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Saturday, September 14, 2013

LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER- TRAINING WORKSHOP

LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER-
TRAINING WORKSHOP
The Basic Training Workshop on the Learning to Live Together Programme to be held in Boise, Idaho from 18th to 20th October 2013, organized by Arigatou International in collaboration with Catholic Charities of Idaho. This workshop aims to train youth leaders, educators and counselors working with children on the Learning to Live Together Ethics Education program developed by Arigatou International in close collaboration with UNICEF and UNESCO. Trainedparticipants will be able to use the approach, methodology and resources of the Learning To Live Together program to strengthen their work with children and young people in inter-religious and inter-cultural contexts in their communities.
         The ‘Learning To Live Together’ Ethics Education program is an initiative to promote value-based and quality education for children and young people within the framework of the child’s right to education, as stated in the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. The ‘Learning To Live Together’ (LTLT) manual is a resource material for educators, youth leaders to nurture ethical values that children need in order to learn to live together in plural societies.By the end of the workshop you will be able to explain the concepts, principles and educational approach of the 'Learning to Live Together manual' and their applicability to your society, professional and educational settings; you will be able to plan and develop customized programs on ethics education for children and young people identifying practical processes and methodologies on ethics education suitable for your community.
Ethics Education for Children promotes values and ethics for children and young people within the framework of the child’s right to education as stated in the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. It utilizes an innovative approach to interfaith and intercultural learning in a values-based and quality education program for children and young people
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Ethics Education for Children is one of the initiatives of Arigatou International. Arigatou International is an international faith-based NGO committed to building a better world for children. It seeks to secure Child Rights, fosters children's well-being, maximize the potential of interfaith cooperation and always strives to empower and involve children and youth. Arigatou International has special consultative status with ECOSOC and consultative status with UNICEF.From 5 to 8 August an ethics education workshop was held at the Myochikai premises in Tokyo to introduce and train members of the youth and women's division in the the Learning to Live Together Programme.  The workshop brought together 28 participants whom for four days engaged in interactive dialogue and activities to learn about the conceptual and pedagogical framework of the manual and gain practical skills to implement it in their groups. Mrs Gelly Aroni, trained trainer of the Arigatou Learning to Live Together manual, represented Arigatou International in an Interreligious Conference held in Graz, Austria, where she participated on a panel on Religion and Spirituality and presented the manual as a solid pedagogical tool to support children's spiritual growthLearning to LivTogether is our educational resource to nurture ethical values needed to live together in plural societies.Learning to Live Together provides tools for an intercultural and interfaith programme, by which children and young people can develop a stronger sense of ethics, respect for people of other cultures and religions and nurture the sense of belonging to a global community. Training
Are you an educator who would like to work with ethics and values in your class? Are you a youth leader who would like to use participatory
and interactive methodologies when working with children? In order to better understand the approach of Learning to Live Togetherprogramme and how to use the manual, Arigatou International provides trainings course and guides


                                                   Prof. John Kurakar

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