long talks till deep in the night or walks along the beach made one big family of us. Material or businesslike contacts but most of all friendships and of course many invitations belonging to them.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll put in the full report the comments of the participants and details of the workshops. The say goodbye on Friday morning was not easy; many thankful embraces.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">The JKSNL Conference team<br />To ask the full report: "info [x] korczak.nl"</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="width: 450px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J5cDmMOJEOzG0ijIiuWBpn2KAvcTqZhM9B1vJQG0T-z-Hpc0Dy89FMCjc-mV6eSBx0FL0XCaCZ6vKbPx-_TnOYQBihy0yJy5xMtZsXKVI0XJpnDvjTOYyzqtoAwc8a6UY687YLgFLjw/s400/SouvenirTheo_450.jpg" alt="International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 06" title=" International Korczak Youth Meeting, Holland, Sept. 2007 – IJKSN ph. 06" border="0" /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-51921114048462820152008-01-01T00:10:00.000+01:002008-12-22T23:07:01.838+01:00Happy New Year 2008 from IJKorczak News<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 180%;">Happy New Year 2008</div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span>ur greetings for 2008 for all children of the world: we hope they will be more respected and listened to by all adults. Children have the right to be heard and adults should listen to their views, as UE Commissioner Hammarberg said in his Appeal, on November 20th 2007 in Warsaw (<a href="http://ika-news.blogspot.com/2007/11/childrens-day-korczak-coes-appeal.html">our article in English</a> / <a href="http://korczak.fr/m3monde/eu/index.html">In French</a>).<br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="width: 400px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/ika/ika-greetings08_web500.jpg" alt="IKA postcard for 2008" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div style="visibility: visible;"><embed src="http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/floating.swf" loop="false" quality="high" flashvars="logopath=http://flash.picturetrail.com/pflicks/ptlogo1.swf&ptdim=50.10&ptxy=284.16&auto=1&fontsize=16&img1=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649939.jpg&text1=UE Commissioner Hammarberg in Warsaw&img2=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649921.jpg&text2=As King Matt the First said&img3=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649905.jpg&text3=Don't forget to respect and listen Children&img4=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649924.jpg&text4=Each point of view is signifiant&img5=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649912.jpg&text5=We have million of children&img6=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649916.jpg&text6=They should help to govern too!&img7=http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL1274/5767794/18616018/294649934.jpg&text7=Happy new year 2008 from All Korczak's Friends" wmode="transparent" name="circles" id="circles" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="360" width="360"></embed></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">________________</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Download the postcard</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">•Print release [<a href="http://korczak.info/images/ika/ika-greetings08_print.jpg">JPG 216 Ko</a>]</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">•Email release [<a href="http://korczak.info/images/ika/ika-greetings08_web500.jpg">JPG 44 Ko</a>]</span></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-75844813300002077902007-12-15T03:51:00.000+01:002008-01-02T04:40:42.569+01:00I'm small, but important, by Konrad Weiss<div style="text-align: center;">German Democratic Republic, 1998<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Ich bin klein - Aber wichtig,<br />portrait of Janusz Korczak<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;">directed by Konrad Weiß</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 138px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/germany/films_korczak/all_weiss_dvd_th.jpg" alt="Dvd Konrad Weiss cover" title="Dvd Konrad Weiss cover" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >W</span>ith the aid of film material, photographs, and texts, the film shows Korczak`s journey through life up until his self-sacrificing commitment to children in the Warsaw Ghetto.<br /><br />This is a film-essay about Janusz Korczak, the Jew and Pole, the doctor and educator and writer. A film about a wonderful man. The film goes on the search for a lost time. It is the attempt to come closer to Korczak, and it is a very personal film. He tries a dialogue over the time - always in the knowledge about the terrible guilt of the Germans.<br /><br />The film shows precious documents: Photographs of Janusz Korczak and his orphanage children, his books and letters. Friends, co-workers and pupils tell about their memories. And the film shows the faces of children - faces from yesterday and faces from today. And places, good places and bad places, the vanished world of Janusz Korczak.<br /><br />Above all: In the film are quoted his ideas and words, which he wrote about children and for children. It is essential to preserve the memory of Janusz Korczak and his children and their vanished world. Because memory is the mystery of the reconciliation. An unforgettable documentary on its time.