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ECOSURFI, a Brazilian surfers NGO for the protection of environment
A network of youths from the coast of São Paulo - Brazil, facilitates Ecosurfi, an NGO that works on Environmental Education, inspired by the sports activity of surfing and all its relationship with environment. They have created a blog to build the Charter of Responsibilities of the Surfers. (...) | |
Presentation on a methodological booklet: Working experience with the Charter of Responsibilities in Colombia
A path for the exercise of responsibilities – with this title, this publication presents in a straight forward and practical way the road map for those who want to understand or study, promote and build the social utility of exercising human responsibilities in diverse contexts and (...) | |
Last April 19, 2008 in Kaspi (Georgia) the team of the Georgian facilitation has completed the project "let’s make our village cleaner and more beautiful" with the NGO "Community of the Thezami women”.
Tsisso Chipashvili presented the Charter and facilitated the workshop "Children and responsibility" in front of 80 schoolchildren and teachers.
Then the three groups of schoolchildren planted (...) | |
A video (in French) on immigration, its motivation, risks,...
There are certain slogans you are likely to have heard the young people of Senegal using over the last three years: “barsa mba barsaq” (Barcelona or death), “mbëkkmi” (break down the borders), “dem walla de” (leave or die). They try to reach Europe via the Atlantic Ocean in their thousands, risking their lives in the most basic of small (...) | |
IV. NGOs, Movements and CHR:
1. CHR in Environmental Action in addressing Climate Change and global warming:
Greenpeace, India and CHR in the one million signatures to support campaign on ‘Ban the Bulb’.
Greenpeace India has found the relevance of CHR in its objectives and actions. The Charter principles pamphlets are being distributed along with Green Peace campaign documents in educational (...) | |
The Indian Charter facilitation team, in association with Activity, an edutainment company, has successfully facilitated the drafting of Indian Children’s Charter of Social and Environmental Responsibilities for the second year.
Horlicks Wizkids – 2007, a personality competition that recognizes the outstanding students, who are all-rounders and have a good balance of character & (...) | |
In the city of Bogotá, the current district administration has promoted the development of a “Bogotá Without Hunger” program. One of the components of the program is the institution of community dining halls. In the town Rafael Uribe Uribe an important initiative for the beneficiaries of the program was building the Network of Community Dining Halls, Redecom, which facilitated the articulation (...) | |
Over 270 delegates from 14 different countries gathered to meet and hear 68 speakers from over 60 organizations such as Oxfam, The World Bank, Ashoka Foundation and many more. One Degree Asia was a gathering of social change makers all across Asia in Singapore for the first-ever Asian Youth Leadership Festival.
I had the privilege to represent the Charter of Human Responsibilities as a South (...) | |
Following is an interview by Francesco Tabacco of Mrs. Irene Mariella, in Florence, Italy. Mrs. Mariella is 51 and works as an obstetrician for the Italian national health service in Florence. She lives in the center of Florence with her partner, who has a girl, 18. She supports a child in India, which she adopted "at distance."
The discussion revolved around the questions in the (...) | |
Basically, there shall be three activities to be participated in by parent-members:
1. Acting as co-organizers and activity facilitators of the community organization of children aged 10-16 formed March 5, 2005, the Bukluran ng Kabataan para sa Kaunlaran ng Komunidad. Or Unity of Children for Community Development. They shall help the children leaders ensure that the plans for a weekly (...) | |
The African Charter articulates a series of principals necessary to allow a thorough partnership between inhabitants and local authorities. These principals result from the comparison of various real experiences in Africa. This experiences’ confrontation led to the idea that the conditions for a thorough partnership are everywhere identical.
The charter has been elaborated during the (...) | |
The Library of Human Responsibilities was set up as a community library within the school library of the Center for Positive Futures in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal. Featuring in the library are books, documentaries and films which promote environmental and social responsibility.
The Library shall sponsor a series of activities to encourage developing responsibilities of community (...) | |
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