ࡱ> MOL` 3bjbjss .D+$$$$$$$8````t,8v:$,h$$$0$$$$ fs`F0v 3p  $,v\TD v888d888888$$$$$$ Global Challenge Rewrite the Future Newspaper story: brief [set out to look like newspaper article] One in five children around the world is being denied an education. 43 million of these are kept out of school because of conflict. Most of us at some stage have moaned about having to go going to lessons and long for the holidays to begin. But for these children, complaining about school is a luxury they dont have. All children have the right to education, no matter where they are or what is happening around them. Conflict can have a serious impact on education. Schools can be closed down or damaged by fighting. Threat of attack means the journey to and from school may become too dangerous for children, so parents often keep them at home . Schools can lose teachers, many of whom flee or leave because they are not being paid. Children themselves are often abducted by militia groups and recruited to fight. As a result, access to quality education is often impossible. Even when conflict has stopped, it can be difficult for children to get an education. During wartime, governments often direct money away from education into the military, which means the education system can completely break down. Even if there is a school for children to attend, many are kept at home to help their impoverished families earn a living. In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) five million primary-age children are still not getting an education. Serge (he thinks hes around 13) was temporarily living in a child transit centre in Goma, eastern DRC, which is funded by Save the Children. When he arrived at the centre he was sick with Malaria and was severely traumatised by his experiences as a child soldier. Serge explains, I was in my fifth year of primary school when the combatants camethey selected boys and took us with them. Serge was taken away, with other children, he was trained to be a soldier. Serge was in an armed faction for one year, which was then captured by an enemy group. He explains, There was suffering everywhere. We ate with great difficulty. We ate leaves and we drank dirty water from the ground. Eventually Save the Children was able to get Serge away from the armed faction. When Serge arrived at the child transit centre he was very anti-social, throwing rocks at the other children and care workers, or hiding by climbing trees. However, soon his behaviour changed. After two months he no longer had malaria, and is now open and friendly. He hopes to be reunited with his family soon, and wants to become a mechanic. This week Save the Children launched a global campaign to get out-of-school children living in conflict-affected countries access to an education by 2010. The goal of the challenge is to improve the quality of education for eight million of these children, getting three million of them into school for the first time. Good quality schooling, given by trained teachers, can provide children with normality and routine, as well as the emotional support, hope and the opportunities they need for a better future. Save the Children is now calling on governments and international donors to ensure that access to good quality education is a reality for all children. The charity is also calling on supporters to get involved and help rewrite the futures of these children. To find out more visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture" www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture Teachers notes/introduction [on back of poster] Over a hundred million children across the world are missing out on school, and nearly half of them live in countries affected by armed conflict. Millions more are receiving a substandard education because of the effects of war. Yet all children have the right to a good education.. Quality education is essential in a crisis because it can give children protection and stability, and can help their communities find a way out of conflict. By 2010, Save the Children and its many partner organisations will ensure that eight million children will benefit from education. We will get three million of these children into school for the first time, and improve the quality of schooling for a further five million already in school. In doing so well generate the impetus that will enable millions more to get the same chance of education, contributing significantly to the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015. Activities [box] These activities are aimed at pupils age 9-14 Subject Links: English/Literacy Media Local and Global Citizenship Geography [end box] Discuss as a class all the conflicts that you are aware of how many of these have you heard of because of news stories in the last month? You could find where these countries are on a map. Visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture" www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture to find out about other countries affected by conflict that have not been reported on the news, and add these to the class map. The class could collect newspaper stories of conflicts over a short period, and then choose a time to analyse them. The first part of your analysis could focus on the pictures that accompany the stories what do you see, and how often are children represented? The next stage of your analysis could look at the actual text of the articles. How many of them talk about the situation with regards to education? Pupils could think about what has been left out of the reports regarding children and why? What are the main things reported? Do any of the reports look at how children are affected by the conflict situations? The teacher might like to ask pupils to write their own version of a news story either individually or in groups, for a particular audience. The news article could focus on the challenge Save the Children has undertaken to rewrite the future for these children. The news story could encourage others to get involved, and make sure that children can go school, do learn to read and write, and crucially learn the key skills that will help them secure a more stable future. Eglantyne Jebb, the co-founder of Save the Children said, "All wars, just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child." Why not use this as a starting point for a class discussion, and particularly how it relates to the way armed conflict affects education? Pupils could create a presentation based around this quote to explore the issues and justify their points of view [box] More than five million primary age children are out of school in the DRC and over six million 12 to 27-year-olds have never been to school In Nepal, between January and August 2005, more than 11,800 students were abducted from rural schools for indoctrination into the militia. In Afghanistan most qualified teachers, headteachers and trainers fled the conflict. Now fewer than 15 per cent of teachers are trained, yet manage classes of up to 200 pupils [end box] Mirwais Story Some of my friends were hit at home. I went home to one of them and said to the parents that they shouldnt hit. I told them that my friend couldnt earn money or go to school if he was hit. They accepted this and changed both their behaviour and attitude Mirais is a popular 14 year-old. He works on the Kabul streets but receives schooling through Save the Children. The income he earns is important to his family. But he also helps other children facing violence at home or school. A Save the Children report has shown that after more than 20 years of war, almost all the children in Afghanistan are beaten by their parents or teachers, or know children who are. Nooria Isaqzai and Sharifa Rasa, child psychologists with the Social Volunteers Foundation, explain, There are so many examples of the consequences war has on family life: stress, lack of hope for the future, and fear that as an adult one will be unable to get work. This creates many problems and the parents lose their patience. That is why they begin hitting their children. Sifas Story Sifa* is 15 and has experienced some of the worst atrocities of conflict. As well as being abducted and forced to fight as a soldier, she was sexually violated by soldiers, and now has a young son. The violence started when the war started. The boys started to take the girls by force. I have borne a child into the world because of that violence. My father is a nurse, my mother an assistant teacher. We lived in our community normally but suddenly the enemies came. They killed my sister and the child of my aunt. When conflict destroys normal life, many children like Sifa get involved with the militia. We were tired of their attacks and the war. Children were dead. Parents were dead. There was no school. Everything was bad and in chaos. Instead of waiting to become exterminated we thought it best to become combatants, she explains. I was there for three years. My husband was the first man I knew. I was eleven or twelve years old. Save the Children works to demobilise child soldiers, reunite them with their families and improve their chances of accessing education. * Her name has been changed to protect her identity [box] We need your support To re-write the future for the 43 million children living in conflict-affected areas, Save the Children urgently needs your schools support. Your donation could make all the difference to a child who has been affected by conflict. Here are just some examples: $14 can buy a child all their school supplies $39 can buy a blackboard to help teach 50 children learning under a tree $74 can pay the salary of a teacher helping out-of-school children to catch up and attend formal school $303 can heat a classroom for 35 children for the entire winter Children affected by conflict have the same rights as the pupils in your class. By supporting Save the Children your school can help rewrite the future for them and their communities. For new and exciting ideas to inspire your school log on to  HYPERLINK "http://www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture" www.savethechildren.org.nz/rewritethefuture [end box] Why not invite your local MP to an awareness-raising event at your school? Show your local MP what it might be like to attend school in a country affected by conflict. You could do this by holding a lesson outside; many children do not have school buildings and have school under a tree instead. Could you ask each child to create a message of support for the campaign using a black piece of paper with a white pen or crayon, symbolising chalk on a blackboard? Ask the child to write a negative consequence of not having an education. Eg: If I dont go to school I wont get a job. Then cross the negative words out and turn it into a positive consequence of having an education. E.g. 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