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[Retrospective information, 12-2007]</div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More</span><br />— <a href="http://www.bln.de/k.weiss/media.htm">Producer website</a><br />— <a href="http://www.cine-holocaust.de/cgi-bin/gdq?efw00fbw002689.gd">Full notice</a><br />— <a href="http://www.media-versand.de/cgi-bin/his-webshop.pl?t=temgroup&f=*NAME1&start=1&dif=10&c=korczak">Others German Korczak videos</a><br /></span>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-54636992061087373952007-11-27T01:35:00.001+01:002008-12-26T05:31:25.003+01:00Children’s Day: Korczak COE’s appeal<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 180%;">“Children have the right to be heard<br />and adults should listen to their views”<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/eu/coe_waw201107-01_th.jpg" alt="Commissioner Hammarberg in Warsaw" title="Commissioner Hammarberg in Warsaw, 20 Nov., 2007" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >O</span>n the occasion of The International Children’s Day, as announced on this site, the Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg came especially to Warsaw following the footsteps of Janusz Korczak to deliver an important political speech for the recognition of active children’s rights, calling for his work to serve as a model in ensuring that children are actively involved in decision making processes. <span style="font-size:78%;">[© Foundation Shalom]</span><br /><br />The ceremony was organized by the Shalom Foundation in cooperation with Council of Europe, the Capital City of Warsaw, the Polish Janusz Korczak Association as well as with the Korczakianum Centre for Documentation and Research. The meeting was organized under the Patronage of Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw, Mrs. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.<br /><br />After reading a message from the President of Poland Mr. Lech Kaczyński, and an introduction by the Director of the Shalom Foundation - Mrs. Gołda Tencer, the President of the Polish Janusz Korczak Association - Mrs. Jadwiga Bińczycka expressed the readiness of the Polish and the International Janusz Korczak’s Associations to promote the ideas of Janusz Korczak in Europe and in the whole world.<br /><br />Among the Representatives of Ministries, Diplomacy and Embassies arrived to the meeting and other major guests, there were also the children from "Dom Sierot", the first Janusz Korczak’s orphanage still open in Jaktorowska Street in Warsaw, and the youth from a secondary school in Busko Zdrój.<br /><br />A message by Irena Sendler, the person who saved 2.500 Jewish children during the 2nd WW, was shown during the meeting. There was also a theatre performance based on lyrics by Janusz Korczak titled "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Warsaw is Mine and I am Warsaw’s</span>”, presented by actors and actresses of the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw. The event was accompanied by an exhibition of books by Janusz Korczak, translated into many languages of the world.<br /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/eu/coe_waw201107-05th.jpg" alt="Commissioner Hammarberg in Warsaw" title="Commissioner Hammarberg in Dom Sierot, 20 Nov., 2007 Warsaw" border="0" />After visiting the Janusz Korczak historical places in the centre of the city (the ghetto and Korczak memorial), The Commissioner Hammarberg made his lecture inside the walls of Dom Sierot. He payed a lengthy tribute to Janusz Korczak’s achievements and called for <span style="font-style: italic;">“a culture of greater receptivity and respect for children’s views”</span>.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[© Council of Europe]</span><br /><br />The Commissioner underlined that <span style="font-style: italic;">“children have the right to be heard and adults should listen to their views”</span>. Child participation, which is a right recognised by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, should take place at every stage of life, in family, in schools as well as in the community. <span style="font-style: italic;">“Children’s capacity to express freely their views is a precondition for their development”</span> he said.<br /><br />The Commissioner stressed that children should be involved in on all matters that affect their lives, adding that <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">“decision making bodies should organise a system where children have the possibility to express their views. This concerns national Governments, Parliaments, local and regional authorities, as well as international organisations”</span>.<br /><br />Since media plays an increasing role in our society, <span style="font-style: italic;">“the media also have a key role in making children’s views known to the public at large.”</span> Mr Hammarberg also added that “<span style="font-style: italic;">mass media could do more to inform children in a way which is appropriate to their age”</span>.<br /><br /><br />The day before [19/11/2007], in his latest “Viewpoint”, the Commissioner had payed tribute to Janusz Korczak, a pioneer of children’s rights, and called for his work to serve as a model in ensuring that children are actively involved in decision making processes. <span style="font-style: italic;">"All sides stand to gain of adults learn to support children in the exercise of their rights"</span>, said Thomas Hammarberg.<br /></div><br />His full speech and Viewpoint are available at the Commissioner’s website (see below).<br /><div style="text-align: right;">IJKnews Team<br /></div><br />________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br />The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote the awareness of and respect for human rights in 47 Council of Europe member states. Website: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.commissioner.coe.int/">http://www.commissioner.coe.int</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Read the Commissioner's Warsaw keynote speech:</span><br />- <a href="http://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1213789&Site=CommDH&BackColorInternet=FEC65B&BackColorIntranet=FEC65B&BackColorLogged=FFC679">In English</a><br />- <a href="https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CommDH/Speech%282007%2918&Language=lanFrench&Ver=original&Site=CommDH&BackColorInternet=FEC65B&BackColorIntranet=FEC65B&BackColorLogged=FFC679">In French</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Read