Kids, Stand Up For Your Rights Erasmus Project

Project Title

Kids, Stand Up For Your Rights

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Kids, Stand Up For Your Rights !” This phrase is not just the title of a school project, it is also an appeal to children, teenagers and youth from all over Europe to defend their own rights. Even if the living conditions of children have generally improved on the continent for the last 40 years and even if the European Union has created a number of mechanisms protecting the Rights of Children, there is still much work to be done.
Thousands of children still suffer from poverty, physical or mental abuse across the EU and some of them “are not even aware of the existence of any specific services and resources [to which] they can turn, if they are in difficulty.” (OECD Education At A Glance, 2014.) Too many teenagers still suffer from discrimination on grounds of race, gender, religious beliefs, disabilities or sexual orientation. Moreover results from OECD researches indicate that “there are significant differences between children across EU countries” regarding access to education and educational policies. Parents’ level of education still has a strong influence on the attainment of their children and this weighs on young people’s capacity to choose and build their own future freely. Many parents still do not know how to create and provide a safe and nurturing environment for the development of their children.

New educational issues arise as pupils are having greater trouble to develop their reading and writing abilities. This may explain why about 12 % of European children in average dropped out of school at an early age in 2016 (Eurostat, Early Leavers from Education and Training by Sex and Labour Status, 2017) Early school leaving has become a major issue in many EU countries and partner nations such as Portugal (14%), Romania(18,5%) and Turkey.
Many dangers are preying on children today. They may suffer from violence and all sorts of abuse and harassement from schoolmates on social media. They may be the targets of extremists who use information technologies to spread their violent ideologies across the continent and the Refugee crisis reminds us that war is at our door step.

So it is our responsibility to defend and promote the rights of children in Europe. Our project consists in developing a local strategy to defend and promote the rights of children in our schools and help to find solutions to the contemporary issues children are facing today. We want to develop pupils’ desire to open up to the world, prevent illiteracy and early school leaving. We will promote the inclusion of people with disabilities into society, fight discrimination and help every child to develop his/her key skills and competencies. We will also develop new teaching methods and strategies to overcome the difficulties students have with spoken language and communication.We will create new methods to develop a sense of European citizenship among teenagers and nourish their desire to find solutions to European and international issues .That is why we need to develop new resources to teach pupils how to think critically and become responsible citizens capable of fighting discrimination, violent ideologies and prejudice. The aim of our project is to create a website – a European virtual exhibition – defending and promoting the Rights of children in the world. Students will use the website as a tool to explain the history, meaning and importance of defending the rights of children today. They will also shoot videos, write texts and deliver speeches to explain what freedom means to them.Students will also get involved in educational activities defending freedom and equality between men and women. They will study how to fight discrimination, prejudice and hatred.

We will organize videoconference sessions and exchange students’ productions vie eTwinning to develop cooperation between students and teachers. We will focus on developing new ways of promoting diversity in classes and we will organize mobilities to bring our students together and experience the meaning of belonging to a greater European community. We will promote the use of English as a second language to develop communication among students and enhance the development of a comprehensive European culture. Students will naturally be involved in the design, management, and dissemination of the project. We will create school magazines and blogs and organize local events about children’s rights with parents.
We want families to benefit from new methods to help their children develop solid key skills and become more responsible citizens. We will also make and display leaflets, posters and students’ productions promoting the rights of children in our schools and communities. We will publish a book of short stories and poems about human rights. We will use media, eTwinning, online platforms and European Gateway Resources articles to promote challenging teaching methods and ensure the dissemination of the project in our schools and the rest of the world.

Project Website

https://www.ksufyrights.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 115662 Eur

Project Coordinator

Collège Charles Lemaître & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Kenan Cetinel Ortaokulu
• Scoala Gimnaziala Vulcana Pandele
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 1 im. Mariusza Zaruskiego
• 70.yil Hüseyin Öztürk Ortaokulu
• Scoala Gimnaziala Mihail Sadoveanu