In the continuation of the activities of the project "No to violence - yes to tolerance", trainings were conducted in Bartol Kašić Elementary School (3rd grade) and Medvedgrad Elementary School (8th grade).
Students are in the first module Let's familiarize ourselves with the rights learned about the Convention on Children's Rights, the Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in the second education module It's different cool they got acquainted with the differences of children without developmental disabilities, especially with muscular dystrophy (MD), while in the third module NO violence Students were presented with the forms of peer violence, the differences between violence and conflict, and were presented with the quiz "STOP peer violence".
The students watched the SDDH's educational animated whiteboard video about tolerance of diversity and prevention of peer violence, which, through the story of Julia and Jan, outlines the problems of peer violence, the consequences it leaves behind, as well as ways of fighting and coping, and conveys a strong message that peer violence can be overcome by allied forces. to stop.
The education was conducted by Dragana Budimir, SDDH expert associate - psychologist, and all students were given pink balloons and pink T-shirts with the message "STOP PEER VIOLENCE" so that they could mark the National Day of Combating Peer Violence - Pink T-shirts Day in their school.
The project "NO TO VIOLENCE - YES TO TOLERANCE" was financed from the budget of the City of Zagreb, and approved within the framework of the Public tender for financing programs and projects of associations in the field of social and humanitarian importance for improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities from the Budget of the City of Zagreb for 2023.
For many years, SDDH has been implementing numerous projects and programs in the field of prevention of violence against and among children and young people, with the synergistic action of state and public institutions and civil society organizations.
