HAPPY HUMAN RIGHTS DAY!

Dear Human Beings:),

While Ausrine was fighting for the animal rights in the capital  of  Lithuania Vilnius  wishing that one day their will be the same valued as human beings I went to Graziskiai  gymnasium to share the activities, witch we enjoyed  in Estonia!

Graziskiai gymnasium is situated in the southwestern part of Lithuania (not so far away from Poland). It has  a little bit more than 300 students from the age of 7 till 18. My target was the III and the IV gymnasium classes:) I got time during their English lessons, so the spoken language was forced to be English, anyway we had a little translations in Lithuanian:)

I used the same activities as we did with Liis and Martin in the gymnasium of Kuressaare  and it went pretty good. Starting with energizers, then nonverbal color game due to discrimination and after "The 4 corners game" we had lot of laughing, lot of talking, a little bit of thinking. "Do they love them self? Are mans better than women? Would they like to have a disable classmate? What if their friend has HIV positive? Should gay couples have kids?" these and many other questions were discussed through non-formal education method.

 I was surprised how free their are to share their opinion. Their said a lot of examples from their own life. It was glad to listen to them and at the same time I think that  human rights education is needed at the school, because many of youth base their opinion on the stereotypes without  any knowledge in some of the topics (HIV, homosexuals,  national minorities). Anyway! Their are really great kids and I believe their can change this world into a better place. All we need is to turn  the action on! (I'm ping pong pong and I'm jumping jumping jumping!=))


BE HAPPY! CREATE HAPPINESS!

Love You, 
Rima:)