Context/Background: Millions of children and young people worldwide are affected by war and conflict. They are confronted with physical harm, violence, danger, exploitation, fear and loss. Many children are forced to flee. Some children witness the death of beloved ones. Communities are disintegrated and can no longer provide a secure environment for children. Adults are busy surviving, parents have little time for their children. During this conflict, especially young people's rights are abused on a large scale. As a consequence of conflict, children and young people can lose their confidence, their trust in others and their trust in the future. They often become anxious, depressed and withdrawn, or rebellious and aggressive. As a result of low awareness of equalities, democracy, women and children rights, students can not be an active part of society. Lack of moral values like tolerance,respect,honesty decrease their motivation and satisfaction in life. The mainstay of this project is to enhance opportunities and raise awareness by using the variety of activities, methods, training sessions, curriculum and educational elements. Education programmes should support students to regain their confidence and build positive relationships with their peers, families and wider communities. They can play and have fun together, learn and develop. With a positive outlook, children and young people can shape their own futures and contribute to a peaceful future for their communities.Moreover, The education system can no longer operate in isolation but must integrate and reflect society’s needs and be the medium for transforming society so that women and men can enjoy equal rights.Education should be a tool for empowering women by providing them with a variety of choices, and the ability to make those choices that best suit their needs. Female education and training is not just a question of access and numbers, but extends to the issue of the quality of education received, the purpose of the education and its usefulness to the individual and to society at large Objectives: *to help students develop their full potential, *to educate students and families about the importance of equity, democracy and rights, *to make the students apprehend moral values, *to develop students' abilities to manage stress and problem solving, * to enable democratic atmosphere to students in order to regain their self-esteem and sense of security, Number and Profile of Participants: *This project is a result of the collaboration of six European schools from Turkey, Romania, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic, *approximately 30 teachers in the given schools assure to provide an understanding of human rights as a part of their educational curriculum and project, *approximately 50 students in each school take an active role during project studies. Each partner school has specific responsibilities to fulfill such as; *Running the project according to the time schedule and plan of the activities, *Preparing the activities held in international meetings properly beforehand, *Disseminating the subject of the project to reach large masses Description of Activities: *Through the project, we will raise awareness in society concerning the issue of war and its negative effects on children. In the meantime, we will promote positive attitudes towards European Union values, human rights, nondifferentiation and critical thinking. We will focus on activities such as; *organizing campaigns, exhibitions, competitions, *creating pages on social platforms, *creating a webpage of the project, *holding training sessions, seminars and workshops, *producing materials made the project prominent Methodology: *Guidance for students: With the help of social learning strategies, we will provide awareness about values, equalities, human rights and democracy. *Training for school staff: We will provide preservice and in-service training for staff in terms of teaching strategies for behavioral change. *Family and community: We will involve families and community in every phase of the project by motivating to embrace and disseminate the principals of our project. Description of the results and impact: *We will raise our students as respectful individuals towards human rights, *We will create a school atmosphere in which students feel free to express themselves and put themselves imaginatively in other places and respect one another's' differences Longer Term Benefits: As a long-term benefit, we aim to promote a policy which supports our curriculum in that democracy and human rights. We also aim to adopt moral values to maintain a positive educational atmosphere in and around our schools.
Context/Background: Millions of children and young people worldwide are affected by war and conflict. They are confronted with physical harm, violence, danger, exploitation, fear and loss. Many children are forced to flee. Some children witness the death of beloved ones. Communities are disintegrated and can no longer provide a secure environment for children. Adults are busy surviving, parents have little time for their children. During this conflict, especially young people's rights are abused on a large scale. As a consequence of conflict, children and young people can lose their confidence, their trust in others and their trust in the future. They often become anxious, depressed and withdrawn, or rebellious and aggressive. As a result of low awareness of equalities, democracy, women and children rights, students can not be an active part of society. Lack of moral values like tolerance,respect,honesty decrease their motivation and satisfaction in life. The mainstay of this project was to enhance opportunities and raise awareness by using the variety of activities, methods, training sessions, curriculum and educational elements. Education programmes supported students to regain their confidence and build positive relationships with their peers, families and wider communities. They played and had fun together, learned and developed. Children and young people found out how to contribute to a peaceful future for their communities. Within the project, we took further steps that connected schools with local communities. Pupils are aware of interconnection of the world and of the fact that they are not affected by immediate problems only. Objectives that we have met: *to help students develop their full potential, *to educate students and families about the importance of equity, democracy and rights, *to make the students apprehend moral values, *to develop students' abilities to manage stress and problem solving, *to enable democratic atmosphere to students in order to regain their self-esteem and sense of security, Number and Profile of Participants: *This project was a result of the collaboration of six European schools from Turkey, Romania, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic, *approximately 30 teachers in the given schools assured to provide an understanding of human rights as a part of their educational curriculum and project, *approximately 50 students in each school took an active role during project studies. Each partner school had specific responsibilities to fulfill such as; *Running the project according to the time schedule and plan of the activities, *Preparing the activities held in international meetings properly beforehand, *Disseminating the subject of the project to reach large masses Description of Activities: *Through the project, we raised awareness in society concerning the issue of war and its negative effects on children. In the meantime, we promoted positive attitudes towards European Union values, human rights, nondifferentiation and critical thinking. We focused on activities such as; *organizing campaigns, exhibitions, competitions, *creating pages on social platforms, *creating a webpage of the project, *holding training sessions, seminars and workshops, *producing materials made the project prominent Methodology: *Guidance for students: With the help of social learning strategies, we provided awareness about values, equalities, human rights and democracy. *Training for school staff: We provided preservice and in-service training for staff in terms of teaching strategies for behavioral change. *Family and community: We involved families and community in every phase of the project by motivating to embrace and disseminate the principals of our project. Description of the results and impact: *We raised our students as respectful individuals towards human rights, *We created a school atmosphere in which students feel free to express themselves and put themselves imaginatively in other places and respect one another's' differences Longer Term Benefits: Within individual schools, we established a policy which supports our curriculum in that democracy and human rights. We also adopted moral values to maintain a positive educational atmosphere in and around our schools.