Featured Projects
The Crocus Project 2010
The Crocus Project is intended for pupils aged eleven years and upwards. The project is now a perennial activity with schools from all over the world becoming involved in it every year.
Holocaust Education Trust Ireland usually provides schools with yellow crocus bulbs to plant in autumn in memory of one and a half million Jewish children and thousands of other children who died in the Holocaust. This year like last year, in Malta, through the Malta UNESCO Youth Association, the organisation will be providing the schools not with yellow crocus bulbs, but with yellow daffodil bulbs due to the fact that crocus plants do not survive in Malta. The yellow flowers recall the yellow Stars of David that Jews were forced to wear under Nazi rule. The daffodils bloom around March and when people admire the flowers, the children can explain what they represent. The international Holocaust Memorial Day is on the 27th of January, which we encourage the schools to remember.
The Crocus Project is a tangible way to introduce young people to the subject of the Holocaust and to raise awareness about the dangers of racism, discrimination, prejudice and bigotry. The Trust makes available guidelines and information which may be of assistance to teachers during this activity. These resources complement existing material on integration and acceptance. The children’s involvement in planting the bulbs and watching the flowers grow encourages ongoing learning about the importance of tolerance and respect.
We invite the schools to propose a focal point within the school, be it a form teacher, history teacher, geography teacher or any other teacher deem fit to be responsible for the project within the school with one (1) class of not more than thirty (30) students.
The participating schools will be asked to send the teacher responsible to an information session whereby details about the project will be announced and guidelines and information packs will be distributed.
The Trust has also launched the Online Crocus Club, a secure online forum, where participating schools can share their experiences of The Crocus Project and make new friends. There are separate forums for teachers and students and it is administered by the Trust. We hope that all schools and students will become active members of the Online Crocus Club: www.hetireland.org/crocus/
To register for The Crocus Project, schools are required to complete and return the registration form by the 30th October 2010 to Malta UNESCO Youth Association, 23, Triq l-Imriehel, Birkirkara or by email to info@muya.info
This year the Malta UNESCO Youth Association is collaborating on this project with the Malta Scout Association.
Holocaust Education Trust Ireland usually provides schools with yellow crocus bulbs to plant in autumn in memory of one and a half million Jewish children and thousands of other children who died in the Holocaust. This year like last year, in Malta, through the Malta UNESCO Youth Association, the organisation will be providing the schools not with yellow crocus bulbs, but with yellow daffodil bulbs due to the fact that crocus plants do not survive in Malta. The yellow flowers recall the yellow Stars of David that Jews were forced to wear under Nazi rule. The daffodils bloom around March and when people admire the flowers, the children can explain what they represent. The international Holocaust Memorial Day is on the 27th of January, which we encourage the schools to remember.
The Crocus Project is a tangible way to introduce young people to the subject of the Holocaust and to raise awareness about the dangers of racism, discrimination, prejudice and bigotry. The Trust makes available guidelines and information which may be of assistance to teachers during this activity. These resources complement existing material on integration and acceptance. The children’s involvement in planting the bulbs and watching the flowers grow encourages ongoing learning about the importance of tolerance and respect.
We invite the schools to propose a focal point within the school, be it a form teacher, history teacher, geography teacher or any other teacher deem fit to be responsible for the project within the school with one (1) class of not more than thirty (30) students.
The participating schools will be asked to send the teacher responsible to an information session whereby details about the project will be announced and guidelines and information packs will be distributed.
The Trust has also launched the Online Crocus Club, a secure online forum, where participating schools can share their experiences of The Crocus Project and make new friends. There are separate forums for teachers and students and it is administered by the Trust. We hope that all schools and students will become active members of the Online Crocus Club: www.hetireland.org/crocus/
To register for The Crocus Project, schools are required to complete and return the registration form by the 30th October 2010 to Malta UNESCO Youth Association, 23, Triq l-Imriehel, Birkirkara or by email to info@muya.info
This year the Malta UNESCO Youth Association is collaborating on this project with the Malta Scout Association.