the Commissioner’s « Viewpoint » about Korczak: </span><br />- <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/071119_en.asp">In English</a><br />- <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Viewpoints/Default_fr.asp">In French</a><br />- In Russian (<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Source/Viewpoints/VP071119_RU.doc">in Word format</a>)<br />• 20/11/06 at Strasbourg, the first <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/activities/news2006/061120childrensday_EN.asp">Korczak ceremony in the Council of Europe</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• More on Janusz Korczak:</span><br />- <a href="http://www.korczakianum.mhw.pl/mhw/index.jsp?place=Menu07&news_cat_id=248&layout=6&lang=en"> Korczakianum</a><br />- English website: <a href="http://korczak.info/">http://korczak.info</a><a href="http://korczak.fr/"></a><br />- Polish website: <a href="http://pskorczak.webpark.pl/">http://pskorczak.webpark.pl</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Press and media:</span><br />- IJKnews [19-11-2007]: <a href="http://ika-news.blogspot.com/2007/11/commissioner-hammarberg-pay-tribute-to.html">Commissioner Hammarberg pay tribute to Korczak in Warsaw</a><br />- AFJK (French Korczak Association) report [21-11-07]: <a href="http://korczak.fr/m3monde/archives-korczak-international.html#confKorczakHammarberg">Les idées de Korczak entrent au Conseil de l'Europe</a><br />- Shalom report [26-1-07]: <a href="http://www.shalom.org.pl/eng/index.php?mid=1&misc=30">The first Janusz Korczak lecture organized by the Shalom Foundation</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Sources and Credits</span><br />- Excerpts from the summary of the ceremony and photo no 1: Fundacja Shalom: <a href="http://www.shalom.org.pl/">http://www.shalom.org.pl</a><br />- Excerpts from the summary of the speech and photo nos 2: <a href="http://www.commissioner.coe.int/">http://www.commissioner.coe.int</a></span>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-33682530968496043612007-11-15T13:30:00.001+01:002008-12-26T05:31:59.006+01:00Commissioner Hammarberg pay tribute to Korczak in Warsaw<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Invitation</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Shalom Foundation</span><br />WARSAW, Pl. Grzybowski 12/16<br />November 20, at 1 p. m.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 5px 0pt; float: left; width: 135px; height: 90px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/eu/eu_hammarberg2.jpeg" alt="Commissioner Hammarberg © Council of Europe" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span></span>n International Children's Day, the Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg is organising a lecture on children's rights, and paying tribute to Janusz Korczak's achievements. <span style="font-size:78%;">[Photo © Council of Europe]</span><br /><br />Already last year, on the same Universal Children's Day, the Commissioner Hammarberg had organized a ceremony in memory of Janusz Korczak at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, with the presence of the Permanent Representative of Poland to the Council of Europe, Mr. Piotr Świtalski.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The life of Janusz Korczak, his work and his solidarity with children are permanent lessons on how to practice the rights of the child. It has taught us to listen to children and to allow them to contribute to society"</span>, stated the Commissioner.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is an important political act</span> that the repeated tributes of the Commissioner for Human Rights of Council of Europe makes in relation to defend the rights of the child and to explain their relevance and importance to adults and institutions in the fields of prevention of violence and education. With reference to the Korczak international movement as for those who know the commitment of Janusz Korczak throughout his life.<br /></div><br />________________<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br />The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote the awareness of and respect for human rights in 47 Council of Europe member states.<br />The press release and the Commissioner's speech will be posted on its website : <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Default_EN.asp">http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/Default_EN.asp</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br />Fundacja Shalom: <a href="http://www.shalom.org.pl/">http://www.shalom.org.pl</a><br />Pl. Grzybowski 12/16, 00-104 Warszawa, Tel. 022 620 30 36/37<br /><br />• 20/11/06 at Strasbourg, <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/commissioner/activities/news2006/061120childrensday_EN.asp">the first Korczak ceremony in the Council of Europe</a><br />• More on Janusz Korczak : In English : <a href="http://korczak.info/">http://korczak.info</a> - In Polish : <a href="http://pskorczak.webpark.pl/">http://pskorczak.webpark.pl</a><br />In french : <a href="http://korczak.fr/">http://korczak.fr</a>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-60965197583870716742007-10-26T20:33:00.000+02:002008-01-02T05:19:42.415+01:00International Korczak meeting in Mannheim<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >30th anniversary of the German JK Association<br />Symposium in Mannheim, Germany,<br />Oct. 26-28, 2007</span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/germany/gunzburg-jk-ib_200.gif" alt="Janusz Korczak by Isaac Belfer, a sculpture erected in Gunsburg" border="0" /><br /><div style="display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 1977</span>, the German Korczak Association was founded by Erich Dauzenroth and other like-minded people in Gießen / Germany. On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the German Korczak Association has the honour to invite to acelebration meeting in Mannheim.