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harisstavr   harisstavr harisstavr's TIGblog
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"We are humans too..."
About this category: Peace, Conflict & Governance

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I was just listening to a song from scorpions, named "White Dove", if you have ever heard of it and I thought about all those immigrants that have to go to a foreign land, leave their houses, their friends, their life back and begin a new one.. Trying to adjust themselves and their families to the new conditions, a new life...

A new language, new customs and traditions, new people that don't support strangers, because simply they don't like them...

New school and classmates for their children... bulling and discrimination for the "foreigners"...

And all the above, if the "new state" supports them... otherweise.... they have to work all day long, children have to stay home or go to the streets and sell some flowers or some tissues...

Generally, most of them seek a new life.. better than the old one.. full of peace and hope and what they face is discrimination from the new society..

Next time you see somebody different from you, a "foreigner", please support them...
Let me end up this post with the following lyrics from the same song:

"But instead of a new life
All they find is a door thats closed
And they keep looking for
A place called hope"

Thank you for reading this post.

November 11, 2008 | 10:41 AM Comments  0 comments



manolisathanasiadis   manolisathanasiadis Manolis Athanasiadis's TIGblog
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Raising MDG awareness in Greece
Related to country: Greece
About this category: Peace, Conflict & Governance


Hi there!

My name is Manolis and I come from Greece.

I am writing to report on my efforts to raise awareness concerning the MDGs.

From 22nd August to 2 nd September I was a camp leader in one of the camps that my organization (Conservation Volunteers Greece) organizes. It was a sports camp where 10 volunteers from Japan, Mexico, Italy, Finland and Greece participated in different sports activities for 12 days. The sports camp took place in a special camp with sports facilities in Western Greece.

What I did was to organize an evening concerning the MDGs. I made a small presentation to the volunteers about the MDGs, give them all the necessary information and also provide them with useful sites on te internet where they could have access to useful information as the sites of takingitglobal and milleniumcampaign for youth.

After that I delivered them a small workshop on NVC (Non Violent Communication)which included:

Brainstorming on the blocks of communication

Brainstorming on facilitators of communication

Exercises in pairs on how to express negative feelings with an effective and non violent way

Exercises in pairs on how to listen to other people's negative feelings by showing empathy.

I really hope that this small presentation helped them to understand what the MDG are and be more sensitized and informed.

All the best to everyone

Manolis


September 18, 2005 | 9:55 PM Comments  2 comments

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