Day 6

The 29 of November! 

"Where is love there is no darkness" (Burundi proverb). 

Waking up with a first snow in Kuressare we started our day with "Wheel of Peace". We were given quiz sheet and working by our self first and after in the groups we had to fill in missing words of the proverbs and quotations. "Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion" (Margaurite Young). It wasn't easy task, but we did it!!!!! 

"SEE WITH YOUR MIND, HEAR WITH YOUR HEART" (Kurdish proverb).

Just before the lunch we had the quiz. We were divided in 5 groups and each group has disscussed different topics related to the situation of human rights in Estonia and prepared few questions. The quiz was quite difficult but we have learned a lot about the situation of national minorities in Estonia, about the rights of people with disabilities, which groups are discriminated the most, etc.

In the afteroon we had an activity "Sharing of resources". There were 3 rounds of 20 minutes of these resources: Human Rights Compass (by Heleri), Salto toolbox (by Ignas), 4 corners (by Balys), Post a letter (by Cat), Street Art (by Dima).

The 4-corner game is especially useful for the work with children and is based in provocative statements to which there are 4 possible answers set in the different corners: 1. I agree, 2. I don´t agree, 3. I don`t know, 4. other answer. The participants can choose their answer and stand in the selected corner and afterwards there´s a discussion held.

The idea of the „Post a letter“ exercise is in writing down the ideas, wishes that would make them come true. The possible questions are „What would you to like to be in 1 year/ 5 years? What have you learned at this seminar? How would you like the others to see you? The letter should be sent by the writer to his/her address in one year.

The Street Art (Gorilla Gardening, Flashmob, Free Hugs, Grandma Graffiti) is a great method of promoting/ demonstrating an idea which is very interesting for youngsters as it´s very original, creative and attractive.

At night we were preparing for the next day´s program - secondary school workshop on HR in the groups of 3 people.

Rima, Jan, Maša