</div></div><br /><br /><div style="display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span> part from the lectures being held, there will be enough room for cultural events and for an exchange of ideas. That is the reason why the invitation to our celebration meeting does not only include members of the German Korczak Association, but also representatives and members of the International Korczak Association.</div></div><br /><br /><div style="display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span> special attraction of the celebration meeting will be the exhibition of the Israeli sculptor and painter Itzchak Belfer, one of the last living children of the orphanage in Krochmalna Street 92 in Warsaw. We are proud to say that the artist himself will be present, too.</div></div><br /><div style="display: inline; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The meeting will be held under the patronage of the president of the Central Association of Jews in Germany, Mrs Charlotte Knobloch, and the Consul of Culture in the General Consulate of Poland, Mrs. Grazyna Strzelcka.</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Siegfried STEIGER, President<br />Deutsche KORCZAK Gesellschaft e.V<br />Imhofstraße 1,<br />89312 Günzburg - GERMANY,<br />Phone: +49 (0)8221 / 33 727 (home)<br />Fax: +49 (0)8221 / 22 737<br /><a href="mailto:s.steiger@t-online.de" rel="external">"s.steiger“ -AT- “t-online.de“</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More</span><br />• Program (in Deutsch) [<a href="http://korczak.info/pdf/de/program_mannheim-07oct26-28_de.pdf" rel="external">PDF, 88 Ko, 1 p.</a>]<br />• Invitation & program in English [<a href="http://korczak.info/pdf/de/invit_mannheim-07oct26-28.pdf">PDF,180 Ko, 2 p.</a>]<br />• Accomodation & registration form [<a href="http://korczak.info/pdf/de/registr_mannheim-07oct26-28.pdf">PDF,47 Ko, 2 p.</a>]<br />• Website (new!): <a href="http://www.deutsche-korczak-gesellschaft.de/" rel="external" title="The Korczak Deutsch Association website">http://www.deutsche-korczak-gesellschaft.de</a></div></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-34139660281308525082007-10-17T12:48:00.000+02:002008-03-25T11:42:35.629+01:00A Korczak exhibition in Manchester (UK)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Champion of the child: Janusz Korczak</span><br />Manchester, 17 Oct. 2007 - 10 Feb. 2008</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">T</span></span>he exhibition “Champion of the Child - Janusz Korczak” is reopening in a new venue today iin a new venue today in the city of Manchester which is in central England in the country of Lancashire. It was a huge success in London until it’s closure in April of this year and was voted by Time Out Magazine as one of the top five exhibitions in London. (You can see <a href="http://korczak.info/pagesblank/no21.html#UK">the review of our visit on this site</a> which also includes photos of the exhibition.).<br /><br />In case anyone in the UK or visiting Manchester missed it when it was on in London, they could now have an good opportunity to view it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/uk/london_exhib07/02-jb-200.jpg" target="_blank" alt="Photo at the Jewis Museum in London (JKSN)" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >M</span>anchester Jewish Museum <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Champion of the child: Janusz Korczak</span> tells the heart wrenching yet inspiring story of Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), who devoted his life to establishing and defining the rights of the child, regardless of nationality or religion. His work was eventually posthumously adopted by the United Nations as the <a href="http://www.unicef.org/magic/briefing/uncorc.html" target="_blank">Convention of the Rights of the Child</a> and the exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Camden Town, shows how his teachings on the treatment of children continue to resonate around the world today.<br /><br />Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor, educator and children’s author, wrote passionately about the subject of children’s rights and his ideas were adopted by the UN in the Children’s Human Rights Declaration of 1959. In honour of his contributions, Pope John Paul II declared, "For the world today, Janusz Korczak is a symbol of true religion and true morality," and UNESCO proclaimed 1979 "The Year of Janusz Korczak" to coincide with the International Year of the Child and the centenary of his birth.<br /><br />This exhibition reveals how Korczak came to represent the rights of street children and orphans in Warsaw in the early 20th century, introducing the first progressive orphanages for Jewish and Catholic children. He hosted a children’s radio programme, founded the first children’s newspaper and testified on behalf of children in juvenile courts. He is considered to be a Polish national hero and King Matt the First, his story of a child king, is regarded in Poland today with the reverence the British accord Peter Pan.<br /><br />The exhibition also explores how life in Poland became increasingly difficult for Korczak after German occupation, and how his Jewish orphanage was moved inside the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. On August 6 1942 he was forced to gather together the 200 orphans in his care to report for deportation. Refusing all offers for his own rescue, Korczak joined the children on the train that would take them to the Treblinka extermination camp, preferring to die with the children under his protection rather than abandon them.<br /><br />The universalism of Korczak’s message and the effect of his teachings on modern thinking are examined in case studies highlighting the treatment of children today.