Promoting Harmonious Relations & Peaceful Conflict Resolution for Children: "Play it Fair (PIF)" project for children with Ministries of Education in Lebanon and Jordan

 

 

ANHRE implemented a 3 year project between April 2012 to March 2015 entitled "promote understanding of human rights, non-discrimination and peaceful conflict resolution in education programs for children in Lebanon and Jordan" funded by Arab Human Rights Fund (AHRF). The goal of this project is to strengthen the capacity of the ministries of education in Jordan and Lebanon to undertake education and networking activities that promote and enhance harmonious relations, human rights, non-discrimination and peaceful conflict resolution among children aged from 6 to 12 living in harsh, vulnerable and marginalized conditions.

The results of the project are:

1. Collaboration with Ministries of Education to adopt and integrate the PIF toolkit within the schools’ programs in Lebanon and Jordan in 10 underprivileged and marginalized schools, focusing on the opportunities and the importance of promoting inclusion, non-discrimination, human rights and peaceful conflict resolution in their policies and curriculum for children (5 schools in Jordan and 5 schools in Lebanon).
2. The capacity of the staff and teachers of the Ministry of Education in Jordan and Lebanon is built and they were able to deliver the human rights and peaceful conflict resolution education to their colleagues and incorporate it in their work with children within the schools’ programs. The project reached out 49 teachers directly in addition to the 92 teachers and 188 workers got benefit from the project.
3. The capacity of the core trainers of 6 people from ANHRE members in Jordan and Lebanon were strengthened and they were certified as trainers to develop, deliver and sustain non-formal multiculturalism and human rights education programs.
4. The awareness of discriminatory attitudes and behavior among children is raised, to facilitate the integration of the underlying values of non-discrimination, human rights and peaceful conflict resolution in their behavior and attitudes and to prevent conflict over the long term. 
5. Lessons had been shared with other organizations, the general public, community leaders, public officials and parents
6. 2 sub-granting had been made for each country to implement local training and implementation in their context with the relevant Ministry of Education