Children's Book on Human Rights
Malt UNESCO Youth Association has applied and been approved for a project through the European Youth Fund of the Council of Europe whereby we will be creating and publishing a children's book about Human Rights. The book will take the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and rewrite it in child friendly language and the book will also be illustrated to make it more attractive for children. The target is going to be children between 6 to 8 years.
Through our European partners we also aim to distribute this book in some schools in Malta and around Europe.
For more information about this project please visit www.childrensbookonhumanrights.org.
Through our European partners we also aim to distribute this book in some schools in Malta and around Europe.
For more information about this project please visit www.childrensbookonhumanrights.org.
Loesje Creative Writing
Loesje is simultaneously a world wide collective of people who want to make the world a more positive creative place; and a girl from the Netherlands. The local Loesje groups write and spread posters signed by the girl Loesje, with texts about everything that happens in society. Loesje texts are mostly positive and funny, and at the same time critical, wanting to stimulate the viewers to see things from new perspectives, and take action in their own lives. Loesje texts are not trying to tell you what to think; instead they often invite to many different interpretations.
Anyone is welcome to join making the posters in text writing workshops, and to join other creative activities and projects. The posters are published here on the Internet, where anyone can freelydownload them, print them and hang them up.
Most of the people in Loesje are young, but there are no age limits. You don’t have to subscribe to any particular opinions to join Loesje, but the activities are based on a humanistic value base, which means believing in the power of and solidarity between people, and refrain from social exclusion.
Loesje was founded in 1983 and since 1994 the foundation Loesje International exists. This website is run by the international foundation, and all Loesje groups are welcome to publish their material here.
The key values of Loesje are: Showing solidarity, being Anti-authoritarian, being Sexually free,Showing Initiative, being Decisive, being A-religious and being Independent.
The workshops are being used for many purposes, like team building, to use a new way of brainstorming, letting people think in a different way or about a specific topic, but also just because it is a fun and inspiring activity.
A workshop normally takes around 3 hours and can be given on every imaginable location somewhere in the world, but is often given on location at the group or organization. The concrete results of the workshops are a series of Loesje posters (often around 4 texts) that can only be used for internal non commercial use. Maximum of 15 people can participate in 1 workshop.
Malta UNESCO Youth Association has Loesje Creative Writing Trainers. Contact info@muya.info if you wish to organise a Loesje Workshop. Click here examples of result of Loesje workshops done in Malta or done abroad by Maltese Trainers.
Anyone is welcome to join making the posters in text writing workshops, and to join other creative activities and projects. The posters are published here on the Internet, where anyone can freelydownload them, print them and hang them up.
Most of the people in Loesje are young, but there are no age limits. You don’t have to subscribe to any particular opinions to join Loesje, but the activities are based on a humanistic value base, which means believing in the power of and solidarity between people, and refrain from social exclusion.
Loesje was founded in 1983 and since 1994 the foundation Loesje International exists. This website is run by the international foundation, and all Loesje groups are welcome to publish their material here.
The key values of Loesje are: Showing solidarity, being Anti-authoritarian, being Sexually free,Showing Initiative, being Decisive, being A-religious and being Independent.
The workshops are being used for many purposes, like team building, to use a new way of brainstorming, letting people think in a different way or about a specific topic, but also just because it is a fun and inspiring activity.
A workshop normally takes around 3 hours and can be given on every imaginable location somewhere in the world, but is often given on location at the group or organization. The concrete results of the workshops are a series of Loesje posters (often around 4 texts) that can only be used for internal non commercial use. Maximum of 15 people can participate in 1 workshop.
Malta UNESCO Youth Association has Loesje Creative Writing Trainers. Contact info@muya.info if you wish to organise a Loesje Workshop. Click here examples of result of Loesje workshops done in Malta or done abroad by Maltese Trainers.