<br /><br />For entrance fees and opening hours, please contact the Manchester Jewish Museum on 0161 834 9879 or visit <a href="http://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Manchester Jewish Museum’s website</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">from our correspondent in London,<br />Mrs. Sandra Joseph<br /></div><br /><br />More<br />• <a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/temporary.asp?article=112" target="_blank">Archive about it first opening in London, dec. 2006</a><br />• The Candem New Journal review, 14 december 2006 [<a href="http://korczak.info/images/uk/london_exhib07/review_cnj-141206_500.jpg" target="_blank">JPEG, 44 ko</a>], avalaible also to your perusal in PDF but pay attention : [<a href="http://korczak.info/images/uk/london_exhib07/review_cnj-141206_v2.pdf" target="_blank">888 ko, reserved for fast connexions!</a>]<br /><br />_______<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please note</span> The ‘Champion of the Child – Janusz Korczak’ exhibition is deshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifigned to travel. For further details please contact Louise at the <a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank">Jewish Museum London</a> Tel : 0044 208371 7373.</span>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-30309009077683619872007-10-15T16:06:00.001+02:002012-03-07T19:30:35.279+01:00Education at Tolerance in Saint Petersburg<div style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
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Воспитываем толерантность</div>
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В настоящее время актуальна проблема гражданско-правового воспитания и воспитание толерантности среди детей и подростков.<br />
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Что такое толерантность? Это -понимание людьми людей других национальностей, рас, их культуры, обычаев и веры. В переводе с французского языка "толерантность" означает "терпение".<br />
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Наша школа N26 С углубленным изучением французского языка является ресурсным центром го¬родского уровня по гражданско-правовому образованию.<br />
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Воспитание толерантности -это одно из направлений воспитательной работы педагогического коллектива школы.<br />
Благодаря дружбе с информационно-культурным корчаковским центром толерантности, СПб отделением общества Януша Корчака и ЦБ им.<br />
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К.Г. Паустовского Московского района в методическом кабинете школы по гражданско-правовому образованию появились материалы, посвященные Янушу Корчаку, проблемам воспитания детей, проблемам толерантности. История знакомства такова. В 2002 году школа проводила семинар "Педагогические идеи Януша Корчака", на котором родилась идея проведения городского конкурса творческих работ "Читая Януша Корчака", посвященного 60-летию со дня гибели великого педагога-писателя. Вместе с нами организаторами конкурса выступили: Генеральное консульство Республики Польша, Израильский культурный центр, Санкт-Петербургское общество Януша Корчака в лице Левиной Е.С., региональная детская благотворительная общественная организация Корчаковский центр молодежных программ "Реальный путь", ЦБ им. К.Г.Паустовского Московского района. Лучшие конкурсные работы были отданы на постоянную выставку в информационно-культурный корчаковский центр толерантности.<br />
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В этом году информационно-культурный корчаковский центр толерантности пригласил делегацию нашей школы на встречу с президентом французской ассоциации Януша Корчака господином Бернаром Латюйер. Встреча проходила на французском языке. Господин Бернар показал созданный в Париже фильм по мотивам книги Я.Корчака «Король Матиуш » о детском парламенте и рассказал историю создания ассоциации. Мы узнали, что подобные ассоциации созданы в 20 странах мира. Их цели:<br />
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<li>следовать идеям Корчака, которые защищают все детское население мира.</li>
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Януш Корчак - знаменитый польский писатель и педагог, детский врач по образованию. Всю свою жизнь он посвятил воспитанию и защите интересов детей. Он погиб вместе с детьми, живущими в его детском доме (200 человек), в лагере в Треблинке.<br />
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Мы решили создать в нашем школьном центре французского языка уголок толерантности, в котором будет материал на французском языке о жизни и творчестве Я. Корчака, работы учащихся по вопросам защиты прав ребенка, толерантности, по произведениям Я. Корчака. Господин Бернар обещал нам помочь. И вот на днях мы получили посылку с книгами и видеокассетой на французском языке.<br />
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По итогам этой встречи в школьном французском центре будет создан уголок, посвященный жизни и творчеству Я.Корчака, проблемам толерантности, в создании которого нам обещал помочь господин Бернар, с которым мы переписываемся.<br />
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Изучение языка и знакомство с культурой другого народа не только обогащает духовно, но воспитывает чувство уважения к другим народам, к их обычаям и традициям.<br />
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Мы благодарим организаторов этой встречи - людей с горячими, пламенными сердцами, неравнодушных к современным проблемам общества.</div>
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Забродина Н.П.,<br />
учитель французского языка<br />
ГОУ школы №26</div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0Levashovskoye shosse, Saint-Petersbourg, Russie60.0762383 30.121382959.0623943 27.5945274 61.0900823 32.6482384tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-71815940083269617582007-10-01T06:00:00.000+02:002008-01-02T05:19:42.416+01:00KORCZAK 2007 International Theatre Festival<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The 11th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE<br />FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE</span><br />Warsaw, October 1 - 6, 2007</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/pologne/festival/poster_festival06_150.jpg" alt="Poster Korczak 2006 Theatre Festival" border="0" />This korczakian festival is a formidable event which transform from now on each year the life of the Polish head town. Warsaw is put indeed entirely at listening of the children during one full week. The plays are of great quality and there is many meetings and debates on all that relates to Childhood and Youth.<br /><br />On its new website, you will learn that The International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People "KORCZAK 2007" is a presentation of professional and school theatres from Poland and different parts of the world, a place where people of Art meet with children and young people.<br /><br />"All the activities, meetings and events are prepared for children, young people and teachers, and their purpose is spreading artistic education among the young generation of Poles as well as popularising the educational function of the Theatre.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/pologne/festival/poster_festival05_150.jpg" alt="Poster Korczak 2005 Theatre Festival" border="0" />"The Festival is held in honour of Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) – an outstanding Polish educator with enormous moral authority, who devoted his life and work to children. The moral strength of Janusz Korczak resonates across the society and artistic circles in Poland and all over the world. His ideas integrate adults in creating art for children and young people.<br /><br />"Following Korczak’s ideals, the organizers of the Festival choose performances that deal with problems relevant to the child, support the fight for children’s rights, raise issues difficult for the child and discuss moral dilemmas".<br /><br />If you are Lucky to visiting Warsaw in this right moment, do not fail to interest you in this event and to share your feedback on this blog!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Bernard Lathuillere, Paris</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More:<br /><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">• <a href="http://www.assitej.pl/content/view/134/114/lang,iso-8859-1/">The website, with the last editions 2006 & 2005</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">• Program [<a href="http://www.assitej.pl/component/option,com_remository/func,fileinfo/id,23/lang,iso-8859-1/">Word, 2 p. 130 Ko, also online</a>]</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">• More about Janusz Korczak online? See: <a href="http://korczak.info/">http://korczak.info</a></span></li></ul></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-39868056523123428642007-09-27T23:12:00.001+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.504+02:00Some impressions of participants (Ghana)<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee</div><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art13_yakubu_portrait_200.jpg" alt="Jakubu Iddrisu, from Ghana" border="0" /><div style="text-align: justify;">It has been a great opportunity to be part of the 2007 International Conference of Korczak Youth.<br /><br />The conference in it self has been creative, experencial and very participative with well selected themes. It has created a conductive environment for young people from different cultures, far and near to share what they have, and love about growing up in different cultures.<br /><br />It’s my pleasure to say that the conference and the various workshops were stimulating for youngsters and people working with them. The workshop on participation and "Meet my street", i really enjoyed it so much !<br /><br />I hope to say that the conference has built up my capacity towards effective planning and choosing programs for young people with different backgrounds. Bravo to the organisating team and to all participants.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Yakubu Iddrisu, Tamale, Ghana</div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-39227441184327245982007-09-27T17:35:00.001+02:002007-10-17T01:29:01.803+02:00L’enfant et la peur, par Charlotte Visch<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Child and fear, a workshop by Charlotte Visch</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Bergean aan Zee</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Regarder, aimer et embrasser nos peurs pour ne plus en être esclave ! Ce matin Charlotte Vish, thérapeute, nous a fait exprimer nos peurs d’enfant et celles que nous avons actuellement. Grand moment d’émotion dans la salle ! Certains ont courageusement exposé les leurs.<br /><br />lle nous a ensuite amenés à réfléchir sur les comportements opposés à cette peur que les « victimes » pouvaient adopter. Faire l’expérience de l’opposé pour ne plus être enfermé !<br /><br />Confronté plus tard à un événement similaire la peur sera toujours ressentie, mais avec l’expérience, il deviendra possible de s’appuyer sur le sentiment opposé.<br /><br />Cet atelier était riche en exemples pratiques, mais aussi en outils. Nous avons même réalisé des marionnettes symbolisant l’Amour !<br /><div style="text-align: right;">Cécile, France</div></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-24384243992215892372007-09-27T14:04:00.000+02:002008-01-21T17:29:56.348+01:00Korczak's legacy Experiences<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee, Wednesday</div><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art11_muddasir-cecile_200.jpg" alt="Muddasir, with Cécile from France" border="0" /><div style="text-align: justify;">We had a great day this Wednesday, starting from the workshops to a beautiful concert in the evening. It was a wonderful opportunity and I got to learn many things. Met wonderful people and made friends from many cultures, backgrounds and countries. It was a pleasure being here amidst beautiful people.<br /><br />Thanks a lot Korczak Association in the Netherlands. Thanks a lot!<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Muddasir Mohammed, India<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-91132747909448460752007-09-27T09:51:00.000+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.507+02:00A great experience!<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee, 26 september 2007<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s wednesday now and unfortunately we’ve got one day to go. It’s a pity.<br />My feelings for this week are not to describe. The first day I arrived with Martje and her hostfather from Ghana.<br /><br />It begin for me at Maarthe place. For the first time I met her hostfather from Ghana. I went with him into the city Haalem. For him the first time seeing Holland. What an experience! At them moment I arrived the ''Zeehuis'' I felt home.<br /><br />People from everywhere came together for the same reason! To know each other and our work, be together and experience all cultures with their own thoughts and way of life. The atmosphere was and is fantastic! I really feel happy. I’ve taken holidays to be here but my coordinator says that if I can present something that is interesting for the team I could get somehow back.<br /><br />Well the first time I did the family constellations. What an impression! I was very affected and very releafed and that at the first day! It only get better. Good workshop with lot of fun! There is trust and interesting people who give so much energy it is not to describe.<br /></div><br />The meals and organisation are also great. Thanks!<br />I met so many fantastic people!<br />I thank you all for this week.<br /><div style="text-align: right;">Janneke Valkering, Netherlands<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-30320129823920961702007-09-26T23:59:00.000+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.509+02:00About the workshop "Creativity of the children”<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee, The Netherlands</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-size:110%;">International Janusz Korczak Youth Meeting<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Interview of Anouk and Mascha Brink</span><br />following their workshop presented on September 23<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >IJK News, Ewelina Mianowska</span></div><br /><br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art9_creativity_brink_200.jpg" border="0" alt="Anouk and Mascha Brink" /><div style="text-align: justify;">EM: Hello! I’m Ewelina Mianowska. I’m from the french association of Janusz Korczak. I wanted do make an interview with you about the workshop that we did today together. Can you present yourself at the beginning?<br />AB: I’m Anouk Brink and I’m professional educator. Right now, I’m working as the pre-school teacher. I’m working with the young children, from 2 to 4 years old. Before that, I was a family councillor. I’m also a mother of two young children. And I’m member of the Dutch Association of Janusz Korczak.<br />MB: I’m Mascha Brink. I’m art therapist. I also work with the children in the primary school having emotional behavior problems. I also work as a psychomotion coach where I use the gateways as in workshops.<br /><br />EM: So, we did together a lot of activities during this workshop. How did you make your decision when you are choosing the activities? What was the idea behind that?<br />AB: We wanted to offer people the experience to do the exercises themselves, but also that they are able to do that with the children together. So that is why we picked the crayons and the water paintings because they can never go wrong and that s of course very important for children. The same is with the clay, you can always see something in figure that you made. And of course the gateways, there are 36 different patterns so we had to choose the most impressive for the children. Like strong as a bear, angry as a tiger. So animals that the children will like and that they will understand.<br />MB: We wanted to give the participants of workshop this feeling of connection with themselves, their creativity, and their childhood. So express themselves, be like the children, play, make fun and see that they can do the same things with kids.<br /><br />EM: And you were also saying that the origin of this project came from Mrs Or Bagin, an isrealien woman living in Holland. How did you meet her?<br />AB: We know her for a long, long time and we started to do classes with her. And she developed this method through the years that we were students with her. She was then like a friend of us.<br /><br />EM: Yes, this project is very interesting. I enjoyed it very much, and I think my colleagues also. But we are adult. How do children react?<br />AB: Usually, they enjoy doing that. They are less hesitant. Like adults who are hesitating They are asking themselves: Can I do that? Can I use my voice? Can I scream? Can I make a funny sound? Children don’t need this encouragement, they will just do that. But of course with the adults you can go to the deeper parts. For children it s much more difficult and you have to keep it short.<br /><br />EM: And where you’re doing this kind of activities? At schools or as the extra activities?<br />AB: Mostly, it’s as the extra activities. It’s not yet at schools.<br /><br />EM: And the last question, how do you see Korczak in this kind of activities?<br />AB: For me, it starts with what Korczak said: "you have to learn to know yourself before you can educate children." All the things we were doing over here, it’s a way of getting to know yourself much more better. He also says that you have to have a contact with the child in yourself like the book "being little again", imagine how it is being a child. Then you know how the child speaks, etc. For me, there is a connection. And of course Korczak was always busy with the theatre, music. So he would say, that is very interesting to do this kind of things with children. Playing, making some kind of theatre, when you are playing animals.<br /><br />EM: Thank you very much for this short interview and for that inspiring workshop that you did it with us.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br />Ewelina, France-Poland<br /></div></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-22161628095819549442007-09-25T18:50:00.001+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.512+02:00A personal impression<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee, 4th day<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My personal feelings in this international Korczak Youth Conference</span><br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art7_theo_009_200.jpgg" border="0" alt="Theo Cappon, in the middle" /><div style="text-align: justify;">Talking with many participants of the Korczak Conference I noticed that all of them were eager to learn from each other. Listening to the presentations of participants from differents countries and working in small groups during the workshops I saw that it gives them inspirations for their own work.<br /><br />My sceptical thoughts about the future of the International Korczak Mouvement changed. When so many young people (20 - 40 years old) try to use korczak's ideas, there is an enormous chance for the local Janusz Korczak associations and even new ones.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Theo Cappon<br />President of the J. Korczak Association in the Netherlands<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-68188893664247437152007-09-24T23:59:00.000+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.514+02:00The third day of the JK International Conference<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Today was the third day of Janusz Korczak International Youth Conference. It is about 70 young people from 14 countries participating in it.<br /><br />Each morning we participated in workshops of one topic about pedagogics and children. After the lunch we tried pedagogical activities: making furniture, playing circus, making animations, cooking...<br /><br />All workshops are leaded by skilled professionals in their field: architects, teachers, artists,etc. I have already learned a lot of things about working with children that I can implement in my work as a psychologist.<br /><br />Many thanks to Theo, Hans, Reina and all organizational team. They are doing great job.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Darius, Lithuania,<br />Community of St. Vincent de Paul<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-621524507665798442007-09-24T23:56:00.001+02:002007-10-17T01:31:32.516+02:00Inspirative, new view and a lot of fun<div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee</div><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10pt 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art5_maarrdja_0608_200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><div style="text-align: justify;">I am overwhelmed by the wonderful things the participants are doing. I am impressed by the amazing things people are doing voluntary. Compliments to everybody.<br /><br />Besides that the atmosphere is great. I am having a lot and getting a lot of inspiration by the workshops we are doing.<br /><br />And last by not least: Wow! The organization team is so devoted and passioned about making everyone feel home and making sure everything is going smooth. The food is so good with a lot of variation and that too for 70 people. It proves that it is really coming from out of the heart of the people.<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Maardja, Netherlands<br />(on the left!)<br /></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233595267484952649.post-38913243730934260742007-09-24T18:09:00.000+02:002007-10-17T01:29:01.805+02:00De l'importance du Théâtre dans l'éducation<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Theatre workshop with fire, water, air and earth</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Bergen aan Zee</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lors de ce congrès nous expérimentons des ateliers d’expressions et de création. Le théâtre, comme l’art et la culture en général, était une composante importante et toujours présente dans la démarche pédagogique de Janusz Korczak qui y voyait le moyen de favoriser l’intégration, la créativité, la révélation des potentialités et des talents de chaque enfant.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="width: 400px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art4_theatre_006_500.jpg" alt="Workshop about Theatre" border="0" /></div>L’atelier de Moniek Nusselin nous a fait ressentir les différentes énergies qui sommeillent en nous.<br /><br />Chaque élément dégage une énergie particulière, par exemple le feu permet d’aller droit au but ou encore la terre correspond à l’ancrage…. Au départ, un peu à la manière de l’atelier « Creative as a child », nous avons fait des exercices d’expression et d’imagination afin de rentrer pleinement dans l’activité.<br /><br />Quatre chaises étaient disposées dans la salle, chacune d'elles représentaient une énergie. Par groupe de quatre, nous avions donc chacun à inventer une scénette, nous étions amenés à jouer avec l’énergie de la chaise ! Par exemple, si je me trouvais avec celle symbolisant le « Feu », je devais improviser mon rôle avec cette énergie.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" src="http://korczak.info/images/nederlands/korczak-seminar_2007/art4_theatre_11_200.jpg" alt="Workshop (2)" border="0" />Après cet entraînement - intensif ! -, nous avons joué tous ensemble à Blanche-Neige et les sept nains. Ce fut un pur bonheur ! Chacun contactait les différentes énergies trouvées par son personnage. Quel plaisir et quel moment de partage !<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Cécile</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">– Lien : <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche-Neige">l'histoire de Blanche-neige !</a> </span></div>Janusz Korczak International Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116790736879143467noreply@blogger